HEC Paris press coverage from all over the world
As the European Central Bank is elaborating a purchase program in order to face the current crisis, the institution also bears in mind that the German constitutional court might sue if they think that the ECB exceeds its level of competence. Finance professor at HEC Paris Business School comments for Bloomberg: "Legal uncertainty will hang over the ECB like the sword of Damocles. That risks reining in the ECB because policy makers can’t be absolutely sure they’re in the clear. It also threatens to undermine the tool’s full effectiveness if markets get the impression there are legal problems ahead."
When asked by Handelsblatt about the French government's takeover plans for EDF, professor at HEC Paris Business School Jean-Michel Gauthier explains: "As a listed company, EDF could not have continued its activities in this way."
In an article published by Business Insider, marketing professor at HEC Paris Business School Andreas Lanz details in which circumstances being open and talking about your professional misfortune on LinkedIn can actually be helpful.
With a total number of seven European unicorns founded by alumni, HEC Paris Business School is part of Europe’s top 10 unicorn universities according to Sifted.
How is HEC Paris Business School evaluating the value of its training? Cecile Arragon, executive director for business development for Executive Education, details to Executive Courses that the school measures the impact of all its training across several dimensions, including the impact on hard business results and the effect its clients are having on society and the environment.
Although international mobility is making a comeback now that lockdowns are up, one trend which emerged with the pandemic is likely to last: online recruitment. Tony Somers, director of employer engagement at HEC Paris Business School, explains to Find MBA: "The ability to personally engage with students in a small networking or one-on-one setting, minimize the time spent away from the office, and significantly reduce costs is an irresistible combination for companies."
Despite the wider gap between workers and shareholders, firms are more and more socially engaged. Bertrand Quélin, Bouygues Chair holder of Smart City and the Common Good at HEC Paris Business School, details in Forbes six ways integrating a hybrid public-private-citizen approach towards more sustainability.
Although multidisciplinarity is usually perceived as an asset, it comes at a cost in the field of research. Management professor at HEC Paris Business School Julien Jourdan explains in an op-ed for Times Higher Education that "when high performers are multidisciplinary scientists, they are seen by their peers as posing a significant threat to the status-quo in their field."
The Financial Times wonders about the aftermath of the parliamentary elections in France. Finance professor at HEC Paris Business School notes: "Macron will not be able to pursue the economic policy goals he promised during the campaign, because he has to make too many compromises. His reform agenda will be far less ambitious than envisaged."
Interviewed by Al Jazeera on the legislative elections' results in France, law professor at HEC Paris Business School Albert Alemanno comments: "LREM remains the largest parliamentary group, so the situation is not so desperate. But the only possibility for Macron is to try to form a coalition government."
