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Our Faculty in the News
Rice Business research isn’t just shaping academia through top journals like Organization Science, The Accounting Review, and the Journal of Financial Economics — it’s also making waves in leading outlets like Forbes, NPR and Harvard Business Review.
Here are some of the year’s top highlights of Rice Business research in the media:
Harvard Business Review
Safety Should Be a Performance Driver: It’s more than just a compliance issue. (Professor Vikas Mittal & Alessandro Piazza)
Fast Company
How grocery data can help assess credit worthiness: In general, buying healthier but less convenient food predicts responsible payment behaviors. (Professor Jung Youn Lee)
Wall Street Journal
Credit-Card Autopay Can Benefit Consumers (a Little): New research suggests nudging consumers to automatically pay off credit-card balances can get complicated. (Professor Benedict Guttman-Kenney)
Bloomberg
Upstarts Challenge a Foundation of Modern Investing: A Nobel laureate’s theory supports betting on cheaper stocks and sets a benchmark for money managers. But the numbers keep changing. How much does it matter? (Professor Robert Dittmar)
Chicago Booth Review
Could a Change to the Goodwill Rule Boost Private Equity?: Writing off the value of customer loyalty and human capital might shrink and change the M&A market. (Professor Stehan J. Huber)
Business Insider
Flexible morals: A key reason American voters support divisive misinformation: For many people, it’s easy to defend misinformation if they think it serves a larger truth. (Professor Minjae Kim)
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Pricing | Peer-Reviewed Research
How price adjusting eases consumer regrets.
October 07
Customer Experience | Expert Opinion
Think customers crave delightful extras? In fact, they report more satisfaction when firms simply avoid disappointing them.
October 07
Entrepreneurship | News Feed
Remembering Ed Williams, the person who laid down the tracks of entrepreneurship at Rice Business.
October 02
Creativity | Peer-Reviewed Research
To come up with new ideas, it helps to think outside the box — but which box, exactly?
October 01
Personal Identity | Features
Do the Latino boxers in a border gym know something other men don’t?
September 24
Ethics | Peer-Reviewed Research
A new theory offers a practical way to evaluate corporate behavior worldwide.
September 23
Leadership | Expert Opinion
What happens when coercive leaders feel cornered?
September 17
Creativity | Peer-Reviewed Research
Companies can and should train supervisors to cultivate creativity in their management choices. Here's how.
September 17
Ethics | Peer-Reviewed Research
What values should businesses observe besides profits?
September 09
