HEC in the press

HEC Paris jumped two spots in this year's Forbes' international MBA ranking to rank second among international two-year programs with a five-year gain of $79,761. It is one of the more affordable two-year programs in the world at a cost of $70,400. Class of 2018 graduates had the highest median base salary ($127,410) and highest median signing bonus ($28,943) of any international program. Only eight U.S. programs saw higher median base and median signing bonuses. Amazon employed the most graduates, followed by consulting firms McKinsey & Company and Bain & Company.

The dilemma of whether artificial intelligence and robotics will replace our jobs or rather create new ones and make us more competitive is key to the global labor market, writes HEC Paris MBA student Divyabh Tyagi, in an op-ed for Forbes Mexico. 

HEC Paris business school has partnered with cookery school L’atelier des Chefs to launch France’s first professional degree in French cooking for its Master in Management students. This new double degree is a direct response to the increasing demand of the school’s students interested in developing a career in the catering – hospitality sector, writes America Economia. 

For senior professionals in the prime of their career and seeking an edge, an executive MBA might be the perfect calling, explains HEC Paris Professor and Academic Dean of the TRIUM EMBA, in an interview for Business Because. 

Jeremy Ghez, Professor of International Affairs and Economics at HEC Paris, comments on Macron's current global diplomacy strategy. 

An independent service to check data and algorithms is the only way to resolve the research replication crisis, write HEC Paris Professor of finance and research Dean Christophe Pérignon and University of Orléans' economics Professor Christophe Hurlin, in a bylined article for Times Higher Education. 

HEC Paris alumnus and Doctolib founder Stanislas Niox-Chateau tells the story of the creation of Doctolib, one of Europe's most successful health start-ups, in an article published in German publication Handelsblatt. "The 32-year-old Niox Chateau actually wanted to become a tennis pro. But then he gave up this plan, attended the management school HEC Paris and founded his first company, Otium Capital. HEC played a major role in this: the school cares intensively about start-ups, offers them professional support and a kind of sponsorship by experienced entrepreneurs."

Gender diversity in the investment sector makes sound financial sense, writes Professor Oliver Gottschalg of business school HEC Paris, in an op-ed for Financial Director. 

“The nomination of Ursula von der Leyen as president of the European Commission highlight that the average European citizen has no visibility whatsoever of the political program and the consequences stemming from his choice,” said Alberto Alemanno, a professor of European law at the HEC business school in Paris, in an interview with the Washington Post. 

The political experience of Ursula von der Leyen says little about her ability to face current challenges, from immigration to global warming, writes HEC Paris Professor of European Law Alberto Alemanno, in an op-ed for Spanish publication El Pais.