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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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Culture | Peer-Reviewed Research
Getting inked doesn't carry the stigma it once did, Rice Business research shows.
June 10
Corporate Social Activism | Features
Why Apple, Disney, IKEA and hundreds of other Western companies are abandoning Russia with barely a shrug
May 04
Marketing | Peer-Reviewed Research
Executives, like everyone, tend to stay the course instead of trying something new. But the familiar path isn’t always the best one.
May 04
Energy Policy | Features
What is the ‘social cost of carbon’? Two energy experts explain after court ruling
March 24
Strategy | Peer-Reviewed Research
Why relying on intuition can backfire when it comes to crafting a successful business strategy.
March 24
Creativity | Features
The difference between radical breakthroughs and everyday creativity — and why both are important
March 24
Marketing | Peer-Reviewed Research
Why “mythical numbers” are so enticing — and how they ultimately lead us astray.
January 18
Marketing | Peer-Reviewed Research
When business leaders make assumptions, they may overlook key factors driving desired outcomes.
January 14
Marketing | Features
More Effective Marketing Could Convince The Vaccine Hesitant To Change Their Ways
November 03
Organizational Behavior | Peer-Reviewed Research
Time To Rethink Social Climbers
November 03
