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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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Communications | Commentary
Empathy is a big factor in successful communication.
February 22
Book Excerpt | Mind Your Business
How nice is too nice? Read an excerpt from Jennie Latson's new book.
February 19
Innovation | Peer-Reviewed Research
To innovate overseas, learn from foreign businesses at home.
February 15
Human Resources | Peer-Reviewed Research
When do positive personality traits become workplace problems?
February 15
Finance | Peer-Reviewed Research
Net financing, not the mix of funding sources, is what determines growth.
February 15
Investing | Peer-Reviewed Research
The only thing the market likes less than a late report? Silence.
February 15
Acquisitions | Peer-Reviewed Research
Failing to win awards can drive CEOs to make risky decisions.
February 14
Organizational Behavior | Peer-Reviewed Research
How employees shape the companies that help reshape society.
February 13
Lending | Peer-Reviewed Research
In peer-to-peer lending, appearances can tell the truth
February 13
Retail | Features
If department stores are to survive, they have to recapture a time when they were destinations in themselves.
February 10
