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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 “There has been some relief in the form of IRS guidance that softens the blow but the rule has not been fully repealed,” said Brian Mittendorf, the Fisher Designated Professorship in Accounting.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.

Research by Roy Lewicki, the Irving Abramowitz Memorial Professor Emeritus at Fisher, found that there are six components to an apology and the more of them you include when you say you’re sorry, the more effective your apology will be.

The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business is dedicated to the educational success of every student and is actively working to meet each one of these students — and future students — where they are.

In a recent study, Fisher's Selin Malkoc said, “All the advice tells you not to dwell on your mistakes, to not feel bad. But we found the opposite. When faced with a failure, it is better to focus on one’s emotions – when people concentrate on how bad they feel and how they don’t want to experience these feelings again, they are more likely to try harder the next time.”

From Tech MBAs to emerging markets to customized offerings, Fisher is among the business schools students should have an eye on this year.

Student entrepreneurs from across The Ohio State University were recognized for their new ideas at the annual Best of Student Startup (BOSS) competition.

Katie Abdellatif's MBA experience at Fisher has led to consulting projects with the Columbus Museum of Art, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, and a social enterprise project that took her to Ethiopia.

As his tenure as president of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) concluded in 2018, Professor Nick Hall received unique recognition for his service and a powerful reminder of the vast reach of the Fisher alumni network.

As a top-tier business school, Fisher College of Business provides students in its Full-Time MBA program with opportunities to hone their collaboration, presentation and teamwork stills through robust case competitions — on campus and across the country. 

High Bank Distillery has an offer as big as a billboard for Columbus Blue Jackets star Artemi Panarin: free vodka for life if he extends his contract with the team. The entire billboard idea is “brilliant,” said Deborah Mitchell, a professor of marketing at Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business.

Stop squandering the seconds, minutes and hours in your day. Fisher's Selin Malkoc shows you how to make the most of your time and get things done.

Steve DeNunzio, director of the Master of Business Logistics Engineering (MBLE) program at Fisher, shares insights into how the MBLE program is helping students succeed in supply chain. 

As business responds to the #MeToo movement, are “love contracts” a good way to address workplace romances? Lecturer Rebecca Jacobs, who teaches Contemporary Employment Practices and the Law at Fisher, provides some insight.

Documents showed the NRA was $31.8 million in the red at the end of last year, thanks in large part to slower cash flow. The negative balance was a 10-year low, according to Brian Mittendorf, the Fisher Designated Professorship in Accounting, who recently published an analysis on the group’s finances.

According to behavioral researchers, if our goal was to connect and make the most of our shared hours, we were doing everything wrong. Selin Malkoc, a professor of marketing at Fisher, and her colleague recommend not scheduling an exact time to rendezvous, but instead to try making arrangementson the fly.