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May 9, 2018
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
Commencement ceremonies celebrate Fisher’s Class of 2018
Fisher College of Business joined with The Ohio State University community in celebrating the many accomplishments of the Class of 2018 as part of spring commencement activities.
May 9, 2018
Poets&Quants
Poets&Quants
The big picture in business analytics
The KPMG Master of Accounting program, a joint effort with Villanova University’s School of Business and The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, funnels undergraduates into the program with a focus on data analytics.
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May 7, 2018
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
Fisher creates leadership consortium to link theory with practice
The Fisher Leadership Initiative has taken a groundbreaking step forward in the advancement of leadership research and practice with the creation of the International Leadership Consortium (ILC).
May 6, 2018
Poets&Quants
Poets&Quants
2018 Best MBAs: Sankha Ghosh
Fisher's Sankha Ghosh was selected one of Poets&Quants' Best & Brightest MBAs, the publication's fourth annual celebration of students who’ve made a lasting impact on their business schools.
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May 6, 2018
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
Buckeye sets sights on life goals, beating cancer
The Ohio State University is a part of Daniel Chapman. It connects to his family, it’s what he loves and it’s one of his passions. Scarlet and gray ar
May 5, 2018
Poets&Quants
Poets&Quants
Tech’s influence on MBA value
“(Amazon is) one of the smartest companies on the planet, and it has become a training ground for MBAs,” says Shashi Matta, faculty director of the MBA program at Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business. “They are absolutely hungry for talent and growth.”
May 3, 2018
Barron's
Barron's
Small businesses most confident in years; larger ones have even more swagger
Tom Stewart, executive director of NCMM, observed a similar pattern among the subgroups in his report: larger companies were more confident.
May 1, 2018
BizEd
BizEd
When accounting met analytics
KPMG is partnering with business schools such as Fisher College of Business to create master’s programs that update a traditional field with the latest technology.
April 29, 2018
BizEd
BizEd
Forgetting inconvenient facts
Fisher's Rebecca Walker Reczek, Daniel Zane and their colleagues find that consumers are more likely to forget when a product is made unethically than when a product is made ethically.
April 27, 2018
NPR - TED Radio Hour
NPR - TED Radio Hour
What can we gain by expanding our social circles?
Humans naturally seek out cliques or in-groups. But Fisher's Tanya Menon encourages us to break out of our social comfort zones, for wider opportunities to grow.
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April 27, 2018
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
Students challenged to think innovatively
For Batmandah Mangalam, successful innovation can be traced to two key skills — flexibility and collaboration. Mangalam, a second-year finance student, was one of nearly 50 students from across Ohio State who participated in the first-ever Innovation Challenge.
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April 27, 2018
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
Student-run event debunks marketing myths
Students from Ohio State, other local universities and members of the business community recently discovered the truth behind some myths in the marketing world as part of the Columbus Advertising & Marketing Practicum.
April 26, 2018
Forbes
Forbes
Three strategies to help your midsize company grow
“The United States is experiencing the third-longest period of interrupted growth in its economic history, and this has been led by mid-market companies,” says Thomas Stewart, NCMM’s executive director.
April 26, 2018
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
Erin Halleran (BSBA '18): Passionate, purposeful, principled
Four years ago, Erin Halleran knew what she wanted in a college. Halleran, a member of the Class of 2018, shares how Fisher and Ohio State helped nurture her passion for social entrepreneurship and equipped her with the skills to lead.
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April 23, 2018
The Ohio State University Office of Student Life
The Ohio State University Office of Student Life
Ari Vandersluis: The power of positive change
Ohio State’s Office of Student Life shares the story of Ari Vandersluis, an operations management student and a member of the Class of 2018, who has had a positive impact across the university.
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April 23, 2018
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
Students excel at real estate case competitions
Two teams of real estate-focused students took advantage of opportunities to expand their knowledge and experience in the field, as they participated in a pair of national case competitions.
April 23, 2018
Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Insurers don't seem to care if you text and drive
“Underwriters don’t have the tools to measure the risk properly,” explained Phil Renaud, executive director at the Risk Institute. Renaud said he expects the industry to catch up quickly, primarily with embedded technology of its own. “No one in the market is actually forcing them to change.”
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April 19, 2018
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
Bloomberg leader shares insights with students
Fisher students learned important life lessons from an important speaker — the global head of human resources for Bloomberg, the international informa
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April 19, 2018
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
Students reflect on trip to Japan, global offerings at Fisher
When Joe Latkovich transferred to Ohio State in 2015, he knew what he wanted in a global experience — immersion and convenience.Presented with the opp
April 18, 2018
Columbus Business First
Columbus Business First
University of Louisville President Neeli Bendapudi on what she learned in Columbus
Neeli Bendapudi may have spent the past few years in Kansas, but she can still list of many of Central Ohio's top business leaders by nickname. The former Fisher faculty member was named this month as the new president of the University of Louisville.
April 18, 2018
Forbes
Forbes
The uncertain future of the tagline
Shashi Matta says that above all else, a tagline “...should embody the brand’s value proposition, which in turn must be driven by the organization’s ‘most value insight’ about its customers. That insight must lead the organization to articulate the most compelling way it can add value to the consumer’s life."
April 17, 2018
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
The top TED talks of 2018 so far — and what you can learn from them
Think for a moment about your best friends. Are they the same nationality as you? The same gender? The same ethnicity? Do they resemble you? Organizational psychologist Tanya Menon kicked off her TED Talk with questions such as these and entreated audience members to widen their social universes.
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April 17, 2018
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
Center for Real Estate event explores leadership in business
Fisher students, faculty, staff and members of the business community received first-hand lessons about principled leadership in the face of extreme a
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April 16, 2018
Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business
Creating coast-to-coast career connections
MBA student Rajat Gugnani reflects on creating a career trek to Washington state and the opportunity it provided to graduate students at Fisher to connect with industry leaders Amazon, Expedia, Microsoft and Starbucks.
April 13, 2018
Bloomberg
Bloomberg
How a data breach affects the bottom line
Using events reported as cyber-breaches, a team of international economists, which included Fisher's René Stulz, examined which firms are at highest risk of attack and what the consequences are.