Fisher Research and Insights Forefront
October 7, 2026
Max M. Fisher College of Business
Max M. Fisher College of Business
AI at scale: How a Fisher professor brought an avalanche of SEC feedback into focus
How do you make sense of 230,000 public responses to a new government proposal? An AI-powered tracker created by Tzachi Zach, chair of the Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems, gauges consumer feedback on the SEC’s plan to change financial reporting guidelines.
October 2, 2026
The Conversation
The Conversation
US regulators want to make corporate earnings reports less frequent, but investors have doubts
A new financial reporting proposal has generated enormous opposition, from ordinary savers to industry groups. Fisher's Tzachi Zach details the feedback, which he's collected and analyzed.
September 16, 2026
The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail
What will airport privatization mean for travellers in Canada?
Privatized airports abroad have seen fewer cancellations, more international routes and better overall aesthetics, according to research by Michael Weisbach, the Ralph Kurtz Chair in Finance at Fisher. But critics question whether those results can be replicated in Canada.
September 14, 2026
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
Meet the former rock band member teaching entertainment marketing at Ohio State
From touring the world as bassist for the chart-topping band Flobots to teaching entertainment marketing at Fisher, Jesse Walker brings firsthand industry experience into a course where students explore the business, marketing, and career opportunities shaping the sports, music and media industries.
September 8, 2026
Valor Econômico
Valor Econômico
Common challenges for mid-sized companies in the U.S. and Brazil
Director of the National Center for the Middle Market Doug Farren shared the similarities, and challenges, that middle market companies located in the U.S. and Brazil share.
August 26, 2026
Global Banking & Finance Review
Global Banking & Finance Review
How passive investing is changing price discovery
Research on ETFs conducted by Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate, and his colleagues provides context for how those investment channels are changing price discovery and liquidity.
August 17, 2026
Max M. Fisher College of Business
Max M. Fisher College of Business
Fisher's new faculty expand expertise across business and industry
Fisher welcomes its new class of faculty whose expertise spans all facets of business. Their research, industry experience and innovative teaching will expand learning opportunities, inspire new ideas and prepare Business Buckeyes to succeed in a rapidly changing world.
August 7, 2026
Cleveland.com
Cleveland.com
Why summer always feels too short in our best life
August may feel like a long goodbye to a too-short summer, and there's a scientific reason for that, according to research by Fisher's Selin Malkoc.
July 30, 2026
ScholarPeer
ScholarPeer
Why unexpected free time tricks you into running late
New research by Fisher Distinguished Professor of Marketing Selin Malkoc find that an unexpectedly free hour feels longer than an hour you planned to have. Across seven research experiments, that swollen sense of time nudged people into slower choices, longer tasks and occasionally, a missed deadline.
July 30, 2026
MarketWatch
MarketWatch
Nearly half of small-cap and midcap stocks are losing money
Why are nearly half of small-cap and midcap companies still losing money? One reason, according to research from Rene Stulz, the Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics at Fisher, is that the largest firms earn the lion’s share of corporate profits.
July 26, 2026
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
Investors don’t want to scrap quarterly reports. Companies should think twice.
The SEC had posted about 221,000 comment letters about its proposal as of Thursday, with more awaiting processing. A tracker created by Tzachi Zach, Chair of Fisher's Department of Accounting and MIS, at last count showed 99.5% of the letters opposed it.
July 23, 2026
The New York Times
The New York Times
Gen Z fell out of love with work. I don’t blame them.
Groundbreaking research by Tim Judge, the Joseph A. Alutto Chair in Leadership Effectiveness, sheds light on current sentiments toward opportunities and work shared by Gen Z.
July 22, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Over 3 years, homeless nonprofit paid more than $1.7 million to companies owned by its chief executive
Over three years, the homeless housing nonprofit A Step to Freedom paid more than $1.7 million to two companies owned by its chief executive, according to the Los Angeles Times. Brian Mittendorf, the H.P. Wolfe Chair in Accounting at Fisher, said the contracts pose serious conflict-of-interest risks amid growing scrutiny of how homelessness dollars are monitored and spent across L.A. County.
July 20, 2026
MIT Sloan Management Review
MIT Sloan Management Review
How leaders unlock innovation on the front lines
Front-line workers are key to organizational value creation, but they may disengage without middle managers’ support, writes Interim Dean Aravind Chandrasekaran and his research colleagues.
July 13, 2026
Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review
U.S. and Japanese companies struggle with different parts of AI adoption
Companies in the U.S. and Japan face different AI adoption challenges. U.S. firms have embraced AI broadly but often struggle to generate meaningful value, while Japanese companies have adopted it more slowly but frequently achieve stronger results. Both approaches offer lessons for building effective AI strategies and demonstrating ROI, writes Fisher Professor Natarajan Balasubramanian and his colleagues.
July 10, 2026
CNBC
CNBC
The stock market looks pretty cheap based on future earnings expectations. Don't be fooled
The S&P 500 trades around 28x trailing earnings versus 21x forward earnings. Experts such as Fisher's Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate, say the spread mostly reflects high earnings expectations.
July 10, 2026
Max M. Fisher College of Business
Max M. Fisher College of Business
Award-winning research reveals why the best online reviews show and tell
The secret to a more helpful online review isn't just adding photos—it's pairing the right photo with the right words, according to award-winning research from Gizem Ceylan, assistant professor of marketing and logistics at Fisher.
July 7, 2026
CFO Dive
CFO Dive
SEC’s semiannual reporting proposal draws groundswell of opposition
A tool created by Tzachi Zach, chair of Fisher's Department of Accounting and MIS, is tracking public sentiment around the proposal to allow companies to file reports just twice a year, rather than quarterly.
July 1, 2026
WOSU
WOSU
Changing trends in workplace culture
From unorthodox schedules going against the traditional 9 to 5 to new methods in how work gets done, Lori Kendall, academic director of Fisher's Full-Time MBA program and a management and human resources expert, shares her perspectives on how people are working in 2026.
June 22, 2026
Substack
Substack
The 2026 Strebulaev-Jackson Venture Ranking: Complete top 100 VC firms
Blake Jackson, assistant professor of finance, and research colleague Ilya Strebulaev, created a pioneering data-driven ranking of the effectiveness of VC firms.
June 22, 2026
The Reload
The Reload
NRA faces new financial peril
Brian Mittendorf, the H.P. Wolfe Chair in Accounting at Fisher, explains the battle between the National Rifle Association's foundation and the NRA membership organization, which recently escalated when the foundation's leadership dropped the NRA moniker from the group's name.
June 18, 2026
Bayes Business School
Bayes Business School
M&A researchers reflect on turbulent policy environment
René Stulz, the Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics, recently was honored for his lifetime of achievement at the Bayes Business School’s annual M&A research conference.
June 16, 2026
ECGI
ECGI
The carbon premium's dirty secret
Research by Shaojun Zhang, associate professor of finance, finds that companies with higher emissions sometimes deliver stronger‑than‑expected results, which boosts returns. Carbon premiums, therefore, may not reflect risk, but rather market mispricing, suggesting climate risks still aren’t fully factored in.
June 11, 2026
Human Resources Director
Human Resources Director
Six in 10 workers say their boss is toxic. Experts aren't so sure
Calling a manager toxic is easy. Fixing the conditions behind it is harder. Ben Tepper, the John A. Russell Endowed Chair for Communication Excellence at Fisher, says a big issue is the disconnect between how employees view their managers and how the managers view themselves.
June 5, 2026
Financial Times
Financial Times
The big backlash over plans to drop U.S. quarterly reporting demands
A new proposal that would allow U.S. public companies to do away with reporting quarterly earnings is drawing overwhelmingly negative feedback from investors, according to a tool created by Tzachi Zach, chair of Fisher's Department of Accounting and MIS, that tracks comments about the proposal.