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January 9, 2019
The Ohio State University

Minute Professor: Why we're wasting time

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.
January 9, 2019
MiM Guide

Studying for an MSc in supply chain management

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. 
January 7, 2019
Columbus CEO

Employment law: Making it official with love contracts

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.
January 2, 2019
HuffPost

2018 was a bad year for the NRA, and the worst could be yet to come

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.
December 27, 2018
Quartzy

Improve your social life by changing the way you schedule it

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.
December 27, 2018
Poets & Quants

Inside KPMG's unique master's pipeline

The first 51 graduates from the KPMG Master of Accounting with Data and Analytics Program have started their new roles at KPMG as experienced associates.
December 26, 2018
Bloomberg

Professor has some questions about your index funds

Lu Zhang, the John W. Galbreath Chair in Real Estate and a finance professor at The Ohio State University, has something to say about your hot new index funds, and it may not be flattering. 
December 19, 2018
BusinessBecause

MBA students reveal what it's really like studying at business school

When does an MBA student wake up in the morning? How much does the MBA lifestyle cost? Fisher's Cara Laviola and students at business schools around the world describe a day in the life of an MBA.
December 19, 2018
Poets & Quants

Meet Fisher's MBA Class of 2020

Meet some of the incoming Full-Time MBA students at Fisher College of Business, read their life journeys and goals, and why they're chosen Fisher for their MBA.
December 19, 2018
TED Talks

The most popular TED Talks of 2018

What. A. Year. Tanya Menon's TED Talk was recognized as one of the best of 2018, joining others that helped us make better decisions, taught us some fascinating science, gave us some hope for humanity and showed us what it's like to climb 3,000 feet ... without a rope.
Edwin Jones, Rose Pansick and Emma Yabs pose for a portrait in front of Fisher Hall.
December 17, 2018
Fisher College of Business

Paying forward, one mentor at a time

Edwin Jones (BSBA ’08, MBA ’15) is a husband, new father and client representative for IBM who lives and works in Columbus. He’s also active in the Alumni Undergraduate Mentor Program at Fisher College of Business, which is how he met Rose Pansick (BSBA ’15). 
December 17, 2018
The Ohio State University

Scarlet and grateful: Austin Ward

Student Austin Ward shares how scholarships have enabled his journey from a rural, blue-collar community to Fisher's campus. The video is part of Ohio State’s Scarlet and Grateful: Scholarship Stories series.
Fisher Campus
December 14, 2018
Fisher College of Business

Fisher innovates on graduate program offerings, transforms MBA experience

The Max. M. Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University has embarked on a journey to transform its Master in Business Administration (MBA) programs. The reshaping of curriculum and its delivery began with enhancements to Fisher’s Working Professionals MBA program and culminated this month in a new and uniquely student-focused redesign of its Full-Time MBA program. 
December 14, 2018
The Conversation

The NRA's financial weakness, explained

Brian Mittendorf, the Fisher Designated Professorship in Accounting, explores trends that indicate the NRA's financial power may be faltering at a time when its clout may seem stronger than ever.
December 14, 2018
BusinessBecause

This business school is letting students personalize their MBA

Want to customize your own MBA journey? At Fisher College of Business, you can.
December 13, 2018
WBNS-10TV

OSU study: Roundabouts could be key to stopping distracted driving

A study by the Risk Institute at The Ohio State University has found a change in traffic patterns could prevent distracted driving.
December 13, 2018
Columbus Business First

After enrollment declines, Ohio State revamping its full-time MBA program for more 'well-rounded' experience

The redesigned Full-Time MBA program at Fisher College of Business will create a more relationship-based experience for students, offering "access teams" of experts, updated skills assessments, individualized coaching and hands-on learning opportunities.
December 11, 2018
The Washington Post

The science of giving gifts your loved ones won’t want to return

And as you ponder gift choices, you may want to consider whether this holiday season is an extra-special one for your recipients. At moments in life worth celebrating, material goods beat out experiences as gifts, according to researchers from Fisher's Selin Malkoc and her colleagues at Washington University, because those objects can evoke memories and feelings of meaningful events for years to come.
Jodi Abbate
December 7, 2018
Fisher College of Business

Accounting experience, CPA fuel alumna’s career in finance

For Jodi Abbate (BSBA ’02), serving in a financial reporting leadership role at Nationwide Insurance seems natural, given that she earned a degree from Fisher in finance. But her path to where she is today required a lot of hard work, advice from trusted mentors and one other very important thing: additional coursework in accounting from Fisher. 
KPMG MADA Grad Class gathers on the steps
December 6, 2018
Fisher College of Business

Accounting meets analytics

An innovative program is preparing MAcc graduates to thrive in the industry’s newest frontier.
December 4, 2018
The Seattle Times

Why supervisors envy their employees

Bennett Tepper, the Irving Abramowitz Memorial Professorship at Fisher, and a colleague explore how envied employees can avoid being squashed down by the green-eyed boss.
December 3, 2018
The Ohio State University

Stories from the ’Shoe: Bryce Isaac and Erica Kline

Marketing student Erica Kline is part of a social media duo keeping The Ohio State University Athletic Department’s channels humming.
Isaac Reynolds in suit on Fisher's campus
December 3, 2018
Fisher College of Business

Blending his global perspective with LGBTQ advocacy

Full-time MBA student Isaac Reynolds is busy. Not only is he applying his experience in international business and his interests in marketing management and business development strategy to make an impact on the Fisher community, but he’s also putting to use his education and previous career experience as an advocate for the LGBTQ business community — at Fisher and on the global stage. 
November 27, 2018
Industry Today

Tariffs Threaten Middle Market Businesses

Middle Market companies fear tariffs are putting their profits at risk, increasing costs and disrupting supply chains.
November 26, 2018
The Washington Post

Analysis | Distracted driving tends to cause more severe crashes, study finds

The study by researchers at the Risk Institute at Ohio State University found that distracted driving raises the odds that a crash will cause severe injury or death, compared with other crashes, particularly if those distraction-related crashes involve rear-end collisions or occur in work zones o

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