The world is constantly evolving and uncertain. However, if there is one certainty it is the need to remain humble. To better build the resilience needed to manage this change and uncertainty in a responsible way, find key findings and classic advice from HEC Paris researchers to decipher environments at all levels: from one’s own career to geopolitical business links. In this In-Depth issue, you will learn that family businesses focus more on resilience than on performance, that connecting private interests and sharing with the community is vital for sustainable objectives and that developing professional and personal resilience takes practice. You will also discover how hybrid governance and smart cities can overcome disrupted supply chains and fight social inequality. Find the PDF version of the Knowledge@HEC' In-Depth issue here.
How can private companies and public bodies reorganize their short- and long-term strategies in the current economic context? For years, Professor Bertrand Quélin has been researching the collaboration between private firms, public authorities and civil society to offer solutions aimed at building resilience in cities and designed to tackle the challenges of climate change.
No business can relax for too long, but in our digital world, it's a matter of adapt or die. And as the boom of e-commerce has revolutionized supply chains and profoundly altered customer demands, data standards for retail products have needed to evolve. This has been a challenge for GS1, the original global provider of barcodes, which has had switch from providing “data-as-a-product” to “data-as-a-service”, totally rethinking its business model in the process.
By Shirish Srivastava
Online shoppers hunting for the perfect product may have pages and pages of search results to scroll through. An algorithm recently developed by a team of professors incorporates customers “click and search” behavior to help online retailers make important decisions about products’ price and ranking and thus potentially boost online sales.
By Sajjad Najafi
Increasingly firms are seeking new methods to stimulate creativity in a fast-moving business climate. Many turn to design thinking — but with mixed results. New research sought to find out why this practice is successful for some companies and less so for others. A culture clash may be at the heart of many difficulties.
By Sihem Ben Mahmoud-Jouini
Though nations agree that they must speed the creation and use of renewable energy solutions in order to avert climate disaster, there is less consensus on what government policies would most effectively serve this end. New research offers insight into the best use of public investment.
By Andrea Masini , Sam Aflaki
New evidence shows that drugmakers can protect profitability by making process improvements to cut costs and strengthen the resilience of critical supply chains in the face of political pressure to ‘reshore’ operations and shortages of key ingredients amid coronavirus.
By Dimitrios Andritsos
Climate change and agricultural soils degradation are two of the leading environmental challenges the world currently faces. A universally agreed-upon solution is developing more circular patterns in supply chains to minimize the negative ecological impact of human activities potentially. In that regard, waste management can play a significant part in countries' sustainability strategies.
With online shopping, loyalty programs, smart devices and many other aspects of business and daily lives, companies collect vast amounts of our personal data. The risk is that they may be leaked or misused. A team of researchers designs measures that regulators and companies can undertake to preserve consumer privacy.
By Ruslan Momot
Most international development agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have some experience planning and evaluating projects using the Logical Framework matrix. Professors of Accounting Daniel Martinez (HEC Paris) and David Cooper (University of Alberta) traced the managerial traditions that informed this visual instrument and the implications this has for international development.
