Instants | HEC Paris

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September 22nd, 2021

“The World is Watching El Salvador’s Bitcoin Experiment”

On September 7, El Salvador became the world’s first nation to make the cryptocurrency bitcoin legal tender across the country. This bold initiative from...

By Bruno Biais

Fashion and Luxury Management

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September 17th, 2021

Why Many Luxury Leaders Prefer not to Use the Word Luxury

Luxury is a three faceted word. It refers first to a concept, very subjective thus always hotly debated. It is also a very lucrative macro-economic...

By Anne Michaut, Jean-Noël Kapferer

Case Study

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September 16th, 2021

3 minutes

Veolia’s Eau du Grand Lyon: Orchestrating a Social Ecosystem in a Community Around Water Distribution

Veolia’s Eau du Grand Lyon case, written by HEC Paris Professor Bertrand V. Quélin, Bouygues Chair Professor in Smart City and the Common Good, and...

By Bertrand Quélin, Anicet Fangwa

Marketing

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September 16th, 2021

The Sales Revolution

The conference focused on the challenges facing 21st century salesforce management. New players with disruptive strategies are forcing many major...

By Dominique Rouziès

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Fashion and Luxury Management

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September 13th, 2021

When is a Vuitton not a Vuitton?

The purchasing of fake luxury goods has increased dramatically in recent years and counterfeiting now functions as a parallel market to the luxury...

By Anne Michaut, Jean-Noël Kapferer

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Social Innovation

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September 13th, 2021

The Role of Empathy in Corporate Social Initiatives

One out of five children in France live below the poverty line, which means a household with two children lives on a collective income of less than 1,700...

By Marieke Huysentruyt, Paul Gouvard, Rodolphe Durand

Leadership

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September 13th, 2021

Leading with Sense, the Intuitive Power of Savoir-Relier: Interview with Valérie Gauthier

In her most recent work, Leading with Sense: The Intuitive Power of Savoir-Relier (Stanford University Press), Valérie Gauthier, Professor at HEC Paris...

By Valérie Gauthier

Diversity & Inclusion

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September 13th, 2021

7 minutes

Why Private Equity Firms Should Include More Women

At the senior level, men outnumber women by a 10 to 1 ratio in the private equity sector. Considerations about gender equality notwithstanding, such a...

By Oliver Gottschalg

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Podcasts

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September 10th, 2021

Jean-Noël Barrot: Building Bridges between Research and Politics

Jean-Noël Barrot is an associate professor at HEC Paris and member of parliament for Yvelines in France’s National Assembly, combining his political work...

By Jean-Noël Barrot

Economics

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September 01st, 2021

Is Inflation a Risk for Economic Recovery?

With the gradual end of the pandemic, the price level began to rise in the United States and in the euro zone. Eric Mengus, Associate Professor of...

By Eric Mengus