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Judy Tansky (BS ’68, MAcc ’75, PhD ’91) has been named the 2017 recipient of Fisher’s Excellence in Service Award for her service as a member of Fisher’s faculty and for her work connecting students with nonprofit organizations in search of business insights.

Supply chain management is increasingly recognized not simply as a way to hold down costs and keep operations running smoothly, but as a path to competitive advantage by satisfying customers with more value, innovative service and speed, writes Doug Farren, of the National Center for the Middle Market.

This notion of feeling the pain in order to progress may be counterintuitive to those who believe in shaking off failures. But it's actually motivating to learn how bad it feels to fail, according to study co-author Selin Malkoc, a marketing professor at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business.

Feeling the pain of failure leads to more effort to correct your mistake than simply thinking about what went wrong, according to a new study by Fisher's Selin Malkoc.

In the working paper "Do ETFs Increase Volatility," Ohio State University's Professor Itzhak Ben-David analyzes the impact that ETFs might have on the underlying securities in ETF baskets.

Fisher's Mike Knemeyer and his colleagues argue that Theo Epstein’s job assembling a champion on the field is a model for the supply chain leader’s quest to build a winning supply chain.

Accounting Professor Brian Mittendorf explores donating to the Red Cross in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, despite evidence that it wasted money following Haiti's earthquake and fumbled Superstorm Sandy relief efforts.

Through surveys, focus groups, interviews, and case studies, the Brookings Institution and the National Center for the Middle Market identified sources of talent management problems and potential solutions.

Anastasia Bailey and Charlie Stevens remember the challenging paths they took in pursuit of careers in academia. Earning a PhD can, at times, be a lonely experience, one fraught with disappointment, setbacks and frustration. Fisher's affiliation with PhD Project help ease their experiences.

If getting your money to Houston or another community fast is your top concern, make online donations with a credit card or a debit card. Even “a check in the mail” would transmit funds faster than texting, says Brian Mittendorf, who teaches accounting at the Ohio State University Fisher College of Business.

If your boss has a penchant for yelling at you or ridiculing you in front of others, try giving it right back. Employees feel less like victims when they return hostility with hostility and as a result feel less psychological distress, experience greater job satisfaction and actually have a deeper commitment to their employer, according to research from Prof. Ben Tepper.

Middle market companies in the supply chain are team players, working closely with customers and their own suppliers, especially at the larger end of the spectrum. That's one of the findings in a report from the National Center for the Middle Market that looked at how these companies operate within the larger "ecosystem" of the supply chain, said Thomas Goldsby, chair of the department of marketing and logistics at Fisher.

Fisher Dean Anil Makhija and Senior Associate Dean Peter Ward visited top public and private universities in São Paulo and in nearby São Bernardo do Campo, which is recognized as a manufacturing epicenter of Brazil. With the help of Ohio State's Brazil Gateway, Makhija and Ward engaged with colleagues to build relationships and explore opportunities to collaborate on increased global opportunities for Fisher students and faculty, as well as to learn from the on-the-ground experiences of Brazilian businesses and discuss ways Fisher can support these firms.

Somewhere in your attic, basement, or garage, there is likely a box of something, baby shoes and blankets, toys, or books, something you’re never going to use again but that you just can’t bear to throw away or donate. Fisher's Rebecca Reczek discusses how can we motivate ourselves to get rid of what we don’t need anymore, especially if there’s sentimental value attached.

If you're looking to get to the top of the economy, aim for the middle.

Todd Barnum, who left the company in 2007 and now teaches entrepreneurship at Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business, said the sale of the original Max and Erma’s is disheartening.