HEC in the press

As the Covid-19 pandemic is cooling off, a rise in demand for non-degree courses has been noted. Anne-Valérie Corboz, Associate Dean of Executive Education at HEC Paris Business School, confirms to the Financial Times: "There have been a lot of requests after a halt for two years, especially from senior executive teams who have not had the opportunity to meet and reconnect around new approaches to working, organisational design and coping with Generation Z."

As Elisabeth Borne has just been appointed Prime Minister by Emmanuel Macron, finance professor at HEC Paris Business School, explains to Wirtschaftswoche why he thinks she is a very good choice: "She serves several of Macron's political concerns at once: in the foreground for him to pull the rug out from under the left camp which is well organized around Mélenchon, in view of the legislative elections."

Specialized in marketing and more specifically consumer behavior and decision-making, professor at HEC Paris Business School Yangjie Gu is listed by Poets & Quants among the Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors for the year 2022.

The demand from companies for more training on inclusivity and diversity understanding is growing. In order to address this need, HEC Paris Business School launched the Moving Beyond Equality programme. However, cultural changes are not that easy for companies. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, professor at HEC Paris Business School's Doha campus, explains to the Financial Times that "this is incredibly difficult for leaders as they shift away from being the superhero who knows everything to encouraging more conversations and asking questions."

Very critical of the Post Office Horizon scandal, HEC Paris Professor of Accounting and Management Control and chairholder at HI! Paris Center Aluna Wang explains in Forbes how the anomaly detection system she developed and more attention to how the data is used could help avoid such issues in the future.

In an op-ed for Euronews, law professor at HEC Paris Business School lberto Alemanno reflects on the Conference on the Future of Europe. Despite the lack of public interest, this conference showed unprecedented facts: not only has the focus been on European citizens and their opinion, but their ability to deliberate proved to bring results.

Handelsblatt notes that the war in Ukraine and the interest rate turnaround are causing problems for investment managers. However, in recent years, there has been a steady inflow of funds into the private equity market: a study led by professor at HEC Paris Business School Oliver Gottschalg between 2000 and 2021 shows that private equity delivered excess returns over a long cycle.

After the EU Conference on the future of Europe, law professor at HEC Paris Alberto Alemanno comments on France 24 on the possibility to reform European institutions and change treaties. He also expresses himself on the potential rapprochement between Ukraine and the EU.

In an op-ed published in Tagesspiegel, finance professor Armin Steinbach urges Germany to help and assist Emmanuel Macron with his ambitions for the European Union.

According to the Financial Times, HEC Paris takes seventh place in the MBA schools for international business teaching ranking.