HEC in the press

Having topped the overall rankings, it’s unsurprising that HEC Paris graduates have the highest earning potential, with a whopping average salary just shy of $150k. The French school also has the highest salary increase, with HEC grads seeing a 94% increase on their pre-MiF salaries, writes Business Because. 

Companies that rank highly on corporate social responsibility measures are more likely to be the target of hedge fund activism, academic research has found. This is because some activist investors view CSR as a sign that a company is wasting money rather than focusing on shareholder returns, according to research conducted by Pennsylvania State University’s Mark DesJardine, Erasmus University’s Emilio Marti and HEC Paris business school’s Rodolphe Durand, writes the Financial Times. 

HEC Paris Professor Oliver Gottschag has carried out research that might help limited partners (LPs) determine which new funds will succeed and therefore which they should invest in.

Marketing materials explicitly state that past performance does not guarantee future returns. But Gottschalg found that a GP’s track record during an economic downturn can make all the difference between the success and failure of a future fund, writes Private Equity News. 

Gold shot up close to $1,900 in the summer of 2011, but the hyperinflation never materialized. In real, inflation-adjusted terms, gold gained about 6%% annually in both 2011 and 2012, then lost 38%% from 2013 through 2015, according to Christophe Spaenjers, a finance professor at the HEC Paris business school in Jouy-en-Josas , France, writes the Wall Street Journal. 

After working in Dubai for multinational technology and engineering firm Bosch for four years, Maxime Arnulf, 29, wanted to take the next step in his career and relocate in the process, so applied to do an MBA at HEC Paris, France. Wen he received the offer during lockdown, Arnulf felt like the decision was more or less taken for him, he says, in an interview for CNBC. 

Michael Segalla, professor of management at HEC Paris, says that workers don’t want to live fully atomized lives disconnected from human contact, in an interview with Business Because. 

Alberto Alemanno, Professor of EU Law, comments on the chances European leaders reaching an agreement over Covid recovery plan, in an interview with France 24. 

Often companies miss the warning signs that indicate catastrophe is imminent, writes Management Today. A new study from HEC Paris Business School and University College Dublin reveals why. 

HEC Paris MBA student Steve Tchuenté Kayo tells TOP MBA how he and his team have completed a prototype for a fact-checking smartphone-based software named AccuroLab, which in May was recognized by MIT in the ‘Flattening the Curve’ category of its Africa Takes On Covid-19’ Hackathon. 

The digitization of recruitment and working practices is changing the types of skills graduates need to succeed in the job market, and the career support business schools provide. HEC Paris, for instance, is running webinars on making an online job search successful, nailing virtual interviews, and building resilience to cope with the disruption caused by the crisis. “One major change is the prevalence of home and remote working,” says Tony Somers, director of employer engagement at HEC Paris, in an interview for Find MBA.