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In this Monday roundup of Houston innovators, we traverse into the restaurant, health care, and higher education industries with a startup founder focused on using technology to improve the dining experience, a self-starter in health care, and a leader on the Rice University campus with a new office.
In Rice University Business School professor Vikas Mittal’s studies on customer loyalty, he found that sometimes the customer’s relationship with the company and people creating the product was more important than the individual product, that “Customers who liked a company and its employees were more forgiving about perceived glitches in satisfaction.”
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Earning an MBA can be expensive, especially from a top school. While financial aid, grants, fellowships and scholarships are available, the price tag may feel daunting. But recent surveys prove that an MBA will further your salary potential. Rice Business ranks as the 8th most affordable MBA in the top 25 with the best ROI and starting salaries.
More than 70 teams from over 40 universities participated to an audience of nearly 4,000 in the 2022 John Lewis Case Competition. Rice Business hosted the semifinals in December 2021.
The flexibility and low barrier to entry of short-term jobs gives would-be entrepreneurs fallback opportunities that reduce their financial risk, argues Yael Hochberg, professor in entrepreneurship and finance at Rice Business.
Enrolling in the Rice Business Professional MBA program is your chance to make a dramatic change in your career trajectory without interrupting it. Along with what you learn in the classroom, your network and net worth will grow. Here is how to best calculate your ROI.