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Recognizing the incredible impact that alumni have had on business, their communities and at Fisher, five alumni were recently honored at the college’s 2017 Alumni Awards ceremony.

According to a recent report from the National Center for the Middle Market, talent management is the middle market's biggest constraint.

Demonstrating its commitment to diversity in business education and its focus on meaningful partnerships with like-minded organizations, Fisher College of Business was named the Educational Partner of the Year by the National Black MBA Association.

"At a macro level, we're seeing evidence that opioid addiction is impacting employment rates," said David B. Greenberger, a professor of management at Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business.

Amazon has become a leading hirer of MBA talent in recent years, often topping the lists of major employers at several elite business schools. “It’s one of the smartest companies on the planet, and it has become a training ground for MBAs,” says Fisher's Shashi Matta.

Doug Farren, managing director of the National Center for the Middle Market, discussed research focused on the mid-sized companies that provide the raw goods and services used by other organizations.

A new report by Fisher's Selin Malkoc and published in Journal of Behavioral Decision Making found that the best way to rebound and learn from failure is to lean into the pain.

Paul Reeder, executive director of the Ohio State Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, discusses the development of the INNOVATE-o-Thon event, which connects students and companies.

Amazon says the new warehouse its planning to open in Euclid in 2019 will create 1,000 new jobs. But some of those jobs may have a short shelf-life, according to Professor Ken Boyer.

Recognizing the impact that faculty thought leaders at Fisher can have on future business leaders, Ric Dillon (BSBA ’77, MA ’86) and Steven Trulaske (MA ’80, MBA ’82) have generously created two endowed professorships at the college.

A ranking by U.S. News & World Report recognizes Fisher’s strong commitment to providing undergraduate students with the curriculum, programs and opportunities that can positively impact their careers.

Charities have learned the same lesson as casinos, which splurge on great food and booze to make gamblers spend more on betting. Posh entertaining can coax giving in ways that other fundraising methods, like mass-mailing appeal letters, can’t, writes Professor Brian Mittendorf and his colleagues.

“The research shows that the best middle-market suppliers tend to be the largest and fastest-growing middle market companies," according to Professor Thomas Goldsby.

Bennett Tepper, a professor at Ohio State University who studies abusive bosses, said that while he’s not suggesting a blame-the-victim mentality, it may be possible to make yourself less vulnerable.

Judy Tansky (BS ’68, MAcc ’75, PhD ’91) has been named the 2017 recipient of Fisher’s Excellence in Service Award for her service as a member of Fisher’s faculty and for her work connecting students with nonprofit organizations in search of business insights.

While there are many examples of these active partnerships, a good one is the Ohio Export Internship Program at Fisher College of Business. Students use their expertise to help small- and mid-sized companies expand their global footprint.

This notion of feeling the pain in order to progress may be counterintuitive to those who believe in shaking off failures. But it's actually motivating to learn how bad it feels to fail, according to study co-author Selin Malkoc, a marketing professor at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business.

Supply chain management is increasingly recognized not simply as a way to hold down costs and keep operations running smoothly, but as a path to competitive advantage by satisfying customers with more value, innovative service and speed, writes Doug Farren, of the National Center for the Middle Market.

Feeling the pain of failure leads to more effort to correct your mistake than simply thinking about what went wrong, according to a new study by Fisher's Selin Malkoc.

Members of the incoming class of Fisher College of Business students received a special introduction to the college, as they gathered for Fisher’s 2017 Convocation.

In the working paper "Do ETFs Increase Volatility," Ohio State University's Professor Itzhak Ben-David analyzes the impact that ETFs might have on the underlying securities in ETF baskets.

Fisher's Mike Knemeyer and his colleagues argue that Theo Epstein’s job assembling a champion on the field is a model for the supply chain leader’s quest to build a winning supply chain.

Accounting Professor Brian Mittendorf explores donating to the Red Cross in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, despite evidence that it wasted money following Haiti's earthquake and fumbled Superstorm Sandy relief efforts.