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Rice Business professor David Zhang explains how low mortgage rates are keeping homeowners from selling, contributing to the housing market’s ongoing “sideways struggle” as rates remain elevated.
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Rice Business professor Vikas Mittal says Buc-ee’s has developed deep customer commitment, with visits becoming an emotional and habitual ritual. He predicts loyalty will grow as Buc-ee’s expands nationwide.
17 Aug
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Congratulations to Kathleen Perley, recognized by Poets & Quants among the 2026 Best and Brightest Executive MBAs.
14 Aug
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Cart.com CEO Omair Tariq '16 began by hawking jewelry in Houston flea markets. Now he's out to prove his tech company is a giant-killer. Rice Business lecturer Rafael Alvarez added, "...something great is in store for Houston because of the immigrants here.”
Andrew Clifton, MBA '13, has been named president of Zing Health. "Andrew embraces our mission to bring whole-person care to urban and rural areas with fewer medical resources," says Dr. Eric E. Whitaker, Zing Health founder and CEO.
Rice Business dean Peter Rodriguez called Samsung's expansion plans "a traditionally significant investment in the U.S. economy. It has few or no peers in terms of scale and strategic importance."
"For summer internship we hired our biggest summer internship class ever at about 500 just for MBAs across all U.S. schools. It could vary anywhere from places like Booth, HBS, Kellogg, Wharton, Stanford—to Rice, CMU, UT Austin, Notre Dame."
Back in the Paleolithic Age of online marketing — say, 15 years ago — the idea of online sales as a significant business vehicle for brands such as Target or Walmart was almost unimaginable. According to research from Rice Business professor Utpal Dholakia, it's time to update your thinking.
The Boston Consulting Group, one of the premier recruiters of MBA talent, is a highly selective employer. This year, they expanded what had been a largely U.S.-centric group of schools by nine other additional MBA programs, adding many of the best European players as well as a few in the U.S., including Rice Business.
Global supply chain and operations implementation consulting firm, SGS Maine Pointe, announced today that it has appointed Rice Business alumna Tiffany Pankratz-Umbehrto the position of Executive Vice President, Consumer Goods & Retail.
Three schools, including Rice Business, haven’t changed their estimates in four years. Kellogg and Emory Goizueta only increased their estimates this year after years of not doing so.
Rice Business Entrepreneur in Residence Jay Steinfeld speaks with Modern Diplomacy: "Anyone can build a business and a life of consequence by following 4 principles. My 4 Es: 1. Evolve continuously 2. Experiment without fear of failure 3. Express yourself and 4. Enjoy the ride."
The Class of 2022 shares the best practices to future online MBAs.