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Can Entrepreneurship Really Empower the Most Vulnerable?

March 30th, 2026
3 minutes
Isaline Rohmer

Despite decades of programs to democratize entrepreneurship, many vulnerable groups remain underrepresented. HEC Paris research invites a rethink.
 

Research insights from HEC Paris faculty

Without Alliances Geopolitics Will Break

When politics break your supply chain, building trust across borders is your best defense.

5 minutes
Sam Aflaki

Can Leaders Still Rely on the Old Global Playbook?

As globalization fractures into new alliances and shifting blocs, business leaders must rethink risk, opportunity, and alignment. Why does the cognitive map of globalization never hold still?

10 minutes
Jeremy Ghez

Is Loneliness the Most Overlooked Economic Risk of Our Time?

Isolation, mistrust, and disconnection are fuelling inequality, weakening democracy, and eroding the foundations of prosperity. 

5 mn
Marieke Huysentruyt, Yann Algan

When Corporate Purpose Meets Shareholder Power: Governance Lessons from the Ben & Jerry's–Unilever Conflict

This award-winning case study shows that when a purpose-driven brand inside a global conglomerate turns activism into strategic risk, governance structures—not intentions—determine who ultimately holds power.

Nils Plambeck

World Day of Social Justice: Why Value Sharing Can’t Wait

In an era of rising inequality and inflation shocks, companies are becoming frontline actors in shaping social justice.

11 minutes
Marieke Huysentruyt

Trust Is the Invisible Infrastructure of Prosperous Societies

Trust underpins economic performance, social mobility, and democratic legitimacy, yet remains largely invisible in public decision-making.

Marieke Huysentruyt, Yann Algan

What If Social Capital Became Our Common Rallying Cry?

Confined to academic debate and too heavily loaded to mobilize public opinion, social capital nevertheless remains a powerful concept that could become a unifying banner for social and democratic cohesion.

9 minutes
Isaline Rohmer

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