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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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Rice University will expand global education and research opportunities for its students and faculty with the opening of the Rice University Paris Center, which holds its ceremonial launch this week.
"Regardless of what the terms and conditions are or how good the offer is, just the fact that there's a sale signals that something different is happening," says Utpal Dholakia, marketing professor at Rice Business. "That's the core value of a sale, both from the marketer's and consumer's perspective."
Jing Zhou, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management and Psychology at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, has been appointed deputy dean of academic affairs for the business school effective July 1. She succeeds Jeff Fleming, the Fayez Sarofim Vanguard Professor of Finance, who will complete a seven-year term as deputy dean this month.
Inflation is doing a number on the economy, and there is no end in sight. Rice Business marketing professor Utpal Dholakia says brands don’t usually shrink all of their items at once. You can still get a good deal if you buy a variation of the product that wasn’t downsized.
Celebrations are underway after Houston was named one of 16 host cities for the 2026 World Cup. "Building things Houstonians need and use every day, that's the easy money and the great way to leverage this opportunity for us," said Peter Rodriguez, dean of Rice Business.
The Houston Business Journal has named Rice University President David Leebron as the Lifetime Achievement Award recipient for the 2022 Diversity in Business Awards, which will be held June 23. Leebron became Rice's seventh president in 2004, and he will retire June 30. During that time, Rice has not only grown significantly but also became more diverse.
Amy Dittmar, a distinguished scholar with an extensive background in economics, finance and university administration, has been named the new provost of Rice University. She will be joined at Rice by her husband of 28 years, Robert “Bob” Dittmar, who will be a professor of finance at the Jones Graduate School of Business.
A little complexity helps companies raise prices without customers noticing. But at some point, it drives consumers away. Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice Business, explains.
This year's Best & Brightest honors 51 students from 275 online MBA programs who represent the best of graduate business education. Three Rice Business only MBA students are featured: Brad Simmons, Arwa Hasanali and Mark Watson.
This week's roundup of Houston innovators includes recent Rice Business alumna Kelly Avant. "[Venture capital] is an awesome way to shape the future in a more positive way because you literally get to wire money to the most innovative thinkers, who are building solutions to the world’s problems,"
