Rice Business Wisdom

Safety and Compliance | Strategy

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

Many companies spend money on safety training just to check a regulatory box. New research shows they’re leaving money on the table. Making safety a strategic priority doesn’t just prevent accidents; it creates value for employees, customers and shareholders.

31 Jul

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.

17 Jul
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.

26 Jun

Innovation | Finance

How Public Research Attracts Private Investment

A new study suggests regions trying to attract venture capital may need to start with commercializable university innovation.

5 Jun

Online Polarization | Strategy

What College Football Reveals About Online Polarization

New research shows how competition galvanizes identity and emotion to drive supporters and critics apart.

22 May
AI | Operations

To Build Lifelong AI, Teach It To Forget

To keep learning over time, AI systems must forget some information. A new monograph explains why that tradeoff is essential.

8 May

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Trade | Strategy

Playing The Long Game

Why President George H. W. Bush went to bat for NAFTA.

December 10

U.S. flag made up of painted baseball bats.

Negotiations | Organizational Behavior

Anger Management

Is it worthwhile to blow a gasket during a negotiation?

December 10

Data Management | Strategy

Picture This

What does our growing ability to document personal life mean for business?

December 03

Foreign Policy | More Business Wisdom

Worth It

How much should a leader get paid?

December 03

Opinion | More Business Wisdom

Protect Me

How detaining children hurts the American workers who guard them

November 27

Young boy with a yellow backpack waiting for a bus.

Customer-Based Strategy | Marketing

When Self-Identity Sways the Deal

People who see themselves as independent are less likely to go for friends-and-family promotions.

November 27

Investment Fraud | Accounting

Boiler Room

What you absolutely need to know about microcap stock scams.

November 12

Strategy | Organizational Behavior

Every Company Runs on Competing Stories

Organizations sustain multiple, clashing narratives at once. Leaders who track the unofficial versions, instead of suppressing them, can spot risk earlier and find clearer paths to real change.

November 11