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Rice Business is pleased to announce that Bob Dittmar, the Houston Endowment Professor of Finance, has been appointed associate dean of the Virani Undergraduate School of Business, effective July 1.
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Rice Business Executive Education offers custom-made programs for companies that want to strengthen leadership, enhance culture or address specific management challenges or organizational opportunities.
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Rice University took center stage at the inaugural South by Southwest London, bringing Texas-sized ambition, pathbreaking innovation and global vision to one of the world’s premier gatherings of creative and intellectual leaders.
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Rice MBA Julian Duncan was recently named the chief marketing and strategy officer for the Houston Rockets. “There’s definitely going to be a lot experimenting and a lot of new, fresh ideas that are coming up," he told the Houston Chronicle.
Yan “Anthea” Zhang, the Fayez Sarofim Vanguard Chair Professor of Strategy at the Rice Business, has been selected as a fellow of the Strategic Management Society (SMS), a distinction honoring members of the society who have made significant contributions to the theory and practice of strategic management.
Rice Business climbs to the number 22 spot in the latest Bloomberg Businessweek MBA rankings.
AlixPartners announced that Irfan Bidiwala, a Rice MBA graduate and seasoned expert in a wide range of industrial sectors has joined as a Managing Director.
“Students in search of online education have plenty of great options, from bootcamps and short courses to more traditional degree programs,” says George Andrews, associate dean of degree programs at Rice Business.
The announcement of the mandate has people asking many questions. Rice Business adjunct professor Larry Stuart says this mandate is technically an executive order, which the president is granted the power to issue on certain topics.
CDI, a leader in high-performance polymer product manufacturing, custom engineering, and material science, announced Rice MBA Clint Metcalf has been named as President.
Timing is everything and prospective students will need to carefully consider how much time is required to apply, and which admissions deadline to pick. Rice Business Associate Dean of Degree Programs, George Andrews, gives his perspective.
"Computers, televisions, washing machines - people are far more willing to buy online. But not so with a mattress, " said Rice Business marketing professor Utpal Dholakia. "They want to lay on a mattress to see how it feels."
Dean Peter Rodriguez weighs in on the impact the pandemic is having on the construction industry. Virus outbreaks could continue to postpone building projects. “Uncertainty,” he said, “is just toxic to growth.”
