As part of a forum hosted by the Columbus Metropolitan Club, Professor of Logistics Keely Croxton explains the "perfect storm" of events that has snarled supply chains across multiple industries as well as the advantages that Ohio has in shaping and alleviating some of the challenges. 

New research by Professor of Operations Aravind Chandrasekaran illustrates how collaboration within health care organizations can be measured — and how that collaboration can positively impact patient experience.

Mike Knemeyer, professor of logistics, defines supply chain choreography discusses what supply chain managers can learn from the approach Cirque du Soleil takes to create and deliver a new show, lessons for even the most experienced supply chain leader.

According to research by Bob Lount, chair of the Department of Management and Human Resources, and his colleagues, team negotiators may achieve higher joint gains when they first discuss superordinate goals that either team can’t achieve without the help of the other.

Cross-disciplinary research by Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate, Research Assistant Byungwook Kim, Darren Roulstone, chair of Fisher's Department of Accounting and MIS, and Stanford's Hala Moussawi, explores how hard-to-value stocks provide opportunities for managers to exploit their informational advantage through trading on their firms’ and their own personal accounts. 

Many middle market companies are returning to pre-pandemic performance levels and predicting continued growth as the ongoing recovery of the middle market becomes more extensive. However, new challenges, such as supply chain disruption and finding skilled workers, have emerged as companies continue to evolve and respond to the pandemic, according to the 2021 Year End Middle Market Indicator.

Research shows psychology plays a vital role when it comes to debt. Certain payment strategies can motivate us, while others keep us mired in debt. A study by Assistant Professor of Marketing Grant Donnelly shows paying off individual purchases can be more effective than focusing on minimum payments.

Research from Associate Professor of Marketing Selin Malkoc shows that, in the long run, focusing on being productive all the time harms your mental health.

New research by Professor of Operations Aravind Chandrasekaran and his colleagues reveals the potential benefits that structured, formalized peer mentoring programs can have on patients’ post-operative recovery success.

Experienced older workers will retire eventually, but a new study by Associate Professor of Management and Human Resources Kaifeng Jiang suggests how employers may persuade some of them to stick around for a few more years.

Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate at Fisher, and his colleagues examined mutual fund flows spanning1991-2017 to determine if individuals are just naïve performance chasers, unaware of the financial literature, or whether they are sophisticated investors.

What can we learn from companies’ climate change disclosures? A lot, actually. Research from Assistant Professor of Operations Christian Blanco reveals how companies’ understanding of their environmental impact has improved over the past 20 years.

Resolutions are made every year. But this year, COVID-19 is helping shape people's annual fresh starts. Yet again. The omicron variant adds more complications to those resolutions, says Assistant Professor of Marketing Grant Donnelly. 

Millennials are wondering whether finding meaning in their job amid the "hustle culture" is a fruitless pursuit. Selin Malkoc, associate professor of marketing, says this culture and planning can bleed into our leisure pursuits, which is counterintuitive to the purpose of relaxation.

When it comes to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing, too many focus on the environmental and social, when often the governance can be even more impactful on the future of the company and the return on an investment. Isil Erel, the David A. Rismiller Chair in Finance at Fisher, discusses how governance is changing and how AI is affecting that change.

In a list of political figures' favorite books from 2021, John B. Taylor, former undersecretary of the Treasury for international affairs and a professor of economics at Stanford, recommended "The Economist’s Craft," authored by Michael Weisbach, the Ralph Kurtz Chair in Finance at Fisher. The book "shows how to understand economics in a way that’s entertaining for anyone who has ever been a student, or simply likes to read, write or talk economics."

In approving Bitcoin futures ETFs but rejecting spot price competitors, many observers feel that the SEC is being contradictory in is rulings. One concern is price manipulation, as explored in a paper by Assistant Professor of Finance Amin Shams and John M. Griffin, of the University of Texas at Austin that concluded that about half of bitcoin's rise to a total market value of $326 billion was due to the influence of a manipulation scheme. 

While the term ‘number go up’ was in circulation elsewhere before the 2009 creation of bitcoin, let alone the more recent boom, it points to a fundamental question at the heart of a $2tn-plus industry: what, and who, influences the value of crypto? Bitcoin’s connections to other cryptocurrencies have also raised concerns about its pricing, which was explored in a paper authored by Amin Shams, assistant professor of finance, and a colleague.

WOSU's Matthew Rand speaks with Terry Esper, associate professor of logistics, about how the holiday shopping season is shaping up.

Can non-fungible tokens generate the revenue many museums sorely need? Brian Mittendorf, the Fisher Designated Professor in Accounting, and a colleague outline four primary reasons why museums have failed to turn the NFT craze into a financial windfall.

New research by Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate, and his colleagues empirically study the impact of large institutional ownership on stock prices in the U.S. market.

Professor of Logistics Keely Croxton explains how “queuing theory” — the mathematical study of waiting lines — can help explain the ongoing supply chain issues plaguing businesses across the U.S. 

The future of business is in financial technology (fintech). See how Fisher and partners in the community and across the university are working together to establish Ohio State as a leader in fintech research, education and practice.

Multi-year agreement will further advance and elevate the understanding of the U.S. middle market.

A study by Associate Professor Management and Human Resources Jasmine Hue, published in The Journal of Applied Psychology, determined that bosses who were attentive to employees’ emotional needs helped workers stay engaged during the pandemic. Hu specializes in “servant leadership,” an empathy-driven management style uniquely suited to modern realities. While servant leaders can be any gender, the style fits with “female leaders’ stereotypical characteristics of being nurturing, relationship-oriented, and tending to emotional needs,” she says.