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In this edition of Real Numbers of MBA Admissions, we round up the percentage of students of the Classes of 2024 placed in tech.
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As businesses across the country strive to deliver better customer experiences, a new nationwide study provides timely insights into what Americans value most in the products and services they use every day.
1 May
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Rice University has announced the launch of Rice Digital Learning and Strategy, a reimagined office aimed at expanding the university’s impact through innovative digital learning initiatives. Formerly known as Rice Online Learning, Rice Digital Learning and Strategy reflects the university’s expanded mission to integrate digital tools and strategies across all levels of education.
28 Apr
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Dean Peter Rodriguez said the economy in the Austin area appears to be recovering about as fast as can be expected, given constraints such as rising costs in the region for office space and land as well as an increasingly tight labor market.
They're creatives, humanitarians, and risk-takers -- and these doers are heading back to the workforce. A look at this year's MBAs To Watch. Rice MBAs Kelly DeMoya and Matthew Manriquez make the 2021 list.
The best car insurance in Texas isn’t always the cheapest. Good car insurance is about more than just affordable coverage. Rice Business professor Ajay Kalra shares his thoughts on the matter.
In business, affiliating with high-status colleagues often gives newcomers a professional boost. But less so in the creative industries. Based on research by Rice Business assistant professor Alessandro Piazza.
Rice’s links to slavery and racial injustice as well as the future of a memorial to the university’s founder were among the topics discussed during “Juneteenth and Emancipations to Come,” a panel discussion held June 17 via Zoom.
To boost employees’ creativity, managers should consider offering a set of rewards for them to choose from, according to a new study co-authored by Rice Business professor Jing Zhou.
In 2012, Patra Isaac made a career shift. She left the corporate world and entered the world of education and nonprofits. Last year, she joined the Kinder Foundation as director of education and community projects.
Rice’s second annual Juneteenth celebration will bring together professors across the university — including Rice Business professor Connie Porter — for three panels exploring ideas and questions central to the meaning and promise of the important holiday.
Rice Business Professor Amit Pazgal found that in certain situations, gray markets can actually help manufacturers and retailers.
New research co-authored by Rice Business professor Vikas Mittal shows executives doubt the effectiveness of strategy planning, which is conducted by an overwhelming majority of large companies in the United States. That attitude may doom such plans’ successful implementation, the researchers argue.
