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When organizations dedicated to doing good make money their top priority, they get into trouble, writes Brian Mittendorf, the Fisher Designated Professor in Accounting.

If you are tired of something, professors, including Fisher's Rob Smith, say you should try a new way of looking at it.

Is scheduling your free time a good idea? Research from Fisher's Selin Malkoc and colleagues at Rutgers Business School evaluated existing research (much of it their own) on time management tactics and how they affect the uptake, outcome and enjoyment of various activities. 

Oded Shenkar, the Ford Motor Company Chair in Global Business Management, discusses President Donald Trump’s request that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) deny China Mobile’s entry into the American market, citing national security concerns. 

Play with your food — you might like it better. People enjoy dishes and drinks more when they consume them in unconventional ways, such as eating popcorn with chopsticks or lapping up water like a cat, according to research by Fisher's Rob Smith.

Research shows that scheduling can undermine enjoyment if it is not done right, according to Selin Malkoc, an associate professor of marketing at Fisher.

As a member of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Local Organizing Committee in Moscow, Maria Landekhovskaya has a front-row seat to one of the largest sporting events in the world. Landekhovskaya, a senior lecturer in marketing and logistics at Fisher, is also using this unique opportunity to bring global marketing practices and insights back to her classroom in the fall.

While serving her country, Kimberly Tapia also started the Polanko Group, which has several business lines, and has managed to find the time to earn a Master of Business Operational Excellence degree from Fisher College of Business.

Can a hospital score high marks in patient care while also operating as a lean, mean healing machine business? Yes, says Aravind Chandrasekaran of The Ohio State University’s Center for Operational Excellence at Fisher College of Business. The problem is that what it means to run a “lean” organization is misunderstood.

More employers are starting to not only supply a paycheck, but also provide help for those who need guidance on how to manage their money. The National Center for the Middle Market, based at Fisher College of Business, reported in November that 77 percent of companies with annual revenue between $10 million and $1 billion are “concerned” about their employees’ financial security.

Research from Fisher's Rob Smith and a colleague has discovered that eating food in an unconventional ways makes it taste better. This theory applies to other aspects of life as well.

If you are not enjoying your favorite things as much as you used to, new research suggests a way to break through the boredom: Try the same old things in new ways. Research from Fisher's Rob Smith and his colleagues found that people found new enjoyment in popcorn, videos – even water – when they consumed them in unconventional ways.

A generous commitment of $17 million by the Keenan Family Foundation has enabled The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business to strengthen its commitment to entrepreneurship. The Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship will focus on cultivating students’ entrepreneurial skill sets and create an enriched extracurricular experience around entrepreneurship.

Ohio State University students will have a new entrepreneurship resource thanks to a $17 million gift. The Tim and Kathleen Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship will focus on cultivating students’ entrepreneurial skills and creating an extracurricular experience around entrepreneurship.

Fisher's Deb Mitchell weighs in on the future of the buy button in the online marketplace: “Alexa can’t demo visuals. But some people don’t need visual product information, so these devices will impact consumer behavior in a big way.

Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business has received a pledge of $17 million from the Keenan Family Foundation to establish a new entrepreneurship center.

Strategic alliances are used by firms for a variety of purposes, but Oded Shenkar, of the National Center for the Middle Market, says they can especially benefit middle-market firms that need to augment their limited skills and resources.

“Now we start having the ability to target ads to people based on much more complex algorithms,” says Fisher's Rob Smith. “So instead of ‘people who are between the ages of 40 and 60 tend to watch this show,’ it’s ‘I would like to target someone who is 27-years-old, who lives in this place, who likes tennis and is interested in buying a new tennis racket right now.’”

Recognizing his commitment to education and the professional and personal development of underrepresented students at Ohio State and throughout the region, David Harrison was recently honored by the National Association of Black Accountants.

People who drank more coffee contributed more to group meetings and tended to stay on-topic compared to their decaffeinated co-workers. Coffee drinkers also evaluated team performance more positively as a result of increased alertness, Ohio State University researchers found.

You might think you've made your day more efficient – but it can actually affect what you accomplish during your unstructured time, according to research by Fisher's Selin Malkoc.

Fisher Executive MBA graduate Geoffrey Rinehart shares his experiences from his time at Ohio State, the EMBA program and offers advice to future students.

People are less likely to buy sugary drinks if they see warning labels that include graphic pictures of health consequences such as obesity, diabetes and tooth decay, according to research from Fisher's Grant Donnelly and his colleagues.

A partnership between Fisher and the Ohio Minority Supplier Development Council is providing minority business leaders with a key opportunity to establish and augment operational excellence programs within their firms.

Ohio State Fisher Executive MBA graduate Dustin Keith shares his experiences in the school's EMBA program and offers advice to future students.