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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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Russia's invasion of Ukraine has only exacerbated the issue by skyrocketing the price of fuel, and as gas prices increase, that in turn drives up the cost of food supplies, said Dean Peter Rodriguez. “Since early 2021, we felt really acutely supply shocks in a number of key materials around the world."
During 2017-21, Fortune 1000 companies paid senior executives more than $180 billion to develop and execute strategy. But execution requires that senior executives come to agreement on that strategy, and our research shows that this doesn’t always happen. Rice Business professor Vikas Mittal explains.
Ope Amosu’s restaurant, ChòpnBlọk, bills itself as “a contemporary approach to traditional West African cuisine.” The Rice University MBA graduate’s modern fast-casual fare follows in the footsteps of many successful Nigerian and West African restaurants in the city.
Last fall, the Jones Graduate School of Business added to its offerings for undergraduates by launching a business major. Rice undergraduates in the Classes of 2024 and 2025 can declare a business major with either a finance or management concentration.
The semi-finalists will present to a panel of investors April 22. Judges will select the top four, who will pitch their ideas again on April 23 for a chance at prizes totaling $30,000 and financing opportunities.
What matters more when investing in a startup? Expertise or self-presentation? Research from Rice Business professor Alessandro Piazza, doctoral candidate Sung Hun (Brian) Chung, and Daniel Reese provides an analysis of more than 4,000 firms, their founders, and their funders.
LIDROTEC, a student startup from RWTH Aachen University in Germany that aims to increase production in the semiconductor industry, took home the grand prize at the 2022 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC).
Rice University brought back its international student startup competition to its in-person format in a big way, giving out nearly $2 million in investment and in-kind prizes to over a dozen student teams.
Rice Business professor Scott Sonenshein was recently featured on the Dare to Lead podcast with Brene Brown. They discussed the pandemic, the racial reckoning, and work—specifically, what it means for people going to the office for the first time, or staying hybrid, or working from home.
Thinking of getting a tattoo but worried about consequences on the job ? Maybe you shouldn’t be so concerned: New research co-authored by Rice Business professor Mikki Hebl finds that customers don’t necessarily look down on employees with tattoos – and in some settings, ink is seen as a plus.
