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Do you know yourself? Oded Shenkar, the Ford Motor Company Chair in Global Business Management at Fisher and academic director of the National Center for the Middle Market, lays out the inherent advantages and disadvantages of middle-market firms.

The Risk Institute, Moritz College of Law, Fisher College of Business and the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences recently collaborated to examine — through an interdisciplinary lens — the legal, business and economic consequences of U.S. trade policy at the Economic Nationalism and Trade Conference at The Ohio State University.

There are case competitions — and then there is the Venture Capital Investment Competition. For a team of MBA students from Fisher, the event provided a unique opportunity to explore the unique aspects of venture capital.

The best way to make life-changing connections is to make yourself uncomfortable. Tanya Menon, an associate professor at Fisher who has 1.7 million views on her TEDx talk, "The Secret to Great Opportunities? The Person You Haven’t Met Yet," says we are creatures of habit. 

Harley Blakeman (BSBA '17) will bring his message of redemption as part of the TEDxOhioStateUniversity conference, showing how he has used self-confidence — sometimes to a fault — to make his progression from drug dealer to an Ohio State graduate, published author, speaker and CEO of Honest Jobs, a company that helps ex-convicts find employment.

After Brandon Gotlieb, a third-year in finance, and his roommate, Mike Gargasz, a third-year in electrical and computer engineering, saw a flier in the 18th Avenue Library for a business idea pitch competition with a $1,000 prize, they went to their dorm and got to work. Hours later, the pai

At Fisher College of Business, social impact is built into the new MBA curriculum, with students given the opportunity to work with local nonprofits — inspiring careers in social impact.

The National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM) at The Ohio State University officially announced that Chubb, the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company, has joined Grant Thornton and Cisco as a 2019 sponsor.

MBA or master's? Two U.S.-based students explain why they chose a specialized master's program at Fisher.

Walter Zinn, associate dean for graduate students and programs at Fisher College of Business, says the school pursued STEM designation for four of its business masters degrees to meet the dynamic needs of prospective students and employers. Fisher’s masters programs in accounting, business logistics engineering, business analytics, and finance are STEM-designated. ​​​​​​​

The Ohio Development Services Agency is funding interns through its Export Internship Program aimed specifically at helping companies learn how to navigate the international business world. The program has been an experiment with three business schools – Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, Youngstown State University’s Williamson College of Business Administration and Cleveland State University’s Monte Ahuja College of Business.

Alumna Erin Yu-Lee returned from Hollywood to pursue an MBA at Fisher. In this profile provided by The Ohio State University Women & Philanthropy, Yu-Lee said she hopes to make a meaningful impact for future actors and help her community.

Recent analysis by Rene Stulz, the Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics at Fisher, and Tulane's Robert Prilmeier suggests that the shift away from public equity markets is also occurring in debt markets — and that many of the same forces causing a decline in the number of publicly traded firms are also causing companies to shift away from issuing public bonds and instead to seek out private loans from banks.

Paula Bennett (BSBA ’71) has been named to the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business’ (AACSB) 2019 Class of Influential Leaders.

More than 25 Ohio State alumni have answered the call to help current graduate students grapple with professional and personal challenges as part of a coaching program delivered by the Fisher Leadership Initiative.  

After some famous — and infamous — Super Bowl ads, central Ohio companies are sitting out this year's broadcast. “To really make it pay off these days, you have to invest in in-store displays, social media, have a really coordinated investment of time and people,” said Deborah Mitchell, a professor of marketing at Fisher. “A lot of firms say they can use the money, time and staff in a better way.”

Making cannabis industry employment more diverse requires grappling with decades of inequitable enforcement of a product that's still federally illegal, according to a panel of business and legal leaders hosted by the Ohio State law school's Drug Enforcement and Policy Center and Fisher's Center for Innovation Strategies. 

If we’re to be labeled terrible drivers, at least we’re also doing our part to help change that. Right here in Columbus, the Risk Institute at Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business has been leading a nationwide initiative to find the best ways to predict and curb distracted-driving behaviors. 

After a successful career in real estate, Harley Rouda Jr. (EMBA ’02) made a successful run for public office in California and now serves in the U.S. House of Representatives. Recently, Rouda took some time to answer questions about his experiences as a student at Fisher and how his studies have benefitted him throughout his career. 

Brian Mittendorf, the Fisher Designated Professorship in Accounting, shares insights into the first product in which a financial return might be earned through an investment in a nonprofit.

Before Christmas, the IRS issued guidance for what tax-exempt organizations will need to compute a potential tax on their parking lots. “There has been some relief in the form of IRS guidance that softens the blow but the rule has not been fully repealed,” said Brian Mittendorf, the Fisher Designated Professorship in Accounting.

As a student at Fisher, CJ Stover (BSBA ’18) received a well-rounded education while majoring in logistics management.

Data from the fourth-quarter Middle Market Indicator released by the National Center for the Middle Market reveals that both revenue and employment growth rates have fallen since last quarter.