HEC Paris press coverage from all over the world
2018 was a momentous year for the cannabis industry. But could 2019 go even further? While it is difficult to provide definitive answers to this difficult question, HEC Paris Professors Dane Pflueger and Daniel Martiez believe Colorado offers four important lessons because it was the first US state to create an operational market for recreational cannabis.
Poets & Quants features 10 exceptional HEC Paris MBA students, who are part of the 2020 cohort.
"There is a public expectation that Davos should be less elitist, less white, less mainstream. But it's difficult to do that when companies, industries and states are still dominated by white men", comments HEC Paris Jean Monnet Professor of European Law and Regulation Alberto Alemanno.
The never-ending negotiations among the British political forces outline that the most probable option for United Kingdom's exit from the European Union is a "hard Brexit", comments HEC Paris economics Professor Jeremy Ghez.
Tomasz Michalski, Professor of Economics at HEC Paris, comments on Macron's invitation to debate to calm protests.
Whether we like it or not, Europe is an immanent reality of our everyday lives and is therefore completely independent of the mobility of each person in the European geographical and mental space, argues HEC Paris European Law and Regulation Professor Alberto Alemanno, in an op-ed for Il Foglio.
HEC Paris, whose MSc in International Finance course is currently ranked first globally by the Financial Times, is “extremely selective”, says Olivier Bossard, director of the course. It receives about 2,000 applications each year, but only 100 are admitted. And a 19 percent bump in applications this year, which Bossard puts down to Brexit uncertainty in the UK, means the French school has gotten even more selective.
HEC Paris was the first school in France to achieve the so-called triple crown (for accreditations) and it has one of the world’s highest ranked MiMs that is a gateway to the prestigious Grande Ecole program.
Julien Manteau, director of strategy and global development for HEC Paris’ master’s programs, says there are a number of reasons schools would seek more than one accreditation, including “to attract the best candidates and teachers from around the word”.
The Economist ’s latest ranking of MBA courses showed an average pay increased of 79% from pre-MBA levels. HEC Paris' fees are around half of those charged by American counterparts, and its graduates enjoy a salary boost of $71,600—a 150% increase.
HEC Paris' Dean Peter Todd answers El Economista's questions on France's educational system and shares his vision for HEC.
