Professor of Management and Human Resources Tanya Menon says evaluating whether a problem is yours to solve is one way to avoid sabotaging yourself in getting work done.

W.C. Benton, the Edwin D. Dodd Professor of Management who specializes in supply chain management, said the food supply shortage is impacting all food businesses nationwide including restaurants and other private businesses, but it's more concerning when it impacts schools.

How can mid-sized companies embrace, adopt and keep pace with digital transformation and emerging technologies? As part of a collaboration with Harvard Business Review, Anil Makhija, dean and John W. Berry, Sr.

Over the past year and a half, the restrictions implemented due to COVID-19 put many people’s goals, dreams, and ambitions on hold. Classes were cancelled, acceptances were postponed, and no one knew when to start pursuing their passions again. However, The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business is making sure no student ever has to press pause on their dreams again thanks to its new, highly flexible Online Working Professional MBA.

Interviews with career and human resources experts, companies, business leaders and job seekers found continued concern about the economic impact on companies and individuals as jobs go unfilled. Some said the biggest problem is a shortage of qualified applicants. Others say good candidates are ignored or offered inadequate pay, and many people who need jobs still struggle with access to affordable child care and fear of catching COVID-19 at work. Professor of Management and Human Resources Howard Klein says there's a mismatch happening between the job search strategies of individuals and the expectations of employers.

With the pandemic grimly persisting, American homes could face a meager holiday season, forced to do without some of their favorite items missing from store shelves. Retailers, meanwhile, have been adapting their supply strategies from a "just in time" approach to a "just in case" approach, says Associate Professor of Logistics Terry Esper.

Fixing the broken supply chain will take time and patience, substantial amounts of money, imagination by key leaders in the transportation and logistics industry and significant policy changes. Terry Esper, associate professor of logistics, says he’s encouraged that federal and local officials seek to spend more than $1 trillion on infrastructure to rebuild highways, roads, bridges and ports.

Tanya Menon, professor of management and human resources, shares tips and insights designed to empower women to advocate and negotiate for themselves.

In the high school lunchroom version of business school, finance majors were the popular jocks and logistics majors were... the math club. But nowadays, they're sitting at the cool kids' table. Terry Esper, associate professor of logistics, talks about how the field went from obscurity to newfound popularity, especially among current students.

John Gray, professor of operations and an expert on pharmaceutical supply chains, looks at the latest recall impacting one of the largest producers of generic drugs.

Meet Austin Bowman, an accounting student at Fisher and, according to those who led the TBDBITL in years past, one of the best drum majors the program has ever seen.

Product limits can trigger a "scarcity mentality" for buyers, and that can affect the supply chain even more, says Ken Boyer, the Fisher Designated Professor of Operations and Business Analytics.

Terry Esper, associate professor of logistics, says taking a consumer-centric approach to the supply chain does not mean that companies should abandon their focus on their direct customer. Instead, they should adopt a perspective similar to bifocal glasses, with one lens focused on their customer and one lens on the consumer.

Retailers have been trying to crack the code on e-commerce profitability for the past several years. One tactic that more firms may employ in pursuit of profitability, says Assistant Professor of Marketing and Logistics Annibal Sodero, is partnering with Amazon to serve as product pick-up locations.

Working professionals now have access to Ohio State University's MBA program entirely online. Ohio State's Fisher College of Business announced that it now will offer its part-time, working professional MBA program in an online, hybrid or in-person capacity.

Competition for market share at rock-bottom prices has led to shortages, price spikes, allegations of price-fixing and substandard and even dangerous practices. Professor of Operations John Gray says secrecy surrounding how and where drugs are made, combined with the shift to low-wage countries, doesn’t bode well for quality.

Employers are offering major perks to attract seasonal employees, but finding added workers for the holidays could pose a challenge. W.C. Benton Jr., the Edwin D. Dodd Professor of Management, said the current level of competition for holiday workers is unprecedented.

Amazon, Walmart, Walgreens and grocery third-parties like Instacart are investing in micro-fulfillment centers to speed up delivery times, curb final-mile costs and get products closer to consumers. Annibal Sodero, professor of supply chain, said Walmart’s move to more automated micro-fulfillment centers (MFC) usage is about efficiency in the final mile, which can be 27% to 30% of total logistics cost. 

There's a new player in the online MBA talent sweepstakes in the United States: Ohio State's Fisher College of Business.

While Amazon has not officially announced it will open large retail spaces, several news outlets have reported the company is seriously considering it. Associate Professor of Marketing and Logistics Terry Esper said the move would be a no-brainer for Amazon, mirroring Walmart or Target, where people can buy online and then pick up in-store.

The National Rifle Association canceled its annual meeting for the second year in a row due to the pandemic. The cancellation is the latest setback in a series of recent financial and legal troubles. But the NRA isn't doomed, far from it. The new normal may simply be a smaller NRA with a lighter footprint says Brian Mittendorf, the Fisher Designated Professor in Accounting and an expert in the nonprofit considerations behind the NRA.

Walmart announced Tuesday that it will be expanding its delivery service to handle shipments from other businesses in a "white label" shipping service called GoLocal. The infrastructure that the organization already has in place helps solves some of the challenges of last-mile delivery, says Assistant Professor of Marketing and Logistics Vince Castillo.

As Ohio’s Attorney General weighed in Friday on the investigation into misspent money by former leaders at the Columbus Zoo, Dave Freel, senior lecturer in management and human resources and an expert in ethics, reemphasized the importance of transparency in building trust in public-private partn

The carryout boom continues even as nearly all restaurants are open for in-person dining. Joe Goodman, the chair of Fisher's Department of Marketing and Logistics, says the wider adoption and familiarity with food-ordering apps is helping maintain the popularity of carryout ordering.

Columbus area business leaders in 2020 promised to make their companies more diverse and inclusive. As leaders weigh in on what they have done in the past year, Tanya Menon, professor of management and human resources, says a broader look needs to be taken at how the success of diversity-focused programs and positions is measured.