Fisher Research and Insights Forefront
April 1, 2024
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
Theory meets practice in Fisher’s inaugural research report
Explore Fisher's latest publication highlighting the potential impact that the college's researchers and thought leaders can have for business practitioners and industries today.
March 28, 2024
610-WTVN
610-WTVN
Supply chain issues from the Key Bridge collapse
Assistant Professor of Logistics Vince Castillo shares his insights on the impact that the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge could have on a number of key product supply chains.
March 22, 2024
Politico
Politico
Conservative nonprofit didn’t disclose some political spending, filings show
A conservative advocacy group leading the effort to torpedo top Biden administration nominees has failed to disclose some spending on political ads, a move experts say could complicate its tax-exempt status. The spotlight on the American Accountability Foundation (AAF) also raises transparency questions about such organizations and their affiliations with so-called dark money groups which can be used to obscure their finances, say Brian Mittendorf, the H.P. Wolfe Chair in Accounting.
March 21, 2024
Columbus Business First
Columbus Business First
Columbus area's largest commercial deals in 2023 don't include any office buildings
Not a single office property cracked this year’s list ranking the region’s top commercial real estate deals, according to data compiled by Columbus Business First. The trend isn't surprising or alarming, says Donald Sheets, executive director of The Ohio State University Center for Real Estate.
March 21, 2024
Financial Planning
Financial Planning
Clients want in on private markets. Should advisors hold their hands?
Private markets have plenty of detractors. For many, their worst drawback is high fees. A research paper co-authored by Michael Weisbach, the Ralph Kurtz Chair in Finance, found that private equity funds that specialize in buying out companies tend to see their net returns reduced by 6 percentage points annually because of management fees and interest costs.
March 19, 2024
MarketWatch
MarketWatch
Why the ‘Magnificent Seven’ and other momentum stocks may be hitting a wall
Why have momentum stocks performed so poorly over the last two decades? Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate, suggests that a change instituted by Morningstar in how it rates mutual funds could be part of the reason.
March 18, 2024
The Conversation
The Conversation
Donor-advised funds: US regulators are scrambling to catch up with the boom in these charitable giving accounts
After years of concerns about how quickly the money reserved for charity gets distributed and whether donor-advised funds need to operate more transparently, proposed new federal regulations are now pending. Though the regulations would not create new requirements for how rapidly these funds distribute money, they do provide some new guidelines for what uses for DAFs are allowed by law, writes Brian Mittendorf, the H.P. Wolfe Chair in Accounting.
March 18, 2024
The Washington Post
The Washington Post
Is Elon Musk’s philanthropy just a form of self-help?
If true that recent reports that Elon Musk appears very likely to be abusing rules governing nonprofits, Brian Mittendorf, the H.P. Wolfe Chair in Accounting, says Musk’s actions are likely testing the spirit of the law rather than its letter.
March 8, 2024
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
Allenby recognized as a 2024 Paul D. Converse Award recipient
Greg Allenby, the Helen C. Kurtz Chair in Marketing at Fisher, was named a recipient of a 2024 Paul D. Converse Award, which honors scholars who have made exceptional contributions to the field of marketing through research and practice. The award was established by the American Marketing Association.
March 7, 2024
The Ohio State University
The Ohio State University
Ohio State unveils Student Entrepreneurs’ Center
Ohio State's new Student Entrepreneurs’ Center, an area that will provide young business developers with a space in which innovation can flourish, opened in the Gateway District. The center, which will house the Tim & Kathleen Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship, features modular spaces, conference rooms, adaptable lighting, state-of-the-art audio-visual technology, smart boards and much more.
March 5, 2024
CBRE
CBRE
I wanna get better: What tomorrow’s top CRE professionals are learning today
Donald Sheets, executive director of The Ohio State University Center for Real Estate, joins CBRE's podcast to talk about the importance of interdisciplinary education for tomorrow's real estate leaders, the role that experiential learning plays in real estate education, and how increased collaboration between higher education and industry can make these happen.
February 23, 2024
Bloomberg
Bloomberg
NRA and LaPierre found liable in New York AG’s donor funds case
The allegations of corruption on display in open court for weeks on end could shake the perception that the NRA is a strong organization, says Brian Mittendorf, the H.P. Wolfe Chair in Accounting at Fisher.
February 21, 2024
Supply Chain Management Review
Supply Chain Management Review
Innovating supply chain higher education with generative AI
Using artificial intelligence in the classroom is not without concerns. But Vince Castillo, assistant professor of logistics at Fisher, writes that the technology can also offer supply chain students access to and experience using an increasingly critical tool in the industry.
February 15, 2024
Columbus Business First
Columbus Business First
Is the office doomed?
Rising construction costs, work-from-home policies, high vacancy rates and banks’ reluctance to lend have left the market in a state of flux. The issues facing the Columbus-area market aren't too different than the challenges faced nationally, says Donald Sheets, executive director of the Ohio State University Center for Real Estate.
February 14, 2024
The Ohio State University Alumni Magazine
The Ohio State University Alumni Magazine
Seven strategies to declutter
Researchers are finding that a disordered, chaotic living space can lead to negative feelings. Weeding out can do you good. Rebecca Reczek, the Berry Chair of New Technologies in Marketing, offers up a research-based technique to help you part with items while keeping the memory of it.
February 1, 2024
The Economist
The Economist
Bitcoin ETFs are off to a bad start. Will things improve?
Research by Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate, and his colleagues show how thematic ETFs could be harbingers for the launch of Bitcoin ETFs.
January 30, 2024
Forbes
Forbes
If you broke your New Year’s resolutions, here’s how you can get back on track
Despite research from Fisher that says only 9% of people who make New Year's resolutions keep them, if you have yet to establish your goals for 2024 or have already fallen off the wagon, it's never too late to get on the right track.
January 24, 2024
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
Retailers return to bringing in inventory ‘just in time’
Inventory levels that surged during the pandemic are down and companies are reluctant to build new stockpiles. Terry Esper, a logistics professor at Fisher says companies are now better able to predict shopper demand and feel they can hold leaner inventories amid moderating spending growth and fewer supply-chain disruptions.
January 13, 2024
MarketWatch
MarketWatch
Do bitcoin ETFs have a place in retirement portfolios?
The SEC’s approval of bitcoin ETFs arguably is the occasion to sell, not buy. This is especially important for retirement investors to consider because the existence of a bitcoin ETF should not change the cryptocurrency’s underlying value, according to Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate at Fisher.
January 12, 2024
The Conversation
The Conversation
Wayne LaPierre leaves a financial mess behind at the NRA − on top of the legal one that landed him in court
New York authorities have accused the NRA, Wayne LaPierre and three of his current or former colleagues of squandering millions of dollars the gun group had obtained from its members.
January 8, 2024
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
Boston is too expensive, everyone agrees. So what’s keeping you here?
Forthcoming research by Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate, and two coauthors found that during the housing boom of 1996 to 2006, prices were higher in some places partly because people expected them to be.
January 5, 2024
The Columbus Dispatch
The Columbus Dispatch
Cryptocurrency no longer just a concept
Noah Jellison, executive director of the Risk Institute, writes about the lasting impact that understanding cryptocurrency will have on the future of business and business leaders.
December 29, 2023
Policygenius
Policygenius
Will home insurance prices keep rising in 2024?
Different factors, including inflation, could play a role in whether insurance rates continue to rise in 2024, says Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate at Fisher.
December 20, 2023
Columbus Business First
Columbus Business First
Ohio State wants to help college students get into the real estate industry
Donald Sheets, the executive director of The Ohio State University Center for Real Estate, talks about the organization's multidisciplinary reboot.
December 20, 2023
Fast Company
Fast Company
This is exactly when a ‘tough boss’ becomes a toxic leader
Leaders who consider themselves merely tough bosses must realize that not everyone sees them the same way. Understanding toxic leadership is the first step toward eradicating it, and groundbreaking research by Bennett Tepper, the Abramowitz Memorial Professor and senior associate dean for faculty and research at Fisher, outlines toxic behaviors.