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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Donald Sheets, the executive director of The Ohio State University Center for Real Estate, talks about the organization's multidisciplinary reboot.

From strongman to collaborative, experts say what we expect of leaders has changed significantly over time. Timothy Judge, executive director of the Fisher Leadership Initiative and chair of the Department of Management and Human Resources, says the public nature of many leadership positions is driving the recent push for integrity among leaders.

An analysis shows that SantaCon raised $1.4 million through SantaCon programming from late 2014 through 2022, and that less than a fifth of that money has gone to registered nonprofits. “The money going to their targeted charities is minuscule as a percentage of their budget," says Brian Mittendorf, the H.P. Wolfe chair in accounting at Fisher.

The SDG Impact Fund grew from $238 million to $10 billion in one year. Cryptocurrency and NFTs appear to have played a part; the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals do not. Brian Mittendorf, the H.P. Wolfe Chair in Accounting, and Helen Flannery, a fellow at the progressive Institute for Policy Studies, say publicly filed tax documents raise more questions than answers about whether the fund is being used to for the tax benefit of the wealthy.

A mutual-funds rating company changed its methodology two decades ago, and that, according to research from Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate, and his co-authors, has made a significant difference in the performance of momentum strategies.

Research from Isil Erel, the David A. Rismiller Chair in Finance at Fisher, and Michael Weisbach, the Ralph Kurtz Chair in Finance, adds to insights related to the use of Artificial Intelligence in hiring and human resources management.

The group is slowly abandoning its original mission to teach Americans how to handle guns. Spending on these programs has dropped 77 percent in less than a decade. The trend, says Brian Mittendorf, the H.P. Wolfe Chair in Accounting at Fisher, can impact membership, which in turn leads to questions about the long-term future of the organization.

Top cities such as New York and San Francisco will continue to see growth, says Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate at Fisher, but there are other markets around the country that are emerging with affordability and robust job growth. 

John Gray, the Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Operations and Business Analytics, has been named one of two Distinguished Scholars by Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSCM), a division of the Academy of Management. Learn more about Gray's journey into academia and how he became the fourth Fisher faculty member to earn the recognition since 2003.

 Paul Reeder, executive director of the Center for Innovation Strategies, discusses what innovation means for businesses today, and how that meaning can be measured as progress.

Donald Sheets, executive director of The Ohio State University Center for Real Estate, discusses the federal ruling   against the National Association of Realtors and multiple real estate companies for colluding to inflate commissions, and its impact on the residential real estate market in Ohio.