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Overlooking Vulnerability Can Harm Everyone, Including Your Business

December 19th, 2025
Octavio Augusto de Barros

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.

When Oscar Nominations Make Audiences Harsher

A new study shows that “quality signals” can backfire: Academy Award nominations can lower viewers’ ratings by raising expectations.

7 minutes
Michelangelo Rossi, Felix Schleef

Frederique Veldhuis: Building Trust Where Certainty Falls Apart

When Frederique Veldhuis speaks about trust, she doesn’t talk about it as a value to defend; she treats it as a structure to design, test, and patiently rebuild.

How Competition and Job Mobility Shape Investment in Workers

Young scholar's research shows that firms delay training for fear of losing employees to rivals.

6 minutes
Giacomo Rostagno, Céline Bonnet-Laquitaine

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.

Octavio Augusto de Barros

Is Europe’s Idea of Peace Built on a Dangerous Illusion?

Nobel laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk calls out Western compromise on justice, warning that impunity today invites conflict tomorrow.

AI Beyond the Scaling Laws

Hype, Limits, and What Comes Next

Maud Clerc

How Letting Go of One Dream Sparked a Healthcare Revolution

From the quest for the world’s top tennis rankings to the creation of healthtech leader Doctolib, Stanislas Niox-Chateau transformed a personal setback into a driver of impact, purpose, and innovation.

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