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Rice University’s Virani Undergraduate School of Business is introducing the Moody Business Scholars Program, a highly selective, cohort-based undergraduate experience designed to prepare high-achieving business students for careers in competitive industries.
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The 26th annual Women in Leadership Conference (WILC) welcomed hundreds of women to Rice Business’ McNair Hall for a day of networking, learning and inspiration for climbing the ladder in their careers. This year’s theme was “Pass the Torch: Together, We Will Carry the Flame.”
11 Mar
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Research from Rice Business professors John Barry, Bruce Carlin, and Alan Crane shows how firms use hurdle rates differently in practice than finance theory predicts.
9 Mar
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In a recent study, Rice Business professor Utpal Dholakia and colleagues René Algesheimer of the University of Zurich and Călin Gurău of GSCM-Montpellier Business School looked closely at what motivates remote teams and how to measure what they do.
Halfway through my 73rd year, I often find myself wondering what my other selves would be like, and what and how they would be doing. By other selves, I mean the different persons I have been at various points in my life.
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