HEC Paris press coverage from all over the world
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."
In a new op-ed published in Forbes, Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, professor at HEC Paris Business School's Doha campus, explains why, even if they are necessary, quotas for female representation in board are not enough to ahcieve gender equality at the workplace: "For quotas to be effective, they need to be embedded with interventions that address inherent biases that impede the progression of women into senior leadership roles."
As executive positions require more and more ESG awareness, The Economist details that HEC Paris Business School's MBA program has adapted its curriculum and offers a 3-day seminar in a monestary with a monk who guides them through ethical dilemmas.
Despite the steady demand for MBAs, business schools have to adjust their offer to the uncertainty of today's world, be it the coronavirus or the war in Ukraine. HEC Paris Business School did adapt, thus enabling the possibility to provide classes on campus again since September 2021. Andrea Masini, associate dean of MBA programs at the schools, explains to Find MBA: "All courses have been and continue to be delivered in-person and students have access to full utilization of our facilities. Over the summer, we upgraded our infrastructure, equipping our lecture theatres with better AV systems to facilitate a seamless and smooth interaction between participants and lecturers in the classroom and participants connected remotely."
As reported in Private Equity News, the HEC-Dow Jones Performance Ranking of Private Equity Fund-of-Funds 2021 elaborated by professor a HEC Paris Oliver Gottscalg has been dominated by US firms which occupy all of the top five positions and eight of the top 10.
The Financial Times notes that the demand for finance qualifications is still strong. This is no surprise to Olivier Bossard, Professor of HEC Paris’s MSc Finance, who explains that "there is demand from young people and demand from employers. Before, they were hiring for roles in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. But, now, it is moving back to financial markets."
For the eleventh time in twelve years, HEC Paris Business School's Masters in Finance tops The Financial Times's ranking.
As the European Central Bank rose its interest rates, Handelsblatt wonders what could be the consequences on some countries' public debt. Finance professor at HEC Paris Armin Steinbach explains that "If the impression that France is deciding on new spending while at the same time failing to address structural reforms solidifies, this could increase nervousness on the markets and also have an impact on interest rates."
In a world of almost unlimited retail offer online, the "Cascade Click model" provides a better analysis of customer choice behavior. However, a research led by Assistant Professor of Operations Management at HEC Paris Sajjad Najafi suggests it should be extended to the settings in online retail. He explains to Forbes how this could be implemented to boost online retailers' expected revenue.
As Politico wonders if salary transparency could hurt performance, strategy and business policy professor at HEC Paris Tomasz Obloj, who led a study which showed that pay transparency could help reduce pay inequality, explains that "there’s no conclusive data" showing that salary transparency could affect productivity, even if "there will be some trade-offs".
