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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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UC-Davis is now one of only a handful of six-figure online MBAs with Carnegie Mellon, UNC, the University of Southern California, Rice University, and George Washington University. The other top-ranked option in California from USC’s Marshall School of Business now costs a total of $106,197
If being disliked isn’t bad enough, there’s a second, less discussed downside for women who establish a reputation for competence: They’re often considered less inspirational. For a 2009 Harvard Business Review study, Herminia Ibarra of the London Business School and Rice University’s Otilia Obodaru interviewed women business leaders and found that, like Warren, many had built a reputation for competence.
Rice University's student startup competition awarded a total of $2.9 million to 42 competitors over the weekend at its annual business plan competition.
Sometimes change is the right answer, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Here’s what customers expect when you reinvent your brand’s image. “It is important for companies to refresh their logos, but the process of doing so must be carefully managed,” said Vikas Mittal, one of the researchers, in the Rice University news release. “Our research shows that companies need to carefully consult customers…to ensure that customers feel they have been heard in the redesign and repositioning process."
Earlier this year, Rice University announced the 42 teams that would be competing for $1.5 million in prizes, but ended up giving out a record $2.9 million.
The Princeton Review ranks Rice University and the University of Houston as having among the best entrepreneurship programs in the country.
Houston high school students to test investment strategies at Rice business competition
Indra Nooyi (center), former chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, was the John L. Weinberg Distinguished Speaker at the Weinberg Center’s 2019 Corporate Governance Symposium. Joining Nooyi were, left to right, Weinberg Center Associate Director Ann Mule, Weinberg Center Director Charles M. Elson, UD President Dennis Assanis and College of Arts and Sciences Interim Dean John Pelesko.
The Artemis Fund recently launched to provide seed money and Series A financing to women-led companies. Its first $100,000 award will be given at the Rice Business Plan Competition held April 4 through April 6.