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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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The world’s premier university-based entrepreneurship institutes and leaders were celebrated at the 25th annual Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) Conference on Oct. 13-16. The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship is the administrative home for the GCEC.
Congratulations to Roxanne Hambrick '21 and Zohair Memon '21 for being featured as Business Leaders of Tomorrow by Online MBA Report, recognizing the top online MBA students across the US.
When people see diversity in a corporate team, they're more likely to believe the team behaves in a moral fashion, according to research co-conducted by Ajay Kalra, the Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Marketing at Rice Business.
Rice Business announced that their Class of 2021 Full-Time MBA graduates have exceeded expectations, recording some of the highest employment numbers in the school’s history. “We reported our highest base salary ever,” said Philip Heavilin, executive director of the Career Development Office.
Applications are now open for Goizueta Business School’s second John R. Lewis Racial Justice Case Competition. The competition seeks student leaders to investigate how companies can address racial injustice within their organizations. Rice Business will be hosting the semifinals in December 2021.
Rice defensive end Trey Schuman was nominated Wednesday for the 2021 William V. Campbell Trophy, one of college football's most prestigious scholar-athlete awards. He is a co-captain for the Owls and is currently pursuing his MBA at Rice Business.
Congratulations to Rice MBA '12 Gabriel Villasmil, for being name the new Vice President of Corporate Business Development of VLS Recovery Services, LLC.
“This recognition in entrepreneurship has consistently told the story that we care about and support the entrepreneurial mindset, business plans and dreams of our students, alumni and the undergraduate and graduate community at large,” wrote Dean Peter Rodriguez.
Rice MBA Julian Duncan was recently named the chief marketing and strategy officer for the Houston Rockets. “There’s definitely going to be a lot experimenting and a lot of new, fresh ideas that are coming up," he told the Houston Chronicle.
Yan “Anthea” Zhang, the Fayez Sarofim Vanguard Chair Professor of Strategy at the Rice Business, has been selected as a fellow of the Strategic Management Society (SMS), a distinction honoring members of the society who have made significant contributions to the theory and practice of strategic management.
