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July 16, 2025
Columbus Business First
Columbus Business First
Ohio State business school seeks stronger ties with Central Ohio companies
Dean Aravind Chandrasekaran's message to Ohio companies is simple: Don't call McKinsey or Accenture. Call us. He wants Fisher to be their first call for talent, innovation, expertise and strategic insight.

July 15, 2025
WalletHub
WalletHub
Changes in inflation by city
Assistant Professor of Finance Sergey Sarkisyan offers context about the impact of inflation.

July 4, 2025
Forbes
Forbes
How the Justin Baldoni-Blake Lively saga led a billionaire to shut down his foundation
Brian Mittendorf, the H.P. Wolfe Chair in Accounting, explains the funding implications and fallout of the closing of the Wayfarer Foundation that was caught up in the wake of the Justin Baldoni-Blake Lively scandal.

June 24, 2025
WOSU
WOSU
How have gas stations grown and affected our current way of life?
Brian Hipsher, senior lecturer in marketing and logistics, discusses the proliferation and impact of convenience stores such as Buc-ee's, Sheetz and Wawa.

June 9, 2025
Business Insider
Business Insider
Universities are preparing the next generation of supply chain leaders for AI
As AI and tech skills become more crucial to careers in supply chain operations, educators such as Fisher's Assistant Professor of Logistics Vince Castillo are taking steps to ensure all types of students gain experience with AI and understand the technology's capabilities and its limitations.

May 19, 2025
WalletHub
WalletHub
What is a budget?
Cynthia W. Turner, Fisher's associate dean of access, engagement and outreach, and an accounting professor, outlines some budget basics.

May 16, 2025
Cleveland Business Journal
Cleveland Business Journal
Cleveland Clinic partners with Regent Surgical Health to build ambulatory surgery centers
Ken Boyer, Fisher Designated Professor of Operations and Business Analytics, provides context to the announcement that a pair of northeast Ohio health care providers will team up to develop ambulatory surgery centers.

May 1, 2025
Poets&Quants
Poets&Quants
2025 Best & Brightest MBA: Kyle Schembechler
Meet Kyle Schembechler, one of Poets&Quants' Best and Brightest MBAs of 2025, a veteran, member of Fisher's Class of 2025 and an individual who has "just enough intelligence and humor to solve whatever you throw at me.”

April 18, 2025
CNN
CNN
Business and consumers grapple with shifting U.S. tariffs
Finance Professor Itzhak Ben-David discusses the potential ways consumers and organizations may respond to price increases caused by U.S. tariffs.

April 8, 2025
NBC4
NBC4
Why are so many Chick-fil-A’s in Columbus so close together?
Marketing faculty member and restaurant service expert Brian Hipsher explains why so many of the same restaurants and convenience stores are popping up within blocks of each other.
April 8, 2025
Max M. Fisher College of Business
Max M. Fisher College of Business
MBA programs continue their climb in national rankings
See how Fisher's MBA programs and specialties fared in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings.

April 1, 2025
Canton Repository
Canton Repository
Stark County homes are more expensive than ever. Why the housing market here remains hot
Home prices have increased dramatically since the pandemic because of short supply and high demand. Demand has cooled somewhat since, but prices remain high due to the housing shortage, says Itzhak Ben-David, finance professor at Fisher.

March 29, 2025
Poets&Quants
Poets&Quants
2025 Best & Brightest Business Major: Aya Dushnitzky
Meet graduating senior Aya Dushnitzky, an operations management and economics major who is "passionate about travel, building connections and finding creative solutions to bring people and ideas together."

March 29, 2025
Fortune
Fortune
How Joann Fabrics went from a cult-favorite retail darling to a bankruptcy disaster
Faculty members Lori Kendall and Chad Zipfel share their strategy insights into why the once-mighty Ohio-based craft retailer Joann Fabrics was forced to file for bankruptcy.

March 28, 2025
The New York Times
The New York Times
Trump’s tariffs leave automakers with tough, expensive choices
Carmakers are likely to face higher costs regardless of how they respond to President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on cars and auto parts. The impact, says Professor W.C. Benton, is that demand for new cars among consumers will fall.

March 5, 2025
Vox
Vox
Why it still takes days for banks to give you your money
It’s the 21st century — instant bank transfers should be the norm everywhere. For countries such as Brazil that have widely adopted instant banking, the result has been increased competition among traditional banks and significant benefits for average citizens, according to research by Fisher's Sergey Sarkisyan.

February 26, 2025
WBFF
WBFF
Baltimore's youth fund sent nearly $1 million to a nonprofit that folded 18 months later
Nonprofit accounting expert Brian Mittendorf says the size of a grant provided to a Baltimore-area nonprofit ― and the apparent lack of oversight via a tax filing is concerning.

February 20, 2025
Axios
Axios
Ohio is fighting a shortage of accountants
Reducing barriers such as the 150 college credit hour rule is one tactic that's been pitched to help fight an upcoming shortage in accountants. But Tzachi Zach, academic director of Fisher's Master of Accounting program, says higher education leaders need to better sell the industry to prospective students.

February 14, 2025
Columbus Business First
Columbus Business First
Banks big and small seek to build up Central Ohio
Research from the most recent Middle Market Indicator, published by the National Center for the Middle Market, reflects economic optimism shared among bankers in Central Ohio.

December 30, 2024
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
Creating a productive 2025: Tips for setting and achieving your goals
Finding an accountability partner can help provide encouragement and feedback and gently nudge you to keep your New Year goals, says Howard Klein, professor of management and human resources.

December 27, 2024
The New York Times
The New York Times
Tesla investors are still bullish. Can Elon Musk deliver?
Sales of the company’s cars are flagging and, according to Fisher's Ken Boyer, Elon Musk's interest in electric vehicles isn't what it was, but investors are focusing on the potential of autonomous driving and Musk’s ties to President-elect Donald J. Trump.

December 22, 2024
Bloomberg
Bloomberg
‘God Bless America’ fund beats political rivals with 33% gain
Despite the strong showing of politically-themed ETFs, finance researcher Itzhak Ben-David says thematic ETFs usually underperform. His research that shows specialized ETFs tend to trail market benchmarks by about 30% over five years.

December 18, 2024
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Crypto charity leader sentenced for tax evasion
Nonprofit expert Brian Mittendorf says a donor-advised fund's growth to $10 billion under Bryan Doreian during a slumping crypto market raises questions about Doreian and his leadership of the SDG Impact Fund.

November 22, 2024
DHL
DHL
From classroom to career: Eliminating boundaries for future supply chain leaders
James Hill, chair of Fisher's Department of Operations and Business Analytics, joins DHL's podcast to talk about operations and logistics management options available to undergraduate and graduate students at Ohio State.

October 22, 2024
Poets&Quants
Poets&Quants
Looking at online MBA programs? Start with these three questions
From flexibility to customization to career readiness, these are three questions potential MBA students should consider when evaluating an online program.