http://fisher.osu.edu News at the Fisher College of Business en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:14:49 +0000 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:14:49 +0000 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification php webmaster@fisher.osu.edu (Webmaster) webmaster@fisher.osu.edu (Webmaster) http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2972 Harry Moser hopes companies like Cincinnati-based Freeman Schwabe Machinery are part of a new wave in American manufacturing.... Thu, 2 February 2012 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2972 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2945 Executives for KeyBank, the Financial Services Industry Cluster partner for Winter Quarter, not only want Fisher students to learn about their company. They are expected to be equally versed about KeyBank’s competitors.... Mon, 30 January 2012 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2945 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2944 Last year, when a pension fund owning stock in Bank of New York Mellon brought suit against that financial behemoth, the fund not only took aim at the bank's allegedly fraudulent currency trading.... Wed, 25 January 2012 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2944 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2940 Aspiring business leaders with ideas for mobile and web-based applications for higher education, retail, news and entertainment industries are among the 10 teams joining the 2012 10-xelerator winter class.... Mon, 23 January 2012 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2940 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2935 A school district might not have many similarities to a shop floor, but one Indiana school district is taking lessons from manufacturing principles in an effort to overhaul its operations.... Thu, 12 January 2012 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2935 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2876 Ohio outpaced the national average in venture capital investment in 2010, increasing 81 percent over last year, according to a report developed by the Center for Entrepreneurship.... Wed, 23 November 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2876 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2872 Fisher’s Peter Ward, Richard M. Ross Chair in Management and director of the Center for Operational Excellence, will be named a Fellow of the Decision Sciences Institute at its annual meeting in Boston on Sunday, Nov. 20.... Thu, 17 November 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2872 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2873 Fisher undergraduates successfully defended their title in the Nationwide-Fisher Biz Quiz competition, where they challenged top business schools from around the country. Finance majors Adam Windnagel, Colin McMahon, and Alexander Doane made up the win... Thu, 17 November 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2873 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2870 Fisher’s Executive MBA and MBA for Working Professionals achieved top rankings in Bloomberg Businessweek’s survey of the programs.... Tue, 15 November 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2870 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2849 The 10-xelerator (10x), led by the Center for Entrepreneurship at Fisher, is now a member of the TechStars Network, an invitation-only White House sponsored alliance of independent startup accelerator programs.... Tue, 1 November 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2849 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2856 MBA students Bart Fredric, Tim Renner and Kaushik Sriniyas defended Fisher’s title last weekend in the second annual Michigan State University Graduate Supply Chain Challenge. Fisher’s team was coached by Marc Ankerman. The team was awarded... Mon, 31 October 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2856 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2850 Five individuals to be honored at the 2011 Dean's Dinner and Alumni Awards on Friday, Oct. 28.... Mon, 24 October 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2850 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2852 In three separate experiments, researchers found that high-status people tended to trust people more in initial encounters than did people with lower status.  One experiment showed why: high-status people rated others as more benevolent, which led... Mon, 24 October 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2852 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2829 “I would argue that Harley-Davidson is the most iconic brand in the world,” the company’s CEO Keith Wandell told the members of the Center for Operational Excellence at the quarterly professional development seminar held on Sept. 30 a... Mon, 10 October 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2829 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2830 The International Society of Logistics (SOLE) has selected Douglas M. Lambert, Raymond E. Mason Chair in Transportation and Logistics and director of the Global Supply Chain Forum, the 2011 recipient of the Society’s Armitage Medal.... Mon, 10 October 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2830 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2828 Results from the largest study ever of the U.S. Middle Market show this business segment is the nation’s surest bet for economic recovery. The study, a survey of more than 2,000 business leaders and analysis of economic data conducted by The O... Thu, 6 October 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2828 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2817 The Graduate Management Admission Council, the association of leading business schools around the world and owners of the GMAT exam, has announced that Christine A. Poon, dean and John W. Berry, Sr. Chair in Business, has joined its Board of Directors.... Fri, 23 September 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2817 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2818 A team of Fisher MBA students is facing off with MBAs from Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Georgetown, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Notre Dame and University of Texas Austin in the CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge MBA F... Fri, 23 September 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2818 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2794 After more than two years of planning and six months of construction work, Mason Hall reopened today with guests enjoying tours of the building as well as coffee and snacks from the new Rohr Café.... Fri, 16 September 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2794 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2757 Drugs produced in offshore manufacturing plants –- even those run by U.S. manufacturers -- pose a greater quality risk than those prepared in the mainland United States, a new study suggests.... Thu, 8 September 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2757 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2744 A new study of stock trading during the financial crisis of 2007 to 2009 found that hedge funds sold their stocks much more aggressively than mutual funds at the first signs of poor performance.... Fri, 26 August 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2744 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2714 Dean Poon joined Ohio Auditor of State David Yost and Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Jim Petro at the Ohio Statehouse to announce the first Petro Fellows — graduate students who will join the Ohio Performance Team.... Thu, 11 August 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2714 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2677 A study of home purchases during the real estate boom years in Chicago shows how one ethically murky – and sometimes illegal - tactic used to sell homes may have contributed to the housing crash.... Mon, 18 July 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2677 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2669 The Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) awarded Oded Shenkar, the Ford Motor Company Chair in Global Business Management, the JIBS Decade Award for his widely cited article “Cultural distance revisited: Towards a more rig... Thu, 7 July 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2669 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2662 René Stulz, Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics at Fisher, provided testimony to the U.S. House Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprise on June 24.... Fri, 1 July 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2662 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2632 Ten Fisher College of Business students were apart of the eight teams receiving awards in the 2011 Ohio State University Business Plan Competition hosted by Fisher.... Mon, 6 June 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2632 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2634 Fisher alumnus Jesse Tyson, an executive with ExxonMobil and a member of the Dean's Advisory Council, received the 2011 Individual Diversity Award. The corporate award was given to Abbott Nutrition.... Mon, 6 June 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2634 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2621 While a doctoral candidate, Justin Miller told some fellow American scholars at an Academy of Management (AOM) conference he was thinking about conducting research into the chocolate industry.... Wed, 25 May 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2621 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2622 After nearly a year of planning and preparation, Outreach & Engagement—in partnership with the Ohio Department of Education and Fisher College of Business has launched the Executive Principals Leadership Academy.... Wed, 25 May 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2622 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2605 Minutes after landing at a Columbus airport, Jamie Dimon's, JPMorgan Chase Chairman of the Board and CEO, first stop on his two-day visit to the city was Fisher College of Business.... Thu, 19 May 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2605 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2589 The State of Ohio and The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business have selected 10 teams of young entrepreneurs who will be moving to Columbus this summer to participate in the Ohio’s New Entrepreneurs (ONE) Fund pilot program.&l... Fri, 13 May 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2589 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2551 Despite the fact 20-year-old Kenneth Harding is co-founder of a technology company; has more than a decade of experience as a programmer; is an award-winning Microsoft engineer and a licensed pilot, there is one thing that is extremely important to... Mon, 9 May 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2551 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2532 Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes, co-author of the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which overhauled federal oversight of public companies, spoke at Fisher on April 12.... Wed, 27 April 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2532 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2529 The course was like a Marine Corps boot camp—grueling hours of tough and challenging exercises. The professor was compared to a brutal and unrelenting drill sergeant pushing his young charges to their limits.... Mon, 25 April 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2529 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2530 A new study of telephone customer service representatives shows just how important it is for employees to start the workday in a good mood.... Mon, 25 April 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2530 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2516 Fisher's undergraduate team of Chris DiYanni, Zachary Messenger and John Weiler won the Duff & Phelps' YOUniversity Deal Challenge in New York City.... Tue, 19 April 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2516 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2517 A team of Fisher undergraduate logistics students captured first place at the Broad Supply Chain Challenge held April 7-8, 2011 at Michigan State University's Broad College of Business.... Tue, 19 April 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2517 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2484 The Ohio Third Frontier and The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business are searching for the best, young entrepreneurial minds with great ideas for commercially viable technology start-ups.... Thu, 7 April 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2484 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2480 Corporate recruiters have taken notice of students who have volunteered their time at Fisher’s Tax Clinic during winter quarter.... Mon, 4 April 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2480 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2458 The Ohio State University has named a vice president for technology commercialization. Brian A. Cummings, who helped build a top-tier technology commercialization program at the University of Utah, will lead Ohio State’s strategy to advance the e... Tue, 22 March 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2458 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2444 The Fisher campus was once again the venue for an important federal policy conversation with U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and Alex Fischer, CEO of Columbus Partnership who were joined via teleconference with Francisco Sánchez, Under Secretary of Comm... Mon, 14 March 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2444 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2445 Fisher hosted Shell Oil Co. fourth annual Leadership Conference on March 5.  The interdisciplinary conference brought together students from across Ohio State with majors in engineering, business and geological sciences.... Mon, 14 March 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2445 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2415 Greg Allenby, the Helen C. Kurtz Chair in Marketing, had three research articles published in the January-February 2011 issue of Marketing Science, a top-tier journal for scholars in the field of marketing.... Mon, 28 February 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2415 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2358 One factor, little-known by borrowers, can play a large role in whether banks are willing to renegotiate mortgages with homeowners who are struggling to meet payments.... Mon, 14 February 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2358 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2359 Although Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith is nationally known for his success in collegiate athletics, his professional foundation began in corporate America.... Mon, 14 February 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2359 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2328 Dean Chris Poon testified before Ohio lawmakers at hearings on House Bill 1, which authorizes creation of JobsOhio.... Mon, 31 January 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2328 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2297 Most people like to play it safe when combining colors for an article of clothing or outfit, a new study suggests.... Fri, 14 January 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2297 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2300 With the star power of Buckeye football player Dane Sanzenbacher and attention from national media, a YouTube video that started out as a class project has become a viral hit.... Fri, 14 January 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2300 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2280 Fisher entrepreneurship students were given the first opportunity to pose questions to Ohio’s newly appointed head of business and job development, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Mark Kvamme, during a press conference held by Ohio Governor-... Fri, 7 January 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2280 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2258 Geoffrey Kistruck, assistant professor of international business in the Department of Management and Human Resources, received the best paper award at the seventh annual Satter Conference on Social Entrepreneurship held at New York University’s S... Fri, 3 December 2010 08:00:00 -0500 http://fisher.osu.edu/newsroom?folder=65&news=2258