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“There is a lot of experimenting going on as everyone tries to figure out that last-mile delivery — it’s a tough economic equation to make work,” said Mike Knemeyer, a professor of logistics at Fisher. “But if you can, you’ll have a big head start on the others, and you’ll end up making money not just in groceries but on all of the things that you sell.”

Juan Tramontin, a logistics management student with an engineering minor, is one of four Ohio State students named University Innovation Fellows, a highly-selective program that empowers student change-agents to increase campus engagement with innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and design thinking. They are part of a cohort of 258 students from 64 schools in nine countries.

While some college students have hit the Suncoast with the beach in mind, a group of students from Fisher College of Business are giving up their beach time — to give back instead. 

A number of merchants use third-party vendors. It’s just another way to sell products online. Fisher's Deborah Mitchell said it’s part of the changing shopper landscape.

Like most entrepreneurs, Laura McLaughlin identified a problem and wanted to solve it. Equipped with a solid academic foundation, she enlisted the help of The Ohio State Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) to turn her idea — a mobile app to help combat infant mortality — into a reality.

The Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship (APTE) Summit has connected students at Fisher and Ohio State with change leaders from around the world to explore ways to put business education to work in making positive impacts in communities near and far.

“One thing we’ve learned from social-psychological research in the last 10 or 15 years is that when we make decisions about people — when we evaluate others — we have biases that carry a lot of history that we don’t consciously process or recognize,” according to Fisher's Timothy A.

In industries as diverse as manufacturing and health care, managers are keenly aware of the need to manage their operations through standard routines and IT solutions. However, how these firms use routines and technologies is important, according to a new study published by researchers from The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business and the Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business.

Recognizing the outstanding achievement, leadership and service from its undergraduate students, faculty, staff and alumni, Fisher College of Business recently honored the recipients of the 2018 Pace Setters Awards.

Fisher College of Business student Sonal Gupta has created an email network to ignite an important social discussion among men and women.

Fisher Ink, the college's official literary magazine, profiles two undergraduate organizations that are providing financial services to improve lives throughout Columbus. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program and Scarlet and Grey Financial provide workshops to help teach financial stability to young adults and low-income families.

Douglas Weintraub, an entrepreneur and investor in startups, has been named chief executive officer of Bounce, Akron’s Innovation Hub. He is a graduate of the Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, and is a lifelong resident of the Akron area, where he lives with his wife, Janis.

Fisher's Deborah Mitchell shares insights into branding considerations companies face when they take political stances.

Roy Lewicki, professor emeritus of management and human resources at Fisher College of Business, started focusing on apologies in the wake of JetBlue's detailed explanation of a major equipment shutdown in New York, Tiger Woods's mea culpa for extramarital affairs, and British Petroleum's attempt to atone after the deadly Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Fisher College of Business students worked on a semester-long clean energy choice project alongside the Ohio Environmental Council to help consumers understand sustainable energy choices and choose a renewable energy supplier.

Fisher's Master of Business Logistics Engineering (MBLE) program recently hosted its first-ever Networking and Leadership Night, which provided an opportunity for students to hear guest speakers and interact with business leaders.

Every quarter, the National Center for the Middle Market surveys 1,000 executives. One thing we ask is whether their company’s overall performance has improved, deteriorated or stayed the same in the past year.

Unlike private foundations, which generally must distribute at least 5 percent of their investments each year to operating charities, there is no grant-making requirement for donor-advised funds. Critics call them rest stops for charity dollars. Brian Mittendorf, an accounting professor at Ohio State University, said it’s “crazy” that large sponsors of donor-advised funds “are not subject to the same disclosure requirements that private foundations are.”

An outsized commitment to investing in innovation is a major distinguishing characteristic of “growth champions” of the mid-market—those 10 percent of companies identified by the National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM) as the biggest gainers over time.