Anthea is on leave from the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University.

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Epstein, PhD is Distinguished Research Professor of Management at Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University.

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Dholakia is a professor of management at the Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University in Houston, Texas.

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"Instability in Venezuela is the real risk, because that could have a dramatic impact on global oil supplies, " said Mark Jones, a Venezuela expert at Rice University.

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According to Mark Jones, chair of political science at Rice University, Capriles could be a ray of hope.

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"The real trick for Dewhurst is to get Leppert voters to turn out in the runoff, " said Mark Jones, chairman of the political-science department at Rice University in Houston.

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