Articles
AI Trading Algorithms Can Make Markets Less Competitive
AI-driven trading can blunt competition and even lift prices in financial markets.
How Boardroom Diplomacy Could Reshape Peace in Middle East
As private-sector figures enter peace negotiations, future business leaders need sharper geopolitical judgment about modern conflicts to interpret these developments for responsible decision-making.
Awe Is Not a Universal Feel-Good Emotion
Awe is often seen as an uplifting emotion in the West. Yet it can be accompanied by fear and tension in China. This new finding has implications for how awe is used in wellbeing, leadership and marketing strategies in different cultures?
Geopolitics Is Rewiring Corporate Strategy
How systems can be weaponized and the organizational capabilities leaders will need to respond.
Why Must Economics Rethink the Firm Around Purpose?
At HEC Paris Purpose Day, LSE professor Tim Besley proposes a new framework for understanding firms beyond profit, efficiency, and productivity, one that could deliver both business and societal gains.
Big Mamma’s Founders on Success, Friendship and Finding Your Path
18 years after graduating from HEC, Victor Lugger and Tigrane Seydoux looked back on the people, moments and choices that shaped their path. And on the one lesson they keep returning to: life is less about the “what” than the “who.”
In Africa, Institutional Stability Fosters Banking Innovation
Control over payments, data, and credit is turning Africa’s fintech boom into a new arena of economic and geopolitical competition.
China Tensions Are Reshaping Global Business
Two HEC Paris student essays show that Western firms and global trade networks are adapting to a more fragmented and competitive relationship with China.