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Cynthia Turner in a classroom
March 20, 2020
Fisher College of Business

Rising Leaders Program connects elementary students to Fisher

Fisher College of Business recently hosted sixth-grade students from Livingston Elementary School for the inaugural Rising Leaders Youth Program. The event was designed to introduce the next generation of leaders to Ohio State and to business-specific topics such as personal branding.
Why the coronavirus is making your neighbor hoard toilet paper
March 19, 2020
The Ohio State University

Why the coronavirus is making your neighbor hoard toilet paper

When a crisis occurs, people's survival instincts kick in; they go into a sort of panic mode and start hoarding — toilet paper? Yunhui Huang, assistant professor of marketing, weighs in on how external factors such as disease influence consumer decision making and preferences. 
Targeted ads and personalization: Putting the customer in charge
March 19, 2020
Raconteur

Targeted ads and personalization: Putting the customer in charge

As personalized advertising continues to evolve, consumers are increasingly dictating what ads they want and when they see them. Rebecca Walker Reczek, the Dr. H. Lee “Buck” Mathews Professor of Marketing at Fisher, says the more options people have to choose their entertainment, the harder it gets for brands to reach a large audience all at once.
2020 Student Pace Setter Award winners
March 13, 2020
Fisher College of Business

Service, engagement, academic excellence honored at 2020 Pace Setters Awards

Fisher College of Business recognized the many contributions of its top students, educators and leaders at the college’s 2020 Pace Setters Awards event.
Lean Enterprise Institute names Peter Ward as its new chairman
March 3, 2020
SFGate

Lean Enterprise Institute names Peter Ward as its new chairman

The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI), a global leader in lean thinking and practice, announced the appointment of Peter Ward, a professor at Fisher College of Business who has developed graduate-level programs in lean management, as its chairman.
Portrait of Anthony Unger provided by The Lantern
March 2, 2020
The Lantern

Graduate student improves efficiency of food pantry

See how MBA student Anthony Unger is putting his data analysis skills and his involvement with the service-oriented Fisher Board Fellows organization to work to improve efficiency at the Lutheran Social Services Food Pantry in Columbus.
Mangurian Foundation $10 million gift to support six diverse Ohio State areas
February 26, 2020
The Ohio State University

Mangurian Foundation $10 million gift to support six diverse Ohio State areas

The Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. Foundation is making its largest-ever gift to The Ohio State University – $10 million to support dementia and leukemia research, cancer drug development, health and wellness initiatives for student-athletes and scholarships for graduate business students at Fisher.
Meet Fisher's MBA Class of 2021
February 25, 2020
Poets&Quants

Meet Fisher's MBA Class of 2021

See how some of the talented students and members of the MBA Class of 2021 are benefiting from the unique experiences and career differentiators that are a part of Fisher's redesigned Full-Time MBA program.
OSU professors will ascend Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness of water needs, as they prepare to drill
February 21, 2020
NBC4

OSU professors will ascend Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness of water needs, as they prepare to drill

Two Ohio State University engineering professors are embarking on a trip halfway around the world in search of clean water to meet the needs of villages in Tanzania, Africa. Dave Williams and
Sesquicentennial Scholars graphic reading 150: 1870-2020
February 18, 2020
Fisher College of Business

Leadership through scholarship

From marketing to finance, undergraduate to graduate, Fisher is proud of the talented students named to Ohio State’s Sesquicentennial Student Scholar Leadership Program. Their academic excellence, engagement as students and passion and drive are moving our land-grant mission forward.
Zac Zies on Ohio State's campus
February 17, 2020
Fisher College of Business

A passion for business proves stronger than disability

Zac Zies, a leader and advocate, shares his journey to a career in logistics while facing overwhelming adversity.

Walmart shelves Jet black shopping service, cuts nearly 300 jobs
February 13, 2020
Talk Business & Politics

Walmart shelves Jet black shopping service, cuts nearly 300 jobs

Two and a half years since Walmart began testing Jet black, its white-glove concierge shopping service dubbed, the retail giant said it will end the service. Fisher's Annibal Sodero says data sets gleaned from a Jet black venture would be rich for a retailer like Walmart.
Ohio economy could feel impact if China’s coronavirus outbreak continues much longer
February 9, 2020
Cleveland.com

Ohio economy could feel impact if China’s coronavirus outbreak continues much longer

Because of globalization, many Ohio companies rely on China, either for products or sales. If the Chinese economy is impaired long enough, Ohio’s economy could suffer too said Oded Shenkar, a global business management professor and expert on China at Fisher.
Shipping containers on a cargo ship
February 5, 2020
Protocol

Why coronavirus is a dire threat to supply chains

As governments and health officials around the world struggle to contain the coronavirus outbreak, common measures that companies take to safeguard their supply chains against disruptions are ineffective for the coronavirus outbreak, said Keely Croxton, a professor of logistics at Ohio State University.
Ohio State graduate works to connect people with criminal records to jobs
February 5, 2020
WOSU

Ohio State graduate works to connect people with criminal records to jobs

Harley Blakeman (BSBA '17) overcame self-inflicted hurdles to become an entrepreneur dedicated to helping others who made similar mistakes find jobs.
Walmart and Target are gaining (a little) ground on Amazon in e-commerce
February 3, 2020
Fortune

Walmart and Target are gaining (a little) ground on Amazon in e-commerce

Annibal Sodero, an assistant professor of marketing, says different strategies among the top e-commerce companies explains why a few of them seem to be gaining on Amazon, the industry leader.
Imran's passion for giving pays off
January 31, 2020
The Ohio State University

Imran's passion for giving pays off

Meet Imran Nuri, a graduating marketing student whose leadership of BuckeyeThon helped provide him with the experience and skills to pursue his own startup: a nonprofit dedicated to fighting poverty, improving animal welfare and ensuring a strong future for the planet.
Team of students behind the Patched brand
January 29, 2020
The Lantern

Students develop fashion for mental health

Meet the Fisher students behind Patched, a brand that is focused on ending the stigma about mental health. Created as a student project, Patched, through its merchandise and events, is connecting allies of mental health awareness at Ohio State to make a difference.
IBE students posing at Root Insurance headquarters
January 28, 2020
Fisher College of Business

Business and engineering students impress with their ability to innovate

In 2014, The Ohio State University’s Integrated Business and Engineering Honors program — one of the first interdisciplinary programs at Ohio State — recruited its first cohort of students. Since then, the program has produced highly sought-after graduates with both engineering skills and business acumen, creating an alumni network that spans from New York City to Silicon Valley and beyond.
Portrait of Jeff Rice
January 26, 2020
Columbus CEO

To solve the workforce issue, business and education must work together — and they are

Technology functions are now inherent in nearly every company, and competition for talent has no borders. Even so, students are not necessarily leaving Central Ohio en masse to work at places like Facebook and Google. Jeff Rice, executive director of Fisher's Office of Career Management, says many Fisher students interested in the tech industry are staying in Central Ohio and getting hired at companies such as Nationwide, Huntington and JPMorgan Chase, among others.
Change favors the prepared mind
January 24, 2020
Smart Business

Change favors the prepared mind

Follow these steps to run today’s businesses better while preparing for a changed tomorrow, says Thomas A. Stewart, executive director of the National Center for the Middle Market.
Stock image of climbers
January 20, 2020
Medium

Step into discomfort

Tanya Menon urges us in her TED Talk to change our “habitual daily footpath,” which exposes us to the same daily physical environments, people and ideas.” A loss of efficiency and convenience will likely mean a gain of diversity. “A simple change in planning, a huge difference in the traffic of people and the accidental bumps in the [social] network,” she explains.
Bill Troxil and his sons, Will and Ryan outside Fisher Hall.
January 17, 2020
Fisher College of Business

Business and Ohio State: A Troxil family legacy

Legacy can be a funny thing: if you spend too much time trying to manufacture one, then that singular focus can become what you’re known for. Letting your decisions, your work and your priorities speak for themselves, however, can leave a quiet, powerful and indelible mark on others. It's something that Bill Troxil (BSBA ’75) has tried to do for his sons, Ryan and Will.
Cynthia Turner portrait
January 3, 2020
Fisher College of Business

Meet Fisher’s new chief diversity officer: Cynthia Turner

Assistant Dean and Chief Diversity Officer Cynthia Turner has always been a trailblazer. In 1996 she became the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in accounting from The Ohio State University and now, more than 20 years later, she is the first such woman to be named to the dean’s leadership team at Fisher in its recorded history.
Former felon starts website to help ex-criminals find jobs
December 24, 2019
The Columbus Dispatch

Former felon starts website to help ex-criminals find jobs

Check out the story of Harley Blakeman (BSBA '17), a former felon who graduated from Fisher with a business degree, whose new venture is connecting companies with formerly incarcerated individuals in search of work.