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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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The arrival of ridehailing is associated with an increase of approximately 3 percent in the number of motor vehicle fatalities and fatal accidents, according to research from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. The documented increase in accidents appears to persist and even increase over time, and that rate has stayed steady through weekdays, weeknights, weekend days and weekend nights, according to John Barrios, assistant professor at Chicago Booth, and Yale V. Hochberg and Hanyi Yi, both of Rice University, in the working paper, The Cost of Convenience: Ridehailing and Traffic Fatalities.
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Ringing today's opening bells are the U.S. Army with Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sergeant David Bellavia at the NYSE and winners of Rice University's 'Rice Business Plan Competition' at the Nasdaq.
Ride hailing services like Uber and Lyft increase road congestion, gasoline consumption, traffic delays—and deaths. "The arrival of ridehailing is associated with an increase of approximately 3% in the number of fatalities and fatal accidents, for both vehicle occupants and pedestrians," Chicago Booth's John Manuel Barrios, and Rice University's Yael Hochberg and Hanyi Yi write.
To wrap up a year of focused reporting on heath, Texas Standard brought together three panelists to discuss some of the biggest health issues and challenges facing Texans. Texas Standard Host David Brown talked with Texas Rep. Donna Howard (D-48), LBJ School of Public Affairs Assistant Professor Abigail Aiken and Rice University Adjunct Professor Ken Janda about what did and did not happen in the most recent Texas legislative session when it came to health.
Q&A with Celestine Tung who chose Rice for her MBA because Rice University has a close relationship and partnership with several institutions in the Texas Medical Center, including Baylor College of Medicine. The school is well-respected by senior leadership in all the hospital systems and has a strong reputation among my colleagues. The professors are experts in their field and are excited to share their knowledge and research with their students.
Four different accelerator programs have announced plans to launchHouston programs this year so far. All four programs represent global programs or big companies recognizing the potential in Houston, which according to Yael Hochberg, head of the Rice University Entrepreneurship Initiative, is a key part of the equation.
Veterans buy each other beers, listen to each other’s stories, and provide a shoulder to cry on when the memories become too much. Veterans are usually eager to help, and sometimes, they even invest in another veteran's business.
The winner of the 2019 Rice University Business Plan Competition (RBPC) will ring Nasdaq’s opening bell on the day before Independence Day. Vita Inclinata Technologies from the Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, will perform the ceremonial opening of the Nasdaq Stock Market trading day at 9:30 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, July 3.
It's official — 2019 is the year of accelerators in Houston. Four different accelerator programs have announced plans to launch Houston programs this year so far — and they are all bringing something different to the table. All four of the programs represent global programs or big companies recognizing the potential in Houston, which, according to Yael Hochberg, head of the Rice University Entrepreneurship Initiative, is a key part of the equation.