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Work Motivation | Organizational Behavior

What Happens When a Calling Becomes Unsustainable?

Shannon Sciarappa studies how people engage with work after leaving a profession they once considered a “calling.” Here’s how leaders can help make career passion sustainable.

9 Oct

Leadership | Organizational Behavior

Lessons on Leadership From Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”

Three organizational behavior scholars on outgrowing familiar strengths, managing from the middle and navigating the limits of control.

25 Sep
Credit & Lending | More Business Wisdom

Borrowing Is Set To Get Even Pricier

U.S. consumers and businesses are now facing a future of more expensive borrowing.

16 Sep

AI | More Business Wisdom

7 Questions Our Faculty Are Asking About AI

Rice Business faculty are exploring big questions about AI and how it’s reshaping business, technology and the classroom.

11 Sep

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Corporate Reputation | Strategy

The New Rules of Corporate Reputation

As corporate value has become more intangible, leaders have less control over how their organizations are perceived. Anastasiya Zavyalova explains what that means for reputation strategy.

28 Aug
Corporate Social Activism | Marketing

Silence Should Be the Default for CEOs on Politics

Research offers a new framework to help CEOs decide if, when and how to engage in politics.

14 Aug

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Work Motivation | Organizational Behavior

What Happens When a Calling Becomes Unsustainable?

Shannon Sciarappa studies how people engage with work after leaving a profession they once considered a “calling.” Here’s how leaders can help make career passion sustainable.

October 09

Leadership | Organizational Behavior

Lessons on Leadership From Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”

Three organizational behavior scholars on outgrowing familiar strengths, managing from the middle and navigating the limits of control.

September 25

Credit & Lending | More Business Wisdom

Borrowing Is Set To Get Even Pricier

U.S. consumers and businesses are now facing a future of more expensive borrowing.

September 16

AI | More Business Wisdom

7 Questions Our Faculty Are Asking About AI

Rice Business faculty are exploring big questions about AI and how it’s reshaping business, technology and the classroom.

September 11

AI | Finance

Financial technology is increasingly making the decisions households once made on their own. New Rice Business research tests three of these tools and finds that better automation does not reliably produce better outcomes.

September 01

Corporate Reputation | Strategy

The New Rules of Corporate Reputation

As corporate value has become more intangible, leaders have less control over how their organizations are perceived. Anastasiya Zavyalova explains what that means for reputation strategy.

August 28

Corporate Social Activism | Marketing

Silence Should Be the Default for CEOs on Politics

Research offers a new framework to help CEOs decide if, when and how to engage in politics.

August 14

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Safety and Compliance | Strategy

Safety Isn’t a Sunk Cost — It’s a Business Asset

Many companies treat safety training as a compliance requirement. But new research shows that making safety a strategic priority can actually create value for employees, customers and shareholders.

July 31

Policy | Accounting

The 10-Q Rarely Breaks Earnings News. So Why Keep It?

A new SEC proposal would let companies report semiannually instead of quarterly. Four scholars make the case for letting companies choose their reporting cadence and for protecting safeguards.

July 17

Innovation | Strategy

A New Way To Interpret China’s Patent Boom

China now files more patents than any other nation. But a new measure of innovation shows that their technological catch-up is only happening in a few manufacturing sectors.

June 26

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