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.
Strategy & Leadership
Why Business Leaders Can’t Afford to Ignore the “S” in ESG
In this interview on their report, HEC Paris and S&P Global reveal why ignoring social metrics weakens ESG strategies — and what leaders must do to strengthen trust and accountability.
Economics & Finance
Assertive Disclosure Builds Trust in Competitive Settings
How much information should a company share with decision makers? A question HEC research associate professor Marie Laclau explores.
Employees Value ESG — But Only When It Affects Them
Professor François Derrien and PhD candidate Maxime Bonelli research shows that employee shareholders penalize companies over social abuses, but remain indifferent to broader environmental or governance failures.
Tech & AI
Algorithmic Trading Is Reshaping Financial Markets
Professor Thierry Foucault’s research reveals how automation, data monetization, and high-frequency trading are transforming finance, and challenging regulators.
Geopolitics & Public Affairs
Human Rights Sanctions Often Fail to Improve Human Rights
New research by HEC Paris Professor Armin Steinbach uncovers that many US and EU sanctions lack legal proportionality, casting doubt on their legitimacy and impact.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
How AI Skews VC Funding Away From Breakthroughs
HEC Paris PhD Maxime Bonelli’s study shows that while AI boosts VC efficiency, it reduces funding for novel, high-impact innovations.
Why People Trust AI More Than Humans — Even When It’s Flawed
New research by Cathy Yang, Xitong Li and Sangseok You reveals a paradox: people trust AI advice more than human guidance, even when they know it’s flawed.
