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.

A generous commitment of $17 million by the Keenan Family Foundation has enabled The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business to strengthen its commitment to entrepreneurship. The Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship will focus on cultivating students’ entrepreneurial skill sets and create an enriched extracurricular experience around entrepreneurship.

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.

Ohio State University students will have a new entrepreneurship resource thanks to a $17 million gift. The Tim and Kathleen Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship will focus on cultivating students’ entrepreneurial skills and creating an extracurricular experience around entrepreneurship.

Strategic alliances are used by firms for a variety of purposes, but Oded Shenkar, of the National Center for the Middle Market, says they can especially benefit middle-market firms that need to augment their limited skills and resources.

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.

“Now we start having the ability to target ads to people based on much more complex algorithms,” says Fisher's Rob Smith. “So instead of ‘people who are between the ages of 40 and 60 tend to watch this show,’ it’s ‘I would like to target someone who is 27-years-old, who lives in this place, who likes tennis and is interested in buying a new tennis racket right now.’”

People who drank more coffee contributed more to group meetings and tended to stay on-topic compared to their decaffeinated co-workers. Coffee drinkers also evaluated team performance more positively as a result of increased alertness, Ohio State University researchers found.

You might think you've made your day more efficient – but it can actually affect what you accomplish during your unstructured time, according to research by Fisher's Selin Malkoc.

People are less likely to buy sugary drinks if they see warning labels that include graphic pictures of health consequences such as obesity, diabetes and tooth decay, according to research from Fisher's Grant Donnelly and his colleagues.

A partnership between Fisher and the Ohio Minority Supplier Development Council is providing minority business leaders with a key opportunity to establish and augment operational excellence programs within their firms.

One of the joys of shopping for many people is the opportunity to brag about their purchases to friends and others. But new research from Anna Paley, a visiting scholar in marketing at Fisher, found one common situation in which people would rather not discuss what they just bought: when they’re feeling like money is a little tight.

So what makes a good apology? According to a study by Roy Lewicki, a professor at the Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business, the perfect apology has six components.

As if we needed more reasons to love our coffee, researchers have discovered that people work better together under the influence of coffee.

See how The Risk Institute at Fisher College of Business is leading the discussion to combat the issue of distracted driving.

Good teamwork begins with a cup of coffee for everyone, a new study suggests. Researchers, including Amit Singh, co-author of the study and a doctoral student in marketing at Fisher, found that people gave more positive reviews for their group’s performance on a task — and their own contribution — if they drank caffeinated coffee beforehand. 

In 1975 the percentage of corporate profits that came from the top 100 U.S. firms was 48.5 percent, according to research conducted by finance professors Kathleen Kahle of the University of Arizona and René Stulz of Ohio State.

Research by Selin Malkoc finds that upcoming meetings hinder progress and stop you from being productive.

Research by Selin Malkoc and her colleagues found, in a series of eight tests, that time seems shorter to people when it comes immediately before a scheduled task or appointment. Therefore when we have a meeting booked in our diary, we’re inclined to do less work and fill the time prior to the meeting with minor tasks, rather than knuckle down and complete something productive. 

Using research by Fisher's Robert Lount which showed friends tended to perform better than teams made up of strangers, the Times examines the many dynamics of office friendships.