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Rice University ranks first in Texas for 10-year return on investment, with alumni seeing roughly $334,000 in gains. Its strong earnings outcomes keep Rice at the top of both short and long-term ROI comparisons statewide.
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Rice Business professor Mijeong Kwon finds that viewing passion for work as a moral virtue can harm employees and teams, leading to guilt, burnout and biased treatment of colleagues who are seen as less passionate.
26 Nov
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In The Media
Rice Business professor Mijeong Kwon argues that moralizing a love of work can undermine workplace well-being. Her research shows that treating intrinsic motivation as a virtue fuels guilt, burnout and biased judgments that disrupt team dynamics.
25 Nov
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“We’re getting a lot of questions from employers about how to make sure people are legitimately allowed to take paid sick leave and then what to do to make sure people legitimately have medical issues,” Larry Stuart, an employment lawyer in the Houston-based law firm Stuart PC and an adjunct professor at the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University, tells Yahoo Life.
“The big question is, in the absence of any government action, what will consumers do?” said Peter Rodriguez, an economist and dean of the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. “Many are going to hold back at least a few more weeks and wait for a real sign of safety.”
Peter Rodriguez is the dean of the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University: “We know that some businesses really can't open at this capacity level and be profitable, so 25% isn't any better than being completely shut and it will stay that way." He says today's effort to restart our economy in southeast texas is a step forward. It's not a miracle drug.
How might oil and gas companies and workers navigate the latest crash in the industry’s constant boom and bust cycle? Hear from Bill Arnold, Professor in the Practice of Energy Management at the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University.
Many consumers have been anxiously awaiting a return to normalcy, according to Connie Porter, marketing professor at Rice University. Porter said many people will probably want to support their favorite businesses, but it’s unclear just how many others will remain wary of going outside of their homes. “Without foot traffic, upon which smaller businesses truly depend on…even just to pick it up, those stores are going to suffer, even if they’re open, potentially."
If you’re satisfied with your pile of tasks, check in periodically to be sure you are continuing to achieve your ideal work life. For any new tasks that come your way, explicitly decide whether they are worth doing before accepting them. —Scott Sonenshein
At Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, some 80 percent of full-time MBA students receive a scholarship. The average amount is 60 percent of tuition, but a minority of candidates receive full fee coverage.
An emergency ventilator designed and prototyped by Rice University engineers and students will be mass produced, the university announced in a news release April 23. Houston-based manufacturer Stewart & Stevenson LLC has signed a licensing agreement with the university to produce an advanced version of the ApolloBVM ventilator, which is designed to operate a common bag valve mask for extended periods while patients await the availability of a standard ventilator.
“If an oil and gas company called me up and asked for my advice, I would say that, if you are trying to promote yourself as a more environmentally-friendly company, you have to actually do the work,” Ferris said. “You can’t just put an ad out on social media and think that it’s going to be bought.”
