Dr. Selin Malkoc, an associate professor of marketing and the lead author on the studies from Fisher says having the right balance of free time versus scheduled time in your daily planner is key to boosting productivity, and the precise ratio is different for each person.

There's a surprisingly simple way to combat that in-a-rut feeling when it comes to exercise: Do the same thing in a new way, according to research by Fisher's Rob Smith.

Dave Freel, an ethics professor at Ohio State University and retired director of the Ohio Ethics Commission, said Steve Dettelbach, a Democrat running for Ohio attorney general took the proper actions to wall himself off from any true conflict of interest in the state's lawsuit against opioid manufacturers.

The American stock market has been shrinking. The market is half the size of its mid-1990s peak, and 25 percent smaller than it was in 1976. “This is troubling for the economy, for innovation and for transparence,” said René Stulz, the Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking & Monetary Economics.

Brian Mittendorf, the Fisher Designated Professorship in Accounting, shares insights into cryptocurrency and its use by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, one of the first U.S. charities to accept donations of cryptocurrency.

In 1975, 109 companies collected half of the profits produced by all publicly traded companies. Today, those winnings are captured by just 30 companies, according to research by René M. Stulz, the Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking & Monetary Economics at Fisher, and his colleague, Kathleen M. Kahle.

Your social calendar might be sucking the joy out of activities that are supposed to be fun or relaxing, according to an upcoming paper co-written by Selin Malkoc, associate professor of marketing at Fisher.

If you want to be happy, don't make plans for your free time, says research by Selin Malkoc, associate professor of marketing. The key to happiness is 'rough scheduling' rather than firm plans.

Almost all offices have them. The person whose self-belief exceeds their abilities, who belittles their co-workers, and who considers themselves so special and unique, they're left infuriated when others fail to recognize them. We're talking about the office narcissist. Tim Judge, the Joseph A. Alutto Chair in Leadership Effectiveness, tells us how to spot one.

Robert Smith and a colleague from the University of Chicago have suggested, in a paper presently in press, that one way to recapture one’s first-time experiences is to use unusual methods of consumption.

Research by Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate, and his colleagues studies whether ETFs abet investor behavior that can eventually lead to a deterioration in the quality of security prices.

Bennett Tepper, holder of the Irving Abramowitz Memorial Professorship and chair of Fisher's Department of Management and Human Resources, coined the term abusive supervision and helped formalize the field by developing a 15-point checklist of bad-boss behavior.

When organizations dedicated to doing good make money their top priority, they get into trouble, writes Brian Mittendorf, the Fisher Designated Professor in Accounting.

If you are tired of something, professors, including Fisher's Rob Smith, say you should try a new way of looking at it.

Is scheduling your free time a good idea? Research from Fisher's Selin Malkoc and colleagues at Rutgers Business School evaluated existing research (much of it their own) on time management tactics and how they affect the uptake, outcome and enjoyment of various activities. 

Oded Shenkar, the Ford Motor Company Chair in Global Business Management, discusses President Donald Trump’s request that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) deny China Mobile’s entry into the American market, citing national security concerns. 

Play with your food — you might like it better. People enjoy dishes and drinks more when they consume them in unconventional ways, such as eating popcorn with chopsticks or lapping up water like a cat, according to research by Fisher's Rob Smith.

Research shows that scheduling can undermine enjoyment if it is not done right, according to Selin Malkoc, an associate professor of marketing at Fisher.

As a member of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Local Organizing Committee in Moscow, Maria Landekhovskaya has a front-row seat to one of the largest sporting events in the world. Landekhovskaya, a senior lecturer in marketing and logistics at Fisher, is also using this unique opportunity to bring global marketing practices and insights back to her classroom in the fall.

Can a hospital score high marks in patient care while also operating as a lean, mean healing machine business? Yes, says Aravind Chandrasekaran of The Ohio State University’s Center for Operational Excellence at Fisher College of Business. The problem is that what it means to run a “lean” organization is misunderstood.

More employers are starting to not only supply a paycheck, but also provide help for those who need guidance on how to manage their money. The National Center for the Middle Market, based at Fisher College of Business, reported in November that 77 percent of companies with annual revenue between $10 million and $1 billion are “concerned” about their employees’ financial security.

Research from Fisher's Rob Smith and a colleague has discovered that eating food in an unconventional ways makes it taste better. This theory applies to other aspects of life as well.

If you are not enjoying your favorite things as much as you used to, new research suggests a way to break through the boredom: Try the same old things in new ways. Research from Fisher's Rob Smith and his colleagues found that people found new enjoyment in popcorn, videos – even water – when they consumed them in unconventional ways.

Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business has received a pledge of $17 million from the Keenan Family Foundation to establish a new entrepreneurship center.

Fisher's Deb Mitchell weighs in on the future of the buy button in the online marketplace: “Alexa can’t demo visuals. But some people don’t need visual product information, so these devices will impact consumer behavior in a big way.