Rice Business Wisdom

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

Emily Prinsloo sitting at table in Virani Hall

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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Anastasiya Zavyalova, Associate Dean for Degree Programs

Diverse Teams Inspire Low-Power Employees To Be More Creative

Low-power employees in diverse teams produce ideas with greater novelty and utility — even long after their team experience.

November 08

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Remote Work | Strategy

The Hidden Cost of Working Across Time Zones

Remote work lets people live where they want, but “time shifting” can put a strain on team collaboration and communication.

October 31

Tiny figures of people on various stair cases that signify multiple time zones

AI | Marketing

Do LLMs Make You a Better Problem-Solver?

LLMs like ChatGPT enhance creativity and problem-solving in ways that traditional search tools can’t match.

October 14

Household Finance | Finance

An Investment Strategy With High Returns: Stockpiling Household Goods

By leveraging sales, coupons and bulk purchases, many households can achieve returns that match or even surpass traditional investments.

September 19

Hiring | Strategy

Discrimination Isn’t Just Unethical — It’s Inefficient

Ignoring discriminatory information cues like race and gender can improve the accuracy of hiring predictions.

August 27

AI | Accounting

The Right Moves at the Right Time

During her Rice Business Ph.D. (Accounting ’26), Marcela Aguilar built a generative AI mentor called Mia that gives microentrepreneurs what big companies take for granted: a thinking partner for every business decision.

August 15

AI | Organizational Behavior

The Questions We Aren’t Asking About AI

How do we ensure humans benefit from the AI revolution? For Jing Zhou, the answer lies in abandoning our discipline-focused silos and pursuing the problem-focused research that businesses desperately need.

August 15