Placement & Awards
HEC Paris accompanies the placement of its PhD graduates. Today, more than 300 alumni graduated from the Program since it's creation in 1974. Close to 90% started their academic career in top institutions in more than 30 countries.
GRAZIOLI Francesco,
Advisor: Vedran Kapkun, Associate Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Three Essays on Financial Accounting.
Placement: Assistant Professor, ESCP Business School (France).
MADELAINE Alexandre,
Advisor: Luc Paugam, Associate Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Nature and Implications of Equity Research Disclosed by Professional Investors
Placement: Assistant Professor, Erasmus University - Rotterdam School of Management (The Netherlands).
DING Yang,
Advisor: Vedran Kapkun, Associate Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays of disclosure practice of institutions.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Ecole de Management Léonard De Vinci - EMLV (France).
SHI Xucheng
Advisor: Pepa Kraft, Associate Professor, HEC Paris
Thesis subject: Tree essays on information intermediaries in capital markets.
Placement: Assistant Professor, ESSEC Business School (France)
BOTTAUSCI Chiara,
Advisor: Keith Robson, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Imagining Performance Measurement Systems: On The Field-Level Construction of a Compensation Algorithm in the Pharmaceutical Industry.
Placement: Lecturer, University of Bristol (UK).
SHAN Zilu,
Advisors: Vedran Capkun, Associate Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), Cédric Lesage, Professor, Concordia University (co-advisor).
Thesis subject: Three essays in audit.
Placement: Lecturer, University of Bristol (UK)
WANG Yin,
Advisor: Vedran Capkun, Associate Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays on Corporate Disclosure.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Singapore Management University (Singapore).
CELERIER Laure,
Advisor: Eve Chiapello, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: L’État et ses contrôleur-e-s à l’épreuve de l’audit interne. Une étude sur l’introduction d’une fonction d’audit interne dans l’administration centrale d’État en France.
Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa, School of Political Studies (Canada).
BOURVEAU Thomas,
Advisor: Vedran Capkun, Associate Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays on Empirical Financial Accounting.
Placement:
2015 - 2018: Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology-HKUST (Hong Kong)
2018 - : Assistant Professor, University of Columbia - Columbia Business School (USA)
CUENCA-BOTEY Luis-Emilio,
Advisor: Eve Chiapello, Professor, HEC Paris
Thesis subject: De la Réforme Sociale à l’Optimisation du Risque-Rendement: une compréhension du processus de gouvernementalisation au travers de l’histoire d’une Banque Ouvrière en Amérique Latine.
Placement:
2016 - 2018: Viceministro Encargado de Economía Social Solidaria, Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social (Costa Rica)
2019 - : Assistant Professor, INCAE Business School (Costa Rica)
GARNIER Claire,
Advisor: Carlos Ramirez, Associate Professor, HEC Paris
Thesis subject: Qui sont les associés d’audit des cabinets Big 4 ? Une lecture interactionniste des carrières des auditeurs dans les cabinets Big 4 en France.
Placement:
2015 - 2019: Assistant Professor, HEC Montréal (Canada)
2019 - : Assistant Professor, Kedge Business School (France).
GIBASSIER Delphine,
Advisor: Hélène Löning, Associate Professor, HEC Paris
Thesis subject: Environmental Management Accounting Development : Institutionalization, Adoption and Practice.
Placement:
2013 - 2018: Assistant Professor, Toulouse Business School (France)
2019 - : Associate Professor, Audencia Business School (France).
GRALL Bénédicte,
Advisor(s): Eve Chiapello, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Le rôle de la technologie dans la construction des représentations et des pratiques de la relation client : le cas des progiciels CRM.
Placement:
2015 - : Maître de conférences, CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (France).
JAIN Atulya
Advisor: Tristan Tomala, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays in Information economics
Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bonn (Germany)
MACAULT Emilien,
Advisor: Tristan Tomala, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Information, Coordination and Cooperation: Essays on Learning in Dynamic Games.
Placement:
Lecturer, Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas (France)
Sept 2022 - Pedagogical Coordinator, The Center for Research in Economics and Statistics - CREST / The French National Center for Scientific Research - CNRS, (France). Sept 2023 - Assistant Professor (Maître de conférences) at Université de Lorraine.
ZHAO Wei,
Advisor: Tristan Tomala, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays in Information Design and Network Theory
Assistant Professor, Renmin University - School of Economics (China)
CAPPELLI Veronica,
Advisors: Mohammed Abdellaoui, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), Itzhak Gilboa, Professor, HEC Paris (co-advisor).
Thesis subject: Decisions: theories, experiments and applications.
Placement:
Postdoc Researcher, Stanford University (USA)
Sept 2022: Postdoc Researcher, Santa Fe Institute (USA)
RIVERA Thomas,
Advisor: Tristan Tomala, Professor, HEC Paris
Thesis subject: Essays on Game Theory, Mechanism Design, and Financial Economics.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management - McGill University (Canada)
WANG Fan,
Advisors: Itzhak Gilboa, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), Mohammed Abdellaoui, Professor, HEC Paris (co-advisor).
Thesis subject: Essays in Decision Theory and Behavioral Economics.
Placement: Assistant Professor, ESSEC Business School (Singapore).
ELI Vincent,
Advisor: Mohammed Abdellaoui, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays in normative and descriptive decision theory.
Placement: CEO, S3Labs (France)
• Yurii Handziuk, Warwick Business School, 2025
• Antoine Hubert de Fraisse, London School of Economics, 2025
BAK-HANSEN Markus,
Advisor: Jean-Edouard Colliard, Associate Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Customers, Dealers and Salespeople: Managing Relationships in Over-the-Counter Markets.
Placement: Research Economist at the Bank of England, UK
BONELLI Maxime,
Advisor: Augustin Landier Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Three essays on innovation and human capital in the investment management industry.
Placement: Assistant Professor, London Business School (UK).
HUA Mingyi,
Advisor: Thierry Foucault, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays in Financial Economics.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Ivey Business School - University of Western Ontario (Canada).
YAO Tianhao,
Advisor: Augustin Lander, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Sustainable Finance and Asset Management
Placement: Assistant Professor, Singapore Management University (Singapore).
PINARDON-TOUATI Noémie,
Advisor: Johan Hombert, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Three essays on government intervention and corporate behavior.
Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Columbia - Department of Economics (USA).
RASTOGI Chhavi,
Advisor: Johan Hombert, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays in Entrepreneurial Finance and Development.
Placement: Postdoc, University of Bonn (Germany).
2023 - : Economist at World Bank (USA)
ZHAO Junli,
Advisor: Jean-Edouard Colliard, Associate Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays on intermediation in financial markets .
Placement: Lecturer, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass Business School).
HONKANEN Pekka,
Advisor: Thierry Foucault, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays in Finance.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia (USA).
TANG Huan,
Advisor: Johan Hombert, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Three Essays on FinTech.
Placement: Assistant Professor, London School of Economics (United Kingdom).
CATHERINE Sylvain,
Advisors: Denis Gromb, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), David Thesmar, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management (co-advisor).
Thesis subject: Essays in Financial Economics.
Placement: Assistant Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (USA).
SLABIK Victoria,
Advisor: François Derrien, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays in Corporate Finance.
Placement: Consultant, E.ON Inhouse Consulting (Germany)
ZHANG Yapei,
Advisors: Ioanid Rosu, Associate Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), Hugues Langlois, Associate Professor, HEC Paris (co-advisor).
Thesis subject: Essays on Household Finance and Asset Pricing.
Placement: Assistant Professor, ShanghaiTech University, School of Entrepreneurship and Management (China).
MARTIN Thorsten,
Advisors: Denis Gromb, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), David Thesmar, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management (co-advisor.
Thesis subject: Three Essays in Financial Economics.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Bocconi University (Italy)
BOISSEL Charles,
Advisors: Denis Gromb, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), David Thesmar, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management (co-advisor.
Thesis subject: Empirical Essays in Finance.
Placement: Pentester, Armature Technologies (France).
KARAKAYA Neslihan,
Advisor: Evren Örs, Associate Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays on Banking and Corporate Finance.
Placement: Manager, Deloitte New York, (USA)
ROSU Alina,
Advisor: Laurent Calvet, Professor, HEC Paris
Thesis subject:Three Essays in Asset Management.
Placement: Course Instructor in Finance, HEC Paris, (France).
SIGAUX Jean-David,
Advisor: Thierry Foucault, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Three Essays on Bond Lending.
Placement: Directorate General Research, Financial Research Division, Research Department of the European Central Bank (Germany).
MATRAY Adrien,
Advisor: David Thesmar, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays in Empirical Corporate Finance.
Placement:
2015: Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University (USA)
2016 - : Assistant Professor, Princeton University (USA).
SPIRA Michael,
Advisor: Uli Hege, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays in Empirical Financial Economics.
Placement:
2014 - 2020: Project leader, The Boston Consulting Group (Germany)
2020 - : Principal, The Boston Consulting Group (Germany).
BENAMAR Hedi,
Advisor: Thierry Foucault, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays in Behavioral Finance.
Placement:
2014 - 2017: Economist, Federal Reserve Board (USA)
2017 - : Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Board (USA).
DESSAINT Olivier,
Advisor: François Derrien, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays in Empirical Corporate Finance.
Placement:
2014 - 2020: Assistant Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (Canada)
2020 - : Assistant Professor, INSEAD (France/Singapore).
VALLEE Boris,
Advisors:Uli Hege, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), Christophe Perignon, Professor, HEC Paris (co-advisor).
Thesis subject: Three Essays on Financial Innovation.
Placement:
2014 - 2019: Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School (USA)
2019 - : Torstein Hagne Associate Professor, Harvard Business School (USA).
SHEN Yufei,
Advisor: Professor Xitong LI, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays on Economics of Information Systems
Placement: Assistant Professor, Nova School of Business and Economics (Portugal)
ALIBAKHSHI Reza,
Advisor: Professor Shirish C. Srivastava, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays on User Engagement in Social Media: Understanding the Influence of Emotions.
Placement: Assistant Professor, IE Business School (Spain)
LUGOVOI Ivan,
Advisor: Dimitrios Andritsos, Associate Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Process Innovation in Pharmaceutical Industry.
Placement:
Postdoc Researcher at Ohio State University (USA).
September 2022: Assistant Professor, Kuhne Logistics University (Germany)
MEDAPPA Poonacha,
Advisor: Shirish C. Srivastava, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Creation from the Open Source Phenomenon: Understanding the Influence of Work Structures, Governance and Platforms.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM), Tilburg University (The Netherlands).
SHANTIA Ali,
Advisors: Andrea Masini, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), Sam Aflaki, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis Subject: Essays on Value Operations-Based Strategies to Foster Technology Improvement
in the Value Chain.
Placement: Toulouse Business School (France).
REZAEE VESSAL Sara,
Advisor: Svenja Sommer, Associate Professor (advisor), Sam Aflaki, Professor, HEC Paris (co-advisor).
Thesis Subject: Collaboration within and between firms in a Supply Chain.
Placement: Assistant Professor, ESSEC Business School (France).
FANG Ni,
Advisor: Andrea Masini, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Operations Management under Emission Regulation.
Placement:
Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Cologne (Germany).
2020 - : Senior Data Scientist, Bayer (Germany)
GOODARZI Shadi,
Advisors: Andrea Masini, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), Sam Aflaki, Professor, HEC Paris (co-advisor).
Thesis subject: Operational Strategies and Optimal Policies for the Diffusion of Environmental Technology Systems.
Placement:
2016 - 2017: Assistant Professor, California State University - Fullerton Mihaylo College of Business and Economics (USA)
2019 - : Research Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin (USA)
MAZAHIR Shumail,
Advisor: Laoucine Kerbache, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Three essays on the effects of environmental regulations on supply chain practices.
Placement:
2016 - 2018: Post-doctoral Researcher, McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management (Canada)
2019 - : Assistant Professor, Skema Business School (France).
CRIVELLINI EGER Bianca,
Advisors: Daniel Newark, Associate Professor, HEC Paris
Thesis subject: On Being Someone Else to Become Oneself: Towards a Theory of Distal Identities
Placement: Assistant Professor, Nova School of Business and Economics (Portugal)
MOROZOVA Daria,
Advisors: Mathis Schulte, Associate Professor, HEC Paris
Thesis subject: Three Essays on Being Human Alongside Artificial Intelligence.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Leiden University Law School, Department of Business Studies (Netherlands)
IVANOVA Olga,
Advisors: Roxana Barbulescu, Associate Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays on the Role of Functional Diversity in Managerial Careers.
Placement: Postdoc, University of Lugano (Switzerland).
LELASSEUX Laure,
Advisor: Roxana Barbulescu, Associate Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: The Role of Professionals in Institutional Change.
Placement: Postdoc, IESEG School of Management (France).
MEYER Vincent,
Advisor: Françoise Chevalier, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Performance Management: An American Technology in a French Multinational Enterprise Established in China.
Placement: Assistant Professor, EM Normandie Business School (France).
FLIPO Celine,
Advisors: Françoise Chevalier, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), Yong Kevyn, Associate Professor, ESSEC (co-advisor).
Thesis subject: A matter of taste: Exploring the selection of creative ideas.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Iéseg School of Management (France).
LEE Jung Won,
Advisor: Mathis Schulte, Associate Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Being in love and at war with team colleagues: Three essays on positive and negative.
Placement:
2017 - 2019: Visiting Research Fellow, University of Kentucky, Gatton School School of Business (USA)
2019 - : Assistant Professor, University of Victoria - Gustavson School of Business (Canada).
YANG Jiachen,
Advisor: Michel Lander, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Paths and patterns toward Acquirer Success in Mergers and Acquisitions.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Neoma Business School (France).
NAVAZHYLAVA Kseniya,
Advisor(s): Professor Françoise Chevalier and Professor Joëlle Evans,
Assistant Professor, Ecole de Management Leonard de Vinci - EMLV (France).
HILDWEIN Fabien,
Advisor(s): Professor Eve Chiapello and Professor Joëlle Evans,
Maître de Conférence,Université Paris 13, Centre d'Economie de Paris Nord (France)
VINCENT-PONROY Julia,
Advisor(s): Professor Françoise Chevalier,
Enseignante Chercheur, IPAG Business School (France)
ATANASSOVA Evelina,
Advisor(s): Professor Françoise Chevalier and Michel Lander,
Assistant Professor, Brandman University (USA)
MANNUCCI Pier-Vittorio,
Advisors: Françoise Chevalier, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), Kevyn Yong, Professor, HEC Paris (co-advisor).
Thesis subject: To Infinity, and Beyond ? Exploring the Dynamics of Creativity over Time.
Placement:
2016 - 2022: Assistant Professor, London Business School (UK).
2022 - : Assistant Professor, Bocconi University (Italy).
LÊ Patrick,
Advisor: Charles Henri Besseyre des Horts, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Does Clark Kent tweet? Structure, agency and materiality in institutional theory.
Placement:
2015-2022: Assistant Professor, NEOMA Business School (France)
2022- : Associate Professor, NEOMA Business School (France).
STENGER Sebastien,
Advisor: Françoise Chevalier, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Pourquoi travaille-t-on dans un cabinet d’audit « Big Four » ? Fonctions du système « up ou out » : contrôle, compétition et prestige social.
Placement: Enseignant Chercheur, ISG - Institut Supérieur de Gestion (France).
TAGHAVI Shiva,
Advisors: Michael Segalla, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), Jeremy Allouche, Professor (co-advisor).
Thesis subject: When Your Culture Advocates You: The Effect of Cultural Work Values on Performance.
Placement: Assistant Professor, NEOMA Business School (France).
CIAMPA Isabella,
Advisors: Professor Kristine De Valck, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: The platformisation of Consumer Creativity and the Journey to Creative Professionalization
Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Birmingham (UK)
XIE Dan,
Advisors: Professor L.J. Shrum, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Social Influence and Consumer Behaviors in the Ecological System
Placement: Behavioral Scientist, Finrest (UK)
NIU Jing,
Advisors: Professors Kristine De Valck & Peter Ebbes, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: A study on the efficiency of the social media influencer campaign
Placement: Assistant Professor, The University of Liverpool (UK).
LINARES Claire,
Advisor: Anne-Laure Sellier, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Three Essays on Consumer Social Cognition in a Technology-Rich World.
Placement: Assistant Professor, IESE Business School - University of Navarra (Spain).
FARAMARZI Ashkan,
Advisors: Marc Vanhuele, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), Stefan Worm, Associate Professor, BI Norwegian Business School (co-advisor).
Thesis subject: Essays in Marketing Strategy: The Role of Loyalty Programs, Marketing Capabilities, and Servitization.
Placement: Assistant Professor, ESDEC - Lyon Business School (France).
MECIT Alican,
Advisors: Tina Lowrey, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), LJ Shrum, Professor, HEC Paris (co-advisor).
Thesis subject: Four essays on psycholinguistic effects in consumer behavior and consumer-object relations.
Placement: Assistant Professor, SKEMA Business School (France)
GAO Fei,
Advisors: Tina Lowrey, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), LJ Shrum, Professor, HEC Paris (co-advisor).
Thesis subject: Three Essays on Marketing Interventions to Influence Consumer Judgments, Choices, and Behaviors.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Bentley University (USA)
SCEKIC Ana,
Advisors:Peter EBBES, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), Selin ATALAY, Professor, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
KIM Sukhyun,
Advisor: L.J Shrum, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: The Effect of Consumer Identity on Marketing Strategy.
Placement: Chief Marketing Officer, Superbloke Company (South Korea).
FUMAGALLI Elena,
Advisor: L.J Shrum, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Aversive states affecting Consumer Behavior.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Universidad Torcuato di Tella (Argentina)
2023 - : Assistant Professor, INCAE Business School (Costa Rica)
MIMOUN Laetitia,
Advisor: Tina Lowrey, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Revisiting liminality in Consumer Research: Pursuing liquid lifestyles in the Marketplace.
Placement:
2018-2022: Assistant Professor, City, University of London, Cass Business School (UK)
2022 - : Associate Professor, ESCP Business School (France).
RUSTAGI Nimish,
Advisor: L.J Shrum, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays on Materialism and Compensatory Consumption.
Placement :
2017 - 2020: Deputy Press Secretary to the President, Government of India (India)
2020 - : Additional Director, Government of India (India)
BABIC ROSARIO Ana,
Advisor: Kristine De Valck, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: The influence of visual crowding on consumers’ search and choice experiences.
Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Denver (USA).
NEZAMI Mehdi,
Advisors: Peter Ebbes, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), Stefan Worm, Associate Professor, BI Norwegian Business School (co-advisor).
Thesis subject: Family Firms’ organizational identity and non-family employees, a case study.
Placement:
2016 - 2019: Postdoc Research Associate, University of Illinois Urbana-Campaign (USA)
2019 - : Assistant Professor, Bradley University (USA).
ROUZIOU Maria,
Advisor: Dominique Rouziès, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Fair Differences: Impact of Social Comparisons on Sales Organization Performance.
Placement:
2016 -2018: Postdoc Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University - Owen School of Management (USA)
2018 - 2020: Assistant Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University Lazaridis School of Business & Economics (Canada)
2020 - 2023 : Assistant Professor, HEC Montreal (Canada)
2023 - : Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University (USA)
DAS Moumita,
Advisor(s): Professor Dominique Rouziès and Professor Jean-Noël Kapferer,
2015 - 2018: A.B. Freeman School of Business (USA)
2018 - : Assistant Professor, University of Ohio (USA)
KESHAVARZ Alireza,
Advisor(s): Professor Dominique Rouziès and Professor Bertrand Quélin,
2018 - 2019: Assistant Professor, University College Dublin (Ireland)
2020 - : Assistant Professor, Maynooth University (Ireland)
LI Yi,
Advisor(s): Professor Marc Vanhuele and Professor S. Atalay,
2015 - 2017: Assistant Professor, Iéseg School of Management (France)
2018 - 2022: Lecturer in Marketing, Macquarie University ( Australia)
2022 - : Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Macquarie University ( Australia)
SOKOLOVA Tatiana,
Advisor(s): Professor Marc Vanhuele,
2015 - 2017: Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan - Ross School of Business (USA)
2017 - 2022 : Assistant Professor, Tilburg University (The Netherlands)
2022 - : Associate Professor, Tilburg University (The Netherlands)
DOCHE Camille,
Advisor: Professor Olivier Chatain, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays on Cooperative Organizations and Collective Resources
Placement: Assistant Professor, ESCP Turin (Italy).
KAUL Madhulika,
Advisor: Professor Olivier Chatain, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays on Digital Platforms as Private Regulators
Placement: Assistant Professor, Bayes Business School (UK).
ASGHAR Nauman,
Advisor: Professor Tomasz Obloj, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Structural context and intra-organizational capital allocation: A behavioral perspective.
Placement: Assistant Professor, NEOMA Business School (France).
FANGWA Anicet,
Advisor: Professor Bertrand Quélin, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Three Essays on Social Value Creation through Non-Profits and Hybrid Organizations Governance to address Grand Challenges.
Placement: Sept 2023. Assistant Professor, McGill University-Desautels Faculty of Management (Canada).
HUYNH Chang-Wa,
Advisor: Professor Rodolphe Durand, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: A Moralized View of Corporate Purpose: the Mediating Role of Legitimacy Judgments.
Placement: Assistant Professor, ESCP Business School (France).
LAHIRI Debtanu,
Advisor(s): Bertrand Quelin, Professor, HEC Pari (advisor), Professor Gonçalo Pachedo de Almeida, HEC Paris (co-advisor).
Thesis subject: Corporate Politics, Social Activism, and Corporate Social Performance : Three essays underscoring firms’ complex relationships with non-market stakeholders.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Nova School of Business and Economics (Portugal).
SCHULZ Claudia,
Advisor: Rodolphe Durand, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Why Separating CSR Capability from CSR signal matters: three essays.
Placement: Manager Data & Analytics, Deloitte (Australia).
HETU Martin,
Advisors: Denisa Mindruta, Associate Professor, HEC Paris (advisor),
Will Mitchell, Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (co-advisor).
Thesis Subject: Essays on the Cross-Border Implications of Intellectual Property Rights Institutions.
Placement: Postdoc, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (Canada).
LIZUNOVA Elena,
Advisor: Denisa Mindruta, Associate Professor, HEC Pari.s
Thesis Subject: Three essays on entrepreneurship:Large-scale econometric evidence.
Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University (USA).
ANAND Rahul,
Advisor: Pierre Dussauge, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Firm Divestitures in different Environmental Contexts.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Aarhus University (Denmark).
CUDENNEC Arnaud,
Advisor: Rodolphe Durand, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Market categories, expertise, and evaluation of organizations.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University ("PolyU") (HongKong).
Paul Gouvard,
Advisor: Rodolphe Durand, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Explaining the Variability of Audiences' Valuations: An Approach Based on Market Categories and Natural Language Processing.
Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Lugano (Switzerland).
FAVARON Saverio Dave,
Advisors: Rodolphe Durand, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), Giada Di Stefano, Associate Professor, Bocconi (co-advisor).
Thesis subject: Firms' strategic responses to evaluation.
Placement: Assistant Professor Researcher, Skema Business School - KTO centre (France).
BOULONGNE Romain,
Advisor: Rodolphe Durand, Professor, HEC Paris
Thesis subject: When is ambiguity favorable? An experimental and theoretical investigation of multiple categorization process in markets.
Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Navarra - IESE Business School (Spain)
PLAKSENKOVA Elena,
Advisor: Olivier Chatain, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Ecosystem strategy in the shadow of nonprofit actors.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business (USA).
BRADLEY Wendy,
Advisor: Tom Astebro, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Three Essays in the Strategic Behavior of Firms With Patents in Patent Pools.
Placement: Assistant Professor, SMU Cox School of Business (USA).
GUO Bai,
Advisor: Bertrand Moingeon, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Three essays on the governance design in the digital age.
Placement:
2017 - 2020: Lecturer, China Europe International Business School, CEIBS (China)
2020 - Assistant Professor, China Europe International Business School, CEIBS (China).
GUTIERREZ MORENO Cédric,
Advisors: Tom Astebro, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), Mohammed Abdellaoui, Professor, HEC Paris (co-advisor).
Thesis subject: Three essays on entrepreneurial decision making.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Bocconi University (Italy).
JEON Euiju,
Advisor: Pierre Dussauge, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Antecedents and Consequences of Exploration and Exploitation Decisions: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital Investing.
Placement:
Postdoctoral Researcher, Aalto University School of Business (Finland)
2022 - : Assistant Professor, Technical University of Denmark DTU (Denmark).
KORNIYCHUK Aleksey,
Advisors: Gonçalo Pacheco de Almeida, Professor, HEC Paris, Tomasz Obloj, Associate Professor.
Thesis subject: Essays in Behavioral Strategy: The Effect of Biases on Organizational Adaptation.
Placement: Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark).
TENG Jiulin,
Advisor: Bertrand Quelin, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Cracking the Black Box: Connecting External and Internal Determinants of Firm Performance at the Point of Transaction.
Placement: Founder and CEO, IdeaFex (France).
ALBINO-PIMENTEL Joao,
Advisor: Pierre Dussauge, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Three Essays on the Influence of Political Connections on Firms International Expansion Strategy.
Placement:
2016 - 2020: Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business (USA)
2020 - 2021: Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark)
2022- : Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business (USA)
BAZZAZIAN Navid,
Advisor: Thomas Astebro, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Essays in Employee Entrepreneurship.
Placement: Senior Manager, Amgen Inc., Applied Molecular Genetics (USA).
GOOSSEN Martin,
Advisors: Pierre Dussauge, Professor, HEC Paris (advisor), Corey Phelps, Professor, University of Oklahoma Michael F. Price College of Business.
Thesis subject: Intraorganizational Networks, Interorganizational Collaboration and Firm Innovation
Placement:
2016 - 2019: Assistant Professor, Tilburg University (The Netherlands)
2019 - : Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University (USA)
JACQUEMINET Anne,
Advisor: Rodolphe Durand, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Heterogeneous implementation of CSR in an MNE: the role of subsidiaries’ institutional contexts and behaviors.
Placement: Assistant Professor, SDA Bocconi School of Management (Italy)
PAOLELLA Lionel,
Advisor: Rodolphe Durand, Professor, HEC Paris.
Thesis subject: Law and (Re)Order : Impact of Category-Stretching Strategies on Firms’ Performance and Evaluation. The Case of the Corporate Legal Services Market (2000-2010).
Placement:
2014 - : Associate Professor, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge (UK).
CLEMENTE Marco
Advisor(s): Rodolphe Durand
Thesis subject: Social Evaluations in a Multiple-Audience Context: The Impact of Social Misconduct on People’s Complaints, Share Price and Media Evaluation
Placement:
2014 - 2016: Postdoc, Aalto Univeristy (Finland)
2016 - 2019: Assistant Professor, SKK GSB Sungkyunkwan University (South Korea)
2019 - 2022: Associate Professor, IÉSEG School of Management (France)
2022 - : Professor, ZHAW School of Management and Law (Germany)
GEORGALLIS Panayotis (Panikos)
Advisor(s): Rodolphe Durand
Thesis subject: From opposition to support: The influence of social movement organizations on firm strategy
Placement:
2015 - 2016: Postdoc, University of Michigan, Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise (USA)
2016 - 2017: Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Surrey Business School, University of Surrey (UK)
2018 - 2023: Assistant Professor, Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2023 - : Associate Professor, Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
KOZAN Asli
Advisor(s): Bernard Garrette / Kristina Dahlin
Thesis subject: Firm’s Non-Market Strategies and Implications on Financial Performance
Placement:
2014 - 2021: Assistant Professor, IPAG (France)
2021 - : Associate Professor, IPAG (France)
ROULET Thomas
Advisor(s): Bernard Garrette / Kristina Dahlin
Thesis subject: Banking on illegitimacy: Logics, disapprobation and inter-organizational relationships in the post-crisis finance industry (2007-2011)
Placement:
2013 - 2014: Lecturer, University of Oxford - Saïd Business School (UK)
2014 - 2018: International Research Fellow, University of Oxford (UK)
2015 - 2018: Senior Lecturer, King’s College London (UK)
2018 - : Associate Professor, University of Cambridge - Judge Business School (UK)
SHYTI Anisa
Advisor(s): Thomas Astebro /Muhammed Abdellaoui
Thesis subject: Entrepreneurial Decision Making under Ambiguity: Experimental Evidence on the impact of Overconfidence
Placement: Assistant Professor, IE Business School (Spain)
Awards
We are proud of our students’ and alumni's success and congratulate them warmly with their academic achievements. The following selection of awards represents a selection of the scope and strength of doctoral research at HEC Paris over past years.
KAUL Madhulika, PhD 2024, Strategy & Business Policy
- 2024 HEC Foundation Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation: "Essays on Digital Platforms as Private Regulators", March 2025.
Supervisor: Professor Olivier Chatain
HANDZUIK Yurii, current PhD, Finance
- Winner of the 2024 HEC Foundation Award for Faculty Impact, March 2025
BONELLI Maxime, PhD 2023, Finance
- 2021 HEC Foundation Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation: "Three essays on Innovation and Human Capital in the Investment Management Industry", March 2024.
Supervisor: Professor Augustin Landier
LINARES Claire, PhD 2022, Marketing
- 2021 HEC Foundation Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation: "Three Essays on Consumer Social Cognition in a Technology-Rich World", March 2023.
Supervisor: Professor Anne-Laure Sellier
BONELLI Maxime, current PhD Finance
- Winner of the European Finance Association (EFA) DT Co-Chairs award of the best paper presented at the EFA Doctoral Tutorial: “The Adoption of Artificial Intelligence by Venture Capitalists”, August 2022
PINARDON-TOUATI Noémie, PhD 2022, Finance
- Winner of the Winner of the European Finance Association (EFA) The Engelbert Dockner Memorial Prize for the Best Paper by Young Researchers: “The Crowding Out Effect of Local Government Debt: Micro- and Macro-Estimates”, August 2022
- Winner of the 2022 AQR Top Finance Graduate Award which rewards the six best students in finance in the world: "The Crowding Out Effect of Local Government Debt: Micro- and Macro-Estimates research", June 2022
Supervisor: Professor J. Hombert
ZHAO Junli, PhD 2021, Finance
- 2021 HEC Foundation Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation: "Essays on intermediation in financial markets", March 2022.
Supervisor: Professor J-E Colliard
TANG Huan, PhD 2020, Finance
- Winner of the best PhD Thesis Award in Corporate Finance of the French Finance Association, “Three Essays in FinTech”, May 2021
FUMAGALLI Elena, PhD 2018, Marketing
- SAGE’s 2021 Editor’s Choice Award, Marketing business case "Ethical Consumerism and Glass Box Branding: When Companies’ Actions Speak Louder Than Words", February 2021.
GAO Fei, PhD 2020, Marketing,
- 2020 HEC Foundation Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation: "Improving consumer welfare with marketing interventions", February 2021.
Supervisors: Professors T. Lowrey and LJ Shrum
BOULONGNE Romain, PhD 2019, Strategy and Business Policy
- 2019 HEC Foundation Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation: "When is ambiguity favorable? An experimental and theoretical investigation of multiple categorization process in markets", February 2020.
Supervisor: Professor R. Durand.
HETU Martin, PhD Candidate, Strategy and Business Policy
- Recipient of The SMS Dissertation Research Grant Program, 2020. "Essays on the Impact of Intellectual Property Institutions on Cross-Border Market Entry and Inventor Mobility".
IVANOVA Olga, PhD Candidate, Management and Human Resources,
- Arnon Reichers Best Student Paper Award, AoM Careers Division, August 2020.
"Specializing Generalists: Job Rotations, Managerial Learning, and Promotions".
TANG Huan, PhD 2020, Finance
- Winner of the 2020 AQR Top Finance Graduate Award which rewards the six best students in finance in the world, August 2020. "The Value of Privacy: Evidence from Online Borrowers".
BONELLI Maxime, current PhD candidate, Finance
- Award Winner of the 2019 SUERF/UniCredit Foundation Research Prize. Paper "Labor Mobility and Capital Misallocation in the Mutual Fund Industry."
MIMOUN Laetitia, PhD 2018, Marketing
- Award Winner of the 2018 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards in the Marketing category, European Journal of Marketing, September 2019
PAOLELLA Lionel, PhD 2015, Strategy and Business Policy
- Best 40 under 40 Professors, Poets and Quants, 2019
BOURVEAU Thomas, PhD 2015, Accounting and Management Control
- Best Paper Award, Asian Finance Association Annual Meeting,
"Naughty Firms, Noisy Disclosure: The Effect of Cartel Enforcement on Corporate Disclosure", co-authored with Professors Alminas Zaldokas and Guoman She from HKUST
GUTIERREZ MORENO Cédric, PhD 2017, Strategy and Business Policy
- Second Place, 2018 TIMES Best Dissertation Award of the Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Section of Informs,
"Three Essays on the Behavioral Foundations of Entrepreneurial Entry"
MEYER Vincent, PhD 2018, Management and Human Resources,
- Alan M. Rugman Young Scholar Award, Academy of International Business
"Killing the Chicken to Teach the Monkeys: The Hybridization of Performance Management Practices in MNEs"
STENGER Sébastien, PhD 2015, Management and Human Resourses,
- Prix du meilleur ouvrage de management 2018, EFMD FNEGE,
"Pourquoi travaille-t-on dans un cabinet d’audit ‘Big Four’ Fonctions du système « up or out » : contrôle, compétition et prestige social" (Thèse de doctorat HEC, 30 juin 2015)
WANG Yin, PhD 2018, Accounting and Management Control
- HEC Foundation Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation,
"Essays on Corporate Disclosure"
ALBINO-PIMENTEL Joao, PhD 2016, Strategy and Business Policy
- Peter J. Buckley and Mark Casson AIB Dissertation Award
- Emerald Best International Dissertation Award by the International
Theme Committee (ITC) of the Academy of Management - D’Amore-McKim School of Business - Northeastern University Best
International Management Dissertation Award by the International
Management Division (IM) of the Academy of Management
"Three Essays on the Influence of Political Connections on Firms International Expansion Strategy"
BABIC Ana, PhD 2017, Marketing
- Emerald / EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award
"The Effect of Electronic Word of Mouth on Sales: A Meta-Analytic Review of Platform, Product, and Metric Factors"
GUTIERREZ MORENO Cédric, PhD 2017, Strategy and Business Policy
- HEC Foundation Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation
"Three essays on entrepreneurial decision making"
PAOLELLA Lionel, Phd 2015, Strategy and Business Policy
- Cambridge Judge Business School Teaching Award, 2017
ROUZIOU Maria, PhD 2017, Marketing
- AMA / Sales SIG Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation
"Fair Differences: Impact of Social Comparisons on Sales Organization Performance"
VINCENT-PONROY Julia, PhD 2016, Management and Human Resources
- FNEGE / AGRH Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation
"Family Firms’ organizational identity and non-family employees, a case study"
MEYER Vincent, PhD 2018, Management and Human Resources
- AOM Best Qualitative Paper, International Business Division
"The transnational transfer of HRM practices in MNC : a sociomaterial Framework International-oriented "
GUTIERREZ MORENO Cédric, PhD 2017, Strategy and Business Policy
- AOM Best Empirical Paper Award, Entrepreneurship Division with Professor Thomas Astebro
“The impact of overconfidence on excess entry”
JACQUEMINET SERVANTIE Anne, PhD 2016, Strategy and Business Policy
- Peter J. Buckley and Mark Casson AIB Dissertation Award
- HEC Foundation Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation
"Heterogeneous implementation of CSR in an MNE: the role of subsidiaries’ institutional contexts and behaviors"
STENGER Sébastien, PhD 2015, Management and Human Resources
- Best Thesis Award, Le Monde de la Recherche Universitaire
"Pourquoi travaille-t-on dans un cabinet d’audit ‘Big Four’ Fonctions du système « up or out » : contrôle, compétition et prestige social"