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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.

Strategy | Features

Game Plan

Companies Rely on Strategic Planning. The Problem: Many are Doing it Wrong.

October 27

Marketing | Peer-Reviewed Research

Herd Instinct

The Surprising Effect of Non-Tiered Loyalty Programs

September 15

Regulation | Peer-Reviewed Research

White Picket Fences

How a rule to protect consumers reduced access to credit

July 19

Data Analysis | Peer-Reviewed Research

Classical Instruments

Revisiting the merits of nondigital data collecting

July 19

Workplace Culture | Peer-Reviewed Research

Pyramid Scheme

How Your Mind’s Eye Affects Performance

June 28

Strategy | Features

Putting Out Fires

Why Do So Many Companies Come Up Short In Their Strategy Planning?

June 28

Market Segmentation | Peer-Reviewed Research

The Surprising Upside of Gray Markets

Long seen as a threat to profits, gray market sales are disrupting conventional wisdom. Under the right conditions, unauthorized channels can actually drive innovation, quality and higher returns.

June 04