Articles
Overlooking Vulnerability Can Harm Everyone, Including Your Business
Drawing on insights from HEC Paris faculty, Octavio de Barros, postdoctoral researcher maps how businesses can respond to vulnerability without defaulting to control, charity, or silence.
Why Business Schools and Businesses Need a Geopolitical Reset
Power and coercion have returned to the center of economic life, and executives need new ways to see, map and manage their exposure.
When Corporate Purpose Meets Shareholder Power: Governance Lessons from the Ben & Jerry's–Unilever Conflict
This award-winning case study shows that when a purpose-driven brand inside a global conglomerate turns activism into strategic risk, governance structures—not intentions—determine who ultimately holds power.
World Day of Social Justice: Why Value Sharing Can’t Wait
In an era of rising inequality and inflation shocks, companies are becoming frontline actors in shaping social justice.
Trust Is the Invisible Infrastructure of Prosperous Societies
Trust underpins economic performance, social mobility, and democratic legitimacy, yet remains largely invisible in public decision-making.
What Becomes Core to Learning If AI Does the Work for Students?
As generative AI becomes ubiquitous in students’ daily work, how can higher education ensure they integrate these technologies into their learning without outsourcing judgment?
What the Homeless Taught Us About Dignity
They had neither the words nor the gestures at first. Yet, confronted with extreme hardship and social distress during outreach patrols in the Paris metro, Pierre and Syndou discovered that rebuilding human connection is within everyone’s reach.
India Summit Asks If AI Can Scale Without Breaking Trust or the Climate Budget
On the eve of the New Delhi Summit researchers and policymakers debate in Paris on how to scale AI under tight constraints of energy, data, and ethics.