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Credit & Lending | Peer-Reviewed Research
Everyday retail purchases can help banks identify trustworthy borrowers who lack traditional credit histories, expanding access to credit for millions of unbanked people worldwide.
24 Oct
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Customer-Based Strategy | Peer-Reviewed ResearchHiring a dedicated customer liaison can steer teams toward stronger collaboration and higher product adoption.10 Oct
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Emerging Markets | Peer-Reviewed ResearchIn nascent markets, breakthrough products like clean cookstoves can save lives. But lasting impact does not come from donations. It comes from the “knowledge intermediaries” that build a market infrastructure to get these products into homes.26 Sep
CEO Compensation
Professor John Barry’s research offers a fresh perspective on executive compensation.
12 Sep
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Work Motivation | Peer-Reviewed ResearchProfessor Mijeong Kwon’s research finds that loving your work can be valuable — but treating it as the only “right” reason to pursue a career can cause harm.29 Aug
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Corporate Disclosures | Peer-Reviewed ResearchIn years with strong performance, corporate disclosures are more helpful for stock price discovery — in bad news years, not so much.15 Aug
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Innovation | Peer-Reviewed Research
To innovate overseas, learn from foreign businesses at home.
February 15
Human Resources | Peer-Reviewed Research
When do positive personality traits become workplace problems?
February 15
Finance | Peer-Reviewed Research
Net financing, not the mix of funding sources, is what determines growth.
February 15
Acquisitions | Peer-Reviewed Research
Failing to win awards can drive CEOs to make risky decisions.
February 14
Organizational Behavior | Peer-Reviewed Research
How employees shape the companies that help reshape society.
February 13
Lending | Peer-Reviewed Research
In peer-to-peer lending, appearances can tell the truth
February 13
Retail | Features
If department stores are to survive, they have to recapture a time when they were destinations in themselves.
February 10
Book Excerpt | Mind Your Business
Great brands are built on something more than the bottom line. Read an excerpt from two Rice Business alumni.
February 04
Book Excerpt | Mind Your Business
Scott Sonenshein teaches us we all have more to work with than we can imagine.
February 01
Super Bowl | Peer-Reviewed Research
Advertising reaches potential investors, who tend to invest in what they know.
January 30
