If the idea of needing to dissociate from your dreary plight as someone with an abusive boss seems a little too soul-destroying to be a viable solution, studies suggest you can, in fact, fight fire with fire. Research by Fisher's Bennett Tepper, the Abramowitz Memorial Professor, found that employees with hostile bosses are better off when they respond with passive aggression.

Free shipping, one-hour delivery and pick-up in store, are all phrases consumers are seeing more and more. As part of the “There’s a Better Way” podcast, Aravind Chandrasekaran, associate director of the Center for Operational Excellence, talks with Dr. Terry Esper, associate professor of logistics at The Ohio State University, to discuss the recent changes to the field and how it's affecting the way we go about our every day lives.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded $1.7 million to five universities, including The Ohio State University, for a wide-ranging research project designed to help the agency better understand how to employ its quality management resources when inspecting drug companies’ manufacturing operations, thus benefiting consumers.

The answer to reducing workplace injuries and managing risk in general appears to be training, according to HR leaders polled in a report from the Risk Institute at Fisher.

Employee training is the top risk-management strategy for many HR leaders, according to a report from the Risk Institute at Fisher College of Business.

As part of the “There’s a Better Way” podcast, Aravind Chandrasekaran, associate director of the Center for Operational Excellence, talks with Billy Taylor, global head of diversity and inclusion at Goodyear, to discuss the cliché that “culture eats strategy for breakfast” and to argue for why culture actually controls strategy, and how converting a company’s “my way” into “our way” leads to operational success.

Updated research by finance professor Amin Shams and his colleague, John Griffin of the University of Texas, claims that a single market whale was likely behind Bitcoin’s astronomical surge in 2017.

How can someone go from Powerball winner to completely bankrupt? Matt Sheridan, senior lecturer in finance, weighs in on how you can keep the wealth you accrue.

An anomaly, a trend or too early to tell? Economic research released the National Center for the Middle Market shows significant slowing in growth among middle market companies.

Oded Shenkar, the Ford Motor Company Chair in Global Business Management and academic director of the National Center for the Middle Market writes that any resolution to the U.S.-China trade conflict will be temporary. Sooner or later, the conflict will flare up again because of divergent interests, the fundamental differences between the U.S. and Chinese systems, and the role played by foreign direct investment in addition to trade. 

As part of the “There’s a Better Way” podcast, Aravind Chandrasekaran, associate director of the Center for Operational Excellence, talks with Katie Anderson, a lean consultant, who has studied the origin of Lean first-hand while living in Japan. Katie sat down with Aravind to discuss the differences in Lean across cultures, and how understanding the Lean origins can be beneficial when incorporating process improvement.

Past research on failure by Fisher's Selin Malkoc adds context to a new study that shows failures early in a scientist’s career can lead to greater long-term success.

Despite all the real estate action, Columbus isn't on the radar of most Americans "because we're in a flyover state and we're modest about what we do," says Mary Beth McCormick, executive director of the Center for Real Estate at The Ohio State University.

In your quest for a balanced life, have you neglected your hobbies? It’s not too late. Learn how to find a hobby and how to incorporate it into your busy life. Research by Fisher's Selin Malkoc is useful in helping to avoid over-scheduling leisure time and activities.  

As part of the “There’s a Better Way” podcast, Aravind Chandrasekaran, associate director of the Center for Operational Excellence, talks with Dr. John Toussaint, executive chairman of Catalysis Inc., to discuss his work with over 221 health systems and the variety of situations he’s come across, and the type of leadership necessary to create change.

Targeted online ads can change how we shop, but can they alter how we view ourselves? Research by Rebecca Walker Reczek, the Dr. H. Lee “Buck” Mathews Professor of Marketing at Fisher, says yes. 

Two faculty members in Fisher’s Department of Management and Human Resources have been named top leadership scholars by The Leadership Quarterly, a peer-reviewed publication focused on the scientific study of leadership.

As part of the “There’s a Better Way” podcast, Aravind Chandrasekaran, associate director of the Center for Operational Excellence, talks with Dan Markovitz, an accomplished author, speaker and consultant who focuses on building lean organizations.

In examining the role of "culture fit" in diversity hiring, Tim Judge, the Joseph A. Alutto Chair in Leadership Effectiveness at Fisher, says that properly defining and understanding what "culture fit" is can help employers improve their talent strategies.

Setting goals is the easy part. Actually accomplishing them is an entirely different story. To help stick to your goals, research led by Professor Howard Klein found that people showed greater goal commitment and performance when they told their goal to someone they believed had higher status than themselves.

A key aspect of successful CFOs is a thorough grounding in business and predictive analytics, as well as training in IT and human resources, says Phil Renaud, executive director of the Risk Institute at The Ohio State University.

As part of the “There’s a Better Way” podcast, Aravind Chandrasekaran, associate director of the Center for Operational Excellence, talks with Guru Vasudeva, senior vice president and chief information officer of program and application services at Nationwide Mutual Insurance, to discuss how

In other words, if you have a great business idea, try telling it to the sharks on Shark Tank - not the guy on the next barstool. In a set of studies led by Fisher's Howard Klein, it was found that people show greater commitment to their goal and performance when they told their goal to someone they believed had a higher status than themselves.

A new study from Professor Howard Klein suggests that you're more likely to meet a goal when you share it with someone with a "higher status" than you.

If you want to achieve a goal, make sure you share your objective with the right person. “Contrary to what you may have heard, in most cases you get more benefit from sharing your goal than if you don’t – as long as you share it with someone whose opinion you value,” said Howard Klein, lead author of anew study and professor of management and human resources.