Forefront

Andrea Contigiani, assistant professor of management and human resources, is committed to researching the power of entrepreneurship to help refugee communities. His research was recently named a Program of Excellence in Engaged Scholarship by Ohio State's Office of Outreach and Engagement.

New research from Kathleen Keeler, assistant professor of management and human resources, finds that performance suffers when workplace music is a misfit for workers' needs.

Professor Andrea Contigiani and PhD student Jing Tang were selected to receive funding from the Strategic Management Society for a variety of research projects.

New research from Fisher's Alessandro Melone and his colleagues supports the long-held belief that portfolio rebalancing has become so predictable — and the resulting flows so gargantuan — that hedge funds and prop trading firms can profitably front-run these regular rebalancing flows.

Research by Finance Professor Itzhak Ben-David details the ebbs and flows of the investor sentiment cycle is crucial to understanding when investment firms such as BlackRock launch narrowly focused and more expensive products.

Many target date funds rebalance at regular calendar intervals, such as monthly or quarterly, or depending on weight deviation. This knowledge, though, allows Wall Street traders to front-run the rebalancing transactions of these funds, including many pension funds, according to research by Fisher's Alessandro Melone and his colleagues.

Terry Esper, professor of logistics, was recently named an editor-in-chief of the Journal of Business Logistics. He follows other noted Fisher faculty who have held the post, including the journal’s founding editor.

Survey data from the National Center for the Middle Market's most recent Middle Market Indicator provides a snapshot of how many middle market companies source materials from Mexico and Canada.

Momentum stocks have historically beaten the stock market by a large margin — until recently. A study by Finance Professor Itzhak Ben-David and his colleagues found that a driver of the decline is a change that Morningstar instituted in how it calculates mutual funds' star ratings.

The Ohio State University Center for Real Estate's ‘Brutus Luminaries Series’ is bringing industry leaders to campus for networking opportunities with students and organizations at Fisher and across the university.

It’s the 21st century — instant bank transfers should be the norm everywhere. For countries such as Brazil that have widely adopted instant banking, the result has been increased competition among traditional banks and significant benefits for average citizens, according to research by Fisher's Sergey Sarkisyan.

A new study from Professor of Operations John Gray has found that manufacturing differences between the U.S. and other countries, mainly India, can lead to lower quality drugs.

As the principal investigator on a $1.5 million research grant, John Gray is leading a project that will explore the safety and availability of prescription drugs in the U.S.

In a first-of-its-kind study, Professor of Operations John Gray and co-authors Joon Noh (PhD '20) and current PhD student Zachary Wright demonstrate why all generic drugs are not equal, even though patients are often told they are.

A new study by Fisher's John Gray has found that generic drugs manufactured in India are linked to significantly more severe adverse events — including hospitalization, disability and in some cases death — compared to equivalent drugs made in the U.S. 

Research from the most recent Middle Market Indicator, published by the National Center for the Middle Market, reflects economic optimism shared among bankers in Central Ohio.

Speculators are capitalizing on predictable timing of routine trades that are intended to rebalance large portfolios such as public pension funds in the U.S., according to new research by Alessandro Melone, assistant professor of finance, and his colleagues.

A new paper authored by a trio of researchers including Assistant Professor of Finance Alessandro Melone reveals the cost to pension funds and other market participants whose rebalancing activity is scheduled and predictable.

Rebalancing is a key tool used by investors to maintain specific portfolio ratios. New research from Fisher’s Alessandro Melone and his colleagues, however, reveals an unintended consequence of rebalancing ― one that costs investors billions of dollars each year.

As cryptocurrency continues to gain widespread traction and adoption, new research from Assistant Finance Professor Tom Meling confirms suspicions about tax evasion involving crypto ― and quantifies just how widespread the practice is.

New research from Fisher's Shaojun Zhang and a colleague finds that fluctuations in demand for oil is a key driver of movement of so-called "greeniums," pricing benefits that investors are willing to pay extra or accept lower yields for in exchange for sustainable impact.

Supply chain and management scholar W.C. Benton joined a prestigious cohort in being named a 2024 Decision Sciences Institute Fellow. Benton becomes the 14th Ohio State researcher selected for the honor.

Amid overall positive trends, climate risk was noted as a growing concern for middle market leaders in the latest Middle Market Indicator released by the National Center for the Middle Market.

Research from Fisher's Itzhak Ben-David helps illustrate part of the growing focus on mutual fund ratings, which may not be accurate ways to evaluate a fund's performance.  

Sales of the company’s cars are flagging and, according to Fisher's Ken Boyer, Elon Musk's interest in electric vehicles isn't what it was, but investors are focusing on the potential of autonomous driving and Musk’s ties to President-elect Donald J. Trump.