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Meet the "who's who" of local leaders that is helping to guide the Fisher Leadership Initiative’s leadership scholarship, outreach and connections with the business community.

In the high school lunchroom version of business school, finance majors were the popular jocks and logistics majors were... the math club. But nowadays, they're sitting at the cool kids' table. Terry Esper, associate professor of logistics, talks about how the field went from obscurity to newfound popularity, especially among current students.

Check out the programs that have helped Fisher attain a top-10 ranking among public undergraduate business colleges, according to U.S. News & World Report.

John Gray, professor of operations and an expert on pharmaceutical supply chains, looks at the latest recall impacting one of the largest producers of generic drugs.

Meet Austin Bowman, an accounting student at Fisher and, according to those who led the TBDBITL in years past, one of the best drum majors the program has ever seen.

Product limits can trigger a "scarcity mentality" for buyers, and that can affect the supply chain even more, says Ken Boyer, the Fisher Designated Professor of Operations and Business Analytics.

Terry Esper, associate professor of logistics, says taking a consumer-centric approach to the supply chain does not mean that companies should abandon their focus on their direct customer. Instead, they should adopt a perspective similar to bifocal glasses, with one lens focused on their customer and one lens on the consumer.

Retailers have been trying to crack the code on e-commerce profitability for the past several years. One tactic that more firms may employ in pursuit of profitability, says Assistant Professor of Marketing and Logistics Annibal Sodero, is partnering with Amazon to serve as product pick-up locations.

Working professionals now have access to Ohio State University's MBA program entirely online. Ohio State's Fisher College of Business announced that it now will offer its part-time, working professional MBA program in an online, hybrid or in-person capacity.

Competition for market share at rock-bottom prices has led to shortages, price spikes, allegations of price-fixing and substandard and even dangerous practices. Professor of Operations John Gray says secrecy surrounding how and where drugs are made, combined with the shift to low-wage countries, doesn’t bode well for quality.

Employers are offering major perks to attract seasonal employees, but finding added workers for the holidays could pose a challenge. W.C. Benton Jr., the Edwin D. Dodd Professor of Management, said the current level of competition for holiday workers is unprecedented.

Amazon, Walmart, Walgreens and grocery third-parties like Instacart are investing in micro-fulfillment centers to speed up delivery times, curb final-mile costs and get products closer to consumers. Annibal Sodero, professor of supply chain, said Walmart’s move to more automated micro-fulfillment centers (MFC) usage is about efficiency in the final mile, which can be 27% to 30% of total logistics cost. 

There's a new player in the online MBA talent sweepstakes in the United States: Ohio State's Fisher College of Business.

Ohio State’s top-ranked Working Professional MBA degree just got better. With in-person, online or blended delivery, pursuing a graduate business degree at Fisher has never been more convenient.

While Amazon has not officially announced it will open large retail spaces, several news outlets have reported the company is seriously considering it. Associate Professor of Marketing and Logistics Terry Esper said the move would be a no-brainer for Amazon, mirroring Walmart or Target, where people can buy online and then pick up in-store.

The National Rifle Association canceled its annual meeting for the second year in a row due to the pandemic. The cancellation is the latest setback in a series of recent financial and legal troubles. But the NRA isn't doomed, far from it. The new normal may simply be a smaller NRA with a lighter footprint says Brian Mittendorf, the Fisher Designated Professor in Accounting and an expert in the nonprofit considerations behind the NRA.

Fisher’s internationally recognized “Crisis Case” exercise tests business students’ leadership and communication skills in the face of a reality-inspired emergency.

An experience as part of the Freshman Global Lab helped reshape Rachel Boakye’s path at Fisher and opened up career possibilities that continue to impact the fourth-year student’s personal and professional development.

Alumnus Mark Duhon (BSBA ’88) is putting his business degree to work leading a Chicago nonprofit organization that is successfully bridging the economic and educational gap for first-generation college students.

Walmart announced Tuesday that it will be expanding its delivery service to handle shipments from other businesses in a "white label" shipping service called GoLocal. The infrastructure that the organization already has in place helps solves some of the challenges of last-mile delivery, says Assistant Professor of Marketing and Logistics Vince Castillo.

As Ohio’s Attorney General weighed in Friday on the investigation into misspent money by former leaders at the Columbus Zoo, Dave Freel, senior lecturer in management and human resources and an expert in ethics, reemphasized the importance of transparency in building trust in public-private partn

The carryout boom continues even as nearly all restaurants are open for in-person dining. Joe Goodman, the chair of Fisher's Department of Marketing and Logistics, says the wider adoption and familiarity with food-ordering apps is helping maintain the popularity of carryout ordering.

Carol L. Newcomb’s legacy of service to Fisher is represented by the national prowess of its executive education program, a program she helped revive and shape beginning in 1997. In recognition of her work, as well as her commitment to and support of Ohio State, Newcomb was honored with the university’s Distinguished Service Award.

Columbus area business leaders in 2020 promised to make their companies more diverse and inclusive. As leaders weigh in on what they have done in the past year, Tanya Menon, professor of management and human resources, says a broader look needs to be taken at how the success of diversity-focused programs and positions is measured.