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CEO Compensation | Accounting

Short-Term CEO Pay Isn’t Always a Mistake

When companies break loan terms, boards adjust CEO pay to focus on stabilizing finances.

6 Mar

Hand stops a row of dominoes from tipping over onto a pile of coins

Discrimination | Organizational Behavior

Why Anti-Asian Discrimination Is Often Overlooked at Work

New research shows that people rely on mental prototypes when discerning racial discrimination in the workplace — and Asian Americans are less likely to fit that template.

20 Feb
Startups | Strategy

Does Gender Diversity Attract Investors? It Depends.

In startup accelerator programs, gender diversity alone doesn’t engage investors — what matters more is that founder and mentor teams align in their gender composition.

6 Feb

Negotiations | Finance

How Do Firms Actually Use Hurdle Rates?

New research shows how firms use hurdle rates differently in practice than finance theory predicts.

23 Jan

Hurdles on race track.

AI | Finance

Teaching Finance in the Age of AI

In November 2025, Professor Kerry Back received the Financial Management Association’s Innovation in Teaching Award for building an MBA course that trains students to apply artificial intelligence and coding to finance.

6 Jan
Data Centers | Strategy

What Really Drives Data Center Location Decisions in the U.S.?

A new study shows a divided geography: some facilities cluster in cities for speed and access, while others move to rural regions in search of scale and lower costs.

12 Dec

Learn From Leading Researchers Like

Anastasiya Zavyalova, Associate Dean for Degree Programs

Anastasiya Zavyalova

Jing Zhou, Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs

Jing Zhou

Kerry Back, J. Howard Creekmore Professor of Finance and Professor of Economics

Kerry Back

Business and Political Influence | Strategy

Royal Favor

What happens when the highest leader in the country comes to call?

January 21

Closeup of a golden cardboard crown

Technology | Marketing

Short Circuit

Businesses like technology as a way to reach audiences quickly and nimbly. What could go wrong?

January 21

Group of circuit breaker boxes

Workplace Culture | Organizational Behavior

Team Players

Why fighting workplace discrimination of gay, lesbian and bisexual employees boosts business.

January 16

Overhead shot of three different row boat teams

From the Dean | Strategy

Found In Translation

Rice Business' Dean Peter Rodriguez on the power of presenting scientific research in plain language so important ideas are accessible to all.

January 08

Scraps of paper falling onto an open book

Strategy | Marketing

How Retailers Can Win Customers Block by Block

Marketing methodology helps marketers group customers by geography, psychological profile — and desire.

January 08

Marketing model groups consumers

Startups | More

Movable Feast

Eating healthy can be difficult: A Rice Business alum may have a solution.

January 08

Mobile farmer's market

Writing About Research | Accounting

Intelligence Community

How do you make heavy-hitting research light enough on its feet to be useful?

December 19

Rice Business Wisdom mission

Technology | More

Net Worth

What you need to know about net neutrality.

December 19

What to know about net neutrality

Consumer Behavior | Marketing

A Luxury You Can Afford

How time and distance change how you feel about your hotel.

December 18

Mergers and Acquisitions | Finance

When Giants Walk The Earth

What happens to individual consumers when corporations boom?

December 11

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