Our Most-Read Stories of 2024

Investing | Peer-Reviewed Research

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)

From Our Magazine

And catch up on top stories from the past year of Rice Business magazine

Features

Vital Signs

A conversation with Rice Business Professor Tolga Tezcan on how we can improve hospital operations and payment systems.

Features

Building the Future

In May, Rice broke ground for a new building next to McNair to accommodate the school’s growth.

Features

First Class

Meet a few of the undergrads who claimed their spot among our first class of business major graduates.

From Our Podcast

Professors by Day, Partners for Life feat. Professor Lee Ann Butler & Professor Alex Butler

Lee Ann and Alex Butler are not only esteemed faculty at Rice Business, but also a married couple. They share insights from their personal lives and nearly three-decades-long journeys in academia.

Organizational Behavior | Organizational Behavior

Want More Good Ideas From Your Workers?

Try giving them a reward — and a choice.

January 29

Social Media | Marketing

How Can Influencers Boost Consumer Engagement?

Three ways Instagram influencers can boost their "likes" on sponsored content.

January 08

Organizational Behavior | Organizational Behavior

Here’s How Social Pressures Shape Online Product Evaluations

Product reviewers face a conundrum: They need peers and audiences to see them as credible. However, pursuing credibility may compromise the objectivity of their evaluations.

November 12

Product Marketing | Marketing

Bud Light Is Still Sinking. Here’s Why it Really Lost its Crown.

Bud Light’s sales are on ice. Their troubles are attributed to an influencer marketing controversy. But, in fact, their decline stems from product issues and management blunders.

November 02