Articles

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.

Research by the late professor Wooseok Jung on marginal firms reveals that status anxiety drives CSR policy shifts more than real commitment.

Research by Sihem Ben Mahmoud-Jouini shows how European defense firms can maintain openness and protect sensitive knowledge.

Europe’s landmark data legislation slowed down online surveillance, but didn’t stop it. Klaus Miller shows tracking has grown - just less aggressively, and with more disclosure. 

Despite rejecting their past employers, tech founders often replicate old cultural norms, as uncovered in a study by HEC Paris Assistant Professor Yeonsin Ahn.

The FTX collapse highlights the dangers of believing in fully automated trust. The human dimension of blockchain is its most overlooked vulnerability, and strength. Extracts of Dane Pfluger's interview from Breakthroughs, the HEC podcast on research.

Research by Mensah, Paugam and Stolowy of HEC Paris reveals how banks exploit corporate scandals triggered by short sellers, charging unjustified rate hikes when firms are most vulnerable.