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December 9, 2019
Bloomberg
Bloomberg
What CEO departures say about the economy
The correlation between CEO turnover and gross domestic product is robust, and research from Assistant Professor of Finance Jack Liebersohn and his colleague, Heidi Packard, of the University of Michigan, demonstrates the relationship.
December 6, 2019
Brookings
Brookings
Understanding the skills gap — and what employers can do about it
For many employers, taking on a leadership role in workforce development will require changes to prior practice. A recent report from The Brookings Institution and The National Center for the Middle Market helps to illustrate the types of changes that employers should consider.
December 3, 2019
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
There's a Better Way Podcast: Structure within creativity
As part of the “There’s a Better Way” podcast, Elliot Bendoly, distinguished professor of management sciences at Fisher, sits down to harmonize the tension between structured and creative approaches to give managers a framework for high-performance problem solving.
December 3, 2019
Vox
Vox
How to have a true hobby, not a side hustle
Selin A. Malkoc, a marketing professor at Fisher who studies how leisure can contribute to our overall happiness, says the problem with finding a hobby is compounded when so many of us “do yoga because we want to be a yoga master.” Instead, Malkoc says, it’s perfectly fine to do it just because we want to relax.
December 2, 2019
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
Decade in review: 'Big Tech' gains enormous power
The U.S. government has begun recognizing just how much power big tech companies have quietly amassed. “The law has not yet caught up with big data analytics and so mere compliance with the law is not sufficient to protect people in the big data era,” says Dennis Hirsch, a fellow at The Risk Institute. “Data ethics is about going beyond what the law requires in order to mitigate risks to individuals, and so to the company itself."
November 19, 2019
The Guardian
The Guardian
You're not alone: how to survive your horrible boss
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.
November 19, 2019
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
There's a Better Way Podcast: Access for all through the power of logistics
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.
November 14, 2019
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
Fisher among five institutions selected as part of $1.7M FDA research contract
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.
November 12, 2019
HR Dive
HR Dive
Study: Injured retail workers are out an average 24 days
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.
November 8, 2019
HR Dive
HR Dive
HR leaders say training is their best defense against workplace pitfalls
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.
November 5, 2019
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
There's a Better Way Podcast: Cultural intelligence
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.
November 4, 2019
Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Lone Bitcoin whale likely fueled 2017 price surge, study says
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.
November 1, 2019
The Ohio State University
The Ohio State University
Why the rich go broke — and how you can avoid a similar fate
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.
October 23, 2019
The National Center for the Middle Market
The National Center for the Middle Market
Newest Middle Market Indicator shows slowing growth
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.
October 23, 2019
Smart Business
Smart Business
How the middle-market can navigate the U.S.-China trade dispute
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.
October 22, 2019
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
There's a Better Way Podcast: Origins of Lean
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.
October 15, 2019
Medium
Medium
How losing can be a winning strategy
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.
October 14, 2019
Realtor.com
Realtor.com
Where buyers are cashing in! The top 10 U.S. markets for flipping
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.
October 10, 2019
The New York Times
The New York Times
How to find a hobby
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.
October 8, 2019
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
There's a Better Way Podcast: Lean transformation in healthcare
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.
October 3, 2019
Medium
Medium
The unsettling ways tech is changing your personal reality
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.
September 24, 2019
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
Judge, Hu named top leadership scholars
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.
September 24, 2019
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
There's a Better Way Podcast: Focus on the people, not the process
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.
September 18, 2019
Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review
Hiring for culture fit doesn’t have to undermine diversity
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.
September 17, 2019
Inc.
Inc.
Who you share your goals with makes all the difference in whether you achieve them
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.