Articles
Sustainability & Society
Overlooking Vulnerability Can Harm Everyone, Including Your Business
Drawing on insights from HEC Paris faculty, Octavio de Barros, postdoctoral researcher maps how businesses can respond to vulnerability without defaulting to control, charity, or silence.
Economics & Finance
Black Swans Upend Logic - So We Rethought Decision Models
Uncertainty challenges rational decision-making. So, HEC Paris Professor Itzhak Gilboa created a new model that combines theory-based and case-based reasoning.
Strategy & Leadership
Geopolitics & Public Affairs
Why Legitimacy Is a Business Imperative
Julien Jourdan’s research explores how geopolitical disruptions and moral scrutiny expose firms to legitimacy risk, forcing strategic realignment.
Tech & AI
The Promise of AI in HR Undermined by Imperfect Data and Fragile Trust
Poor data quality, bias, weak oversight, and shallow applications undermine AI’s impact in recruitment, training, and engagement, as revealed by research from Françoise Chevalier.
AI Set to Reshape Private Equity Workflows and Jobs
HEC Professor Thomas Åstebro explores how AI is transforming private equity deal-making, and why it could trigger an industry-wide shakeout.
The Uncertain Promise of Human Rights in Sports
Caster Semenya’s case exposes contradictions between science and fairness in sports, and how the West still exoticizes bodies from the Global South.
Why Legal Protections Alone Can’t Ensure Inclusion
Laws against discrimination exist across Europe, but do they actually create inclusive workplaces? HEC Professor Matteo Winkler suggests some answers.
Brands & Behaviors
Assertive Language Can Overcome Gendered Brand Bias
Research by HEC Paris Professor Tina M. Lowrey explains that brand representations put off male shoppers, unless marketers use confident language that disrupts stereotypes.
