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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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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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In a recent study, Rice Business professor Shiva Sivaramakrishnan found that board members actually need incentives — both short- and long-term — to act in stakeholders' best interests.
At Wharton, MBA apps fell by 5.4%. Thus far, only two top 25 schools have reported slight increases: Chicago Booth, where applications rose 3.4%, and Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Management, which experienced a 6.5% rise.
When it comes to investing, conservatives may have a built-in advantage, according to a study by business scholars at Rice University, the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), the University of Bath and Southern Methodist University (SMU).
When it comes to investing, conservatives may have a built-in advantage, according to a study by business scholars at Rice University, the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), the University of Bath and Southern Methodist University (SMU). A central tenet of long-term investing is to hold riskier investments such as stocks over holding cash or bonds, which are considered less risky.
Turbines to run liquefied natural gas plants in the Arctic Circle. Lighter and easier-to-assemble equipment to extract oil and natural gas thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface. Drones to detect methane leaks from oil wells and pipelines. Cleaner power to run hydraulic fracturing operations and lower greenhouse emissions.
The recent Democratic debates confirmed that universal access to health care insurance is a core issue for the 2020 election, although it’s difficult keeping up with all the proposals. "Medicare for All" gets the most press, but its cost may be prohibitive, and has no chance of surviving the health care industry lobbying in Congress.
If you’re considering an MBA, research supports that an MBA degree is a valuable investment, said Dean Peter Rodriguez, Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University. He added that employers demand MBA talent, and alumni of MBA programs report an impressive career trajectory since graduation.
The ice cream maker’s response to these tampering incidents can either make or break the brand’s reputation. “I cannot imagine how these (ice cream licking) videos would not affect buying decisions and consumer confidence during the middle of ice cream season,” Utpal Dholakia, a professor of business and marketing at Rice University, recently told Houston Chronicle.
"I work full time at Rice University at the business school," explained Derek Hill, who dresses up as Genie in "Aladdin." "And, so, it's really interesting being able to go from 8-5 as like an IT guy, clacking at a computer, and then from 10-2, it's like drag time! Spotlight's on."