Rice Business Wisdom
Research, insights and thought leadership from the experts at Rice Business
About Rice Business Wisdom
Rice Business Wisdom: Celebrating 10 Years
A special anniversary issue dedicated to artificial intelligence and how it is reshaping the way we work, decide and lead.

Customer Satisfaction | Marketing
Research links customer satisfaction to 12 measures of company performance, including customer metrics, accounting measures and stock market outcomes.
23 Oct
-
Work Motivation | Organizational BehaviorShannon 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 BehaviorThree organizational behavior scholars on outgrowing familiar strengths, managing from the middle and navigating the limits of control.25 Sep
Credit & Lending | More Business Wisdom
U.S. consumers and businesses are now facing a future of more expensive borrowing.
16 Sep
-
AI | More Business Wisdom
Rice Business faculty are exploring big questions about AI and how it’s reshaping business, technology and the classroom.
11 Sep -
Corporate Reputation | StrategyAs 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
Rice Business Wisdom
Join our monthly newsletter
Filter
Mergers and Acquisitions | Marketing
Conventional wisdom says companies must choose between cutting costs and keeping customers happy. Research shows that in a merger, doing both at once isn’t just possible — it's the only way to win.
November 14
Workplace Psychology | Organizational Behavior
Our imaginary, alternative self has a very real effect on how we work and live.
November 05
Stock Market | Accounting
Wall Street research has long been dismissed as repackaged PR. A new study finds it delivers something corporate releases don’t.
November 05
Faith and Work | Organizational Behavior
Religious beliefs can help and harm business In unexpected ways.
October 21
Institutional Investing | Accounting
When institutional investors race to act on private information, stock prices settle faster — and the cost of capital falls for everyone.
October 21
Leadership Succession | Strategy
Company performance and a female CEO’s job survival can suffer if her predecessor was male.
October 21
Workplace Psychology | Organizational Behavior
Throw out assumptions to better understand the impact of emotions on the workplace.
October 19
Workplace Psychology | Organizational Behavior
Do your work clothes influence how well you do your job?
October 19
Corruption | Finance
Political corruption doesn’t just taint government — it makes public investment more expensive for everyone who pays taxes.
October 16
Donation Behavior | Marketing
Research across 900 participants reveals a counterintuitive truth: for many of your best donors, public acknowledgment is beside the point.
October 07