HEC in the press

Since the end of 2019, Chanel boosted the global prices of some of its iconic small bags by almost two-thirds. Though such a move might seem counterproductive, marketing professor at HEC Paris Business School Gachoucha Kretz explains for Bloomberg that the purchasing limit on Chanel's bags is "like telling consumers, if you can purchase a handbag, you belong to the club".

In 2021, the share of MBA students from North America at HEC Paris Business School rose by 10 points and reached 21%, states Poets&Quants. According to Associate Dean of the MBA Program Andrea Masini, this situation can be explained by three factors: the campus's location (close to Paris and at the center of Europe), the fact that the program is only 16-months-long, which is shorter than in the US, and the fact that HEC Paris's MBA is much less costly than in the USA.

With her sustainable travel startup Yūgen Earthside, former HEC Paris MBA student Hilary Matson is considered to be one the ten MBA entrepreneurs to watch by BusinessBecause: she managed to transform her passion into a viable business while paying attention to sustainaility.

Described as "a passionate teacher, who enjoys making lessons fun, lively, and interactive", accounting and management control professor at HEC Paris Business Scool Albert Mensah is ranked at the fourth position among the ten MBA Professors to watch according to BusinessBecause.

In this article for Forbes, Bertrand Quélin, professor at HEC Paris, and Isaac Smadja explain how they studied six different smart cities: Barcelona, Toronto, Singapore, Copenhagen, Vienna and Amsterdam and published their conclusions in a new eBook, where they detail why each of these cities are considered as innovative examples in their own ways.

When asked by Handelsblatt to comment on France's upcoming Presidency of the Council of the EU, law professor at HEC Paris Business School Alberto Alemanno stated: "France will not reinvent the wheel. The big dossiers have already been defined."

In a profile piece published on CNBC about French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour, HEC Paris Business School professor Tomasz Michalski describes him as "the ideal candidate for Macron because he is splitting the vote with Le Pen" and explains that "while Le Pen has been in politics for a while, Zemmour brings no baggage to the election, thus offering an alternative to far-right supporters".

HEC Paris was just ranked Best Business School in Europe by the Financial Times and this, as Business Because underlines it, for the third consecutive year.

In this article published in The Dallas Morning News denouncing how the city of Denton is investing substantial electricity and land resources to bitcoin, finance professor at HEC Paris Business School Bruno Biais comments that "the American government should not let this happen".

As The Financial Times reflects upon academics who do not only teach in classrooms but also expend and express themselves through the media such as the press, TV, YouTube, podcasts etc., HEC Paris Business School professor Alberto Alemanno gives insight into his experience: "My podcast aims to inspire our students and other listeners to play their part in today’s most controversial challenges facing our societies."