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AI Trading Algorithms Can Make Markets Less Competitive

July 3rd, 2026
7 minutes
Jean-Edouard Colliard, Thierry Foucault, Stefano Lovo

AI-driven trading can blunt competition and even lift prices in financial markets. 

Research insights from HEC Paris faculty

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

Why CEOs Can No Longer Ignore Social Cohesion

What if social cohesion became the next competitive advantage—linking risk management, resilience and innovation?

7 minutes
Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot

What Leaders Can Learn from Art and from Van Gogh

Noticing is a leadership skill. Van Gogh makes it unavoidable, and Daniel Newark turns it into practice.  While most leadership programs emphasize decisive action, clear communication, and reducing ambiguity, Daniel Newark offers a different approach

Daniel Newark

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