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Rice Business offers several Executive Education courses that give aspiring leaders a jumpstart on their skills, including Leader as Coach, The Management Incubator and The Leadership Accelerator: a four-day, on-campus class geared towards more senior executives.
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The Jones Graduate School of Business is a power player in the MBA ranks, finishing 18th in Poets&Quants’ composite ranking of the top 100 U.S. programs and sixth in our ranking of the best online MBAs. As of fall 2021, Rice Jones also offers an undergraduate business major. Its first class will graduate this May.
22 Apr
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New research from Rice Business assistant professor Minjae Kim and MIT Sloan finds that American voters hold opposing politicians to strict standards of factuality but support their favorite politicians as long as their statements express a “deeper truth” they support.
16 Apr
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Rice University’s Office of Innovation has named Brad Burke as associate vice president for industry and new ventures. This new role creates alignment with initiatives in the Office of Innovation and enables the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship to further Rice’s industry relationships and accelerate the scaling of Rice startups.
Applications are open for university startups to compete in the Rice Business Plan Competition from April 6-8, 2024. The competition, entering its 24th year, gives collegiate entrepreneurs real-world experience to pitch their startups, enhance their business strategy and learn what it takes to launch a successful company.
In a new study, Rice Business professors Jae Chung and Ajay Kalra analyze over 55,000 Instagram influencer posts to uncover strategies for increasing follower engagement. Their research provides data-driven insights for brands that run influencer marketing campaigns.
Each year, Bloomberg Businessweek compiles a ranking of the best MBA programs across the globe while also recording where grads of these business schools go to work. Rice Business is one of the top three energy target schools with 13 hires in 2023.
Even though the inflation rate is lower than it was last year, prices haven't necessarily gone down. Rice Business marketing professor Utpal Dholakia says inflation, “makes us more tolerant to higher prices and more tolerant to the fact that I’m not going to get a good deal.”
During the inaugural course visit to Vietnam, students from Rice Business embraced the true spirit of the holiday season by sharing joy and creating unforgettable memories with the children of Little Rose Shelter.
The full-time on-campus Master of Business Administration program from Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business ranks No. 18 in the country, according to new 2024 rankings from Poets&Quants. The school rose 11 spots since 2023.
Poets&Quants announced their list of the top 100 U.S. MBA programs, and Rice Business climbed up 11 spots to No. 18 ahead of UT-McCombs at No. 19 in this year's rankings.
Entrepreneurship doesn't require a MBA from Rice University, but Dean Peter Rodriguez wants to make sure that the students who do pass through the halls of the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business are well prepared for creating a successful company.
Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business ranks No. 6 nationally for its online Master of Business Administration program, according to Poets&Quants rankings released today. MBA@Rice is the fastest-growing program at the business school since its launch in 2018.