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It’s a claim that has been hotly disputed and fiercely debated by the day: Have ETFs gotten too big for their own good, making them an unappreciated risk in the event of a market decline? Heavy ETF ownership “may increase the nonfundamental volatility of the securities in their baskets,” according to recent research by Fisher's Itzhak Ben-David and his colleagues.

Whether creating care packages for servicemembers overseas, making no-sew blankets for sick and disadvantaged children or beautifying parts of Columbus, hundreds of Fisher students, faculty and staff spent the Veterans Day holiday serving the community as part of Fisher Impact Day.

Hosted by The Ohio State University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the 2017 Bert L. and Iris S. Wolstein Entrepreneurial Leadership Summit explored pathways to entrepreneurship in Ohio and brought together leaders and bright minds to discuss ways the state can foster new ideas, technologies and solutions.

“The biggest thing once I made my decision to come to Ohio State was to make sure I got my degree because it’s a highly touted, highly respected business school here, Fisher,” senior Billy Price said. “I wanted to enjoy the process.”

Joseph Goodman, assistant professor of marketing at Fisher, answers questions about photo credit card options available to consumers.

Students, faculty and researchers at Fisher College of Business are benefiting from unique opportunities to engage with a leader in the automotive industry, as the college and Honda of America have teamed up in a number of ways.

More listed companies chose to sell to rivals to get bigger, and fewer opted for IPOs in the first place. The result is that the average listed company is far bigger than it was, and there are far fewer very small companies, data from René Stulz, director of the Dice Center for Research in Financial Economics at Ohio State University, shows.

The technology that’s making autonomous vehicles possible isn’t new, said Tom Goldsby, chair of the Department of Marketing and Logistics at Fisher. Instead, it’s been a process of steady technological improvements over a span of decades.

A group of Ohio State University students helped Michael Watkins better market his electrical contracting business as he gears up to hire an employee and double the jobs he can take on. The city of Columbus is investing $100,000 to figure out how the student program itself can expand to help more than two small businesses at a time.

Lu Zhang and his colleagues, Kewei Hou and Chen Xue have been making waves in the investing community with a paper published earlier this year that challenges much of the research out there about market “anomalies.” They spent nearly three years compiling and replicating 447 market anomalies identified in academic literature.

Presented by the National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM), the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at Fisher and other partners, the 2017 Global Summit event drew experts from across the country to share workforce insights and leading research.

Oded Shenkar, professor of management and human resources at Fisher, was recently named the 2018 recipient of the Distinguished Scholarly Contribution Award by the International Association for Chinese Management Research.

Twins, including those with ties to Fisher, capitalize on their unique sibling relationships for entrepreneurial success.

Research by Fisher's Robert Lount and his colleagues suggests that not making friends at work can do more harm than good.

Despite the political uncertainty, international MBA grads from Ohio State’s Fisher College of Business are landing jobs at top firms like Amazon, Apple, and IBM.

Companies around the country are increasingly cashing in on 'reshoring' opportunities. But a study conducted by John Gray, an associate professor of operations at Fisher and two other researchers, examined a litany of reasons for why small to midsize companies had chosen to bring home production. 

A study conducted this summer by the National Center for the Middle Market at Ohio State University found that 44 percent of mid-market companies said they had difficulty recruiting people who had the skills they needed.

Teams of friends get the job done, according to new research from Fisher's Robert Lount and his colleagues.

According to new research by Fisher's Selin Malkoc and her colleagues, the way you respond could determine whether or not you'll repeat the same mistake in the future.

CGTN's Mike Walter spoke with Oded Shenkar, professor at Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University on China's economic policy.

Here’s something both you and your boss can agree on: Workplace teams are better when they include your friends. Fisher's Robert Lount and his colleagues analyzed the results of 26 different studies and found that teams composed of friends performed better on some tasks than groups of acquaintances or strangers.