HEC in the press

Will the election of Elly Schlein at the head of the Partito Democratico change Italian politics? Matteo Wrinkler, law professor at HEC Paris Business School, commented to CNBC: “Meloni has frequently boasted about her being the first female Prime Minister while the left has not been able to produce the same result in a decade-long control of the parliament. Now things may change with Elly Schlein.”

On the set of France 24, Jean-Edouard Colliard, a finance professor at HEC Paris Business School, debated about the consequences of Silicon Valley Bank's failure: "We are unlikely to see a severe crisis because of SVB, but the current episode damages the credibility of these regulations."

Interviewed by El Mundo on Emmanuel Macron's visit to UK's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, professor at HEC Paris Business School Jeremy Ghez commented: "In Macron's eyes, Rishi Sunak is arguably the most reliable and reasonable partner France has had in the UK for years. The two countries have indisputable shared interests when it comes to managing the migration crisis in the short term", while his peer Tomasz Michalski added that "France is not a dominant country today, everything has changed since 2018."

In Private Equity News, strategy professor Oliver Gottschalg shares his analysis on the 2022 HEC-Dow Jones Private Equity Performance for MidMarket Buyout Firms results.

Despite the resilience of the MBA job market, the current economic climate makes securing a job after an MBA a bit more difficult than usual. Business schoools' career servies are here to guide MBA students. Director of employer engagement at HEC Paris Tony Somers confirms to Find MBA: "Students who take full advantage of what we have to offer will achieve the career transformation they envisage."

Is ChatGPT better or worse than students at cognitive reflection? Economy professor at HEC Paris Business School Thomas Astebro details the results of his research in an op-ed for Poets & Quants.

In a time of cost of living crisis, should firms raise top earners' salaries? Georg Wernicke, strategy professor at HEC Paris Business School, explains the dilemma for companies to the Financial Times: "You want to pay the highest earners a sufficient amount to incentivise them to steer the company through difficult times but also enough that you can retain them as staff. But you’ll also be pressured by unions, the public, and the media to pay them something that’s fair, particularly if you’re cutting the workforce."

As the world faces extreme challenges such as climate change and war in Europe, business forecasts are becoming equally hard to predict. To diminish the impact of these unexpected events, Itzhak Gilboa, professor at HEC Paris, has developed an approach -which he details in an op-ed for Forbes- combining maths, intuition and... humility.

Among the many tips she gives in Executive Courses on how to maximizing the benefits of an executive course, Executive Director Business Development for Executive Education at HEC Paris Business School Cecile Arragon urges participants to "be present and make the most of the time to step back, learn, network, and imagine the future with an open mind. Leave your job, computer, and smartphone at the door."

Interviewed by S&P Global on his latest HEC-DowJones Large Buyout Ranking, strategy professor at HEC Paris Business School Oliver Gottschalg highlights the persisting outperformance of firms with a tech-heavy portfolio in 2022 despite tumbling valuations across the sector.