Articles

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. 

Flore Lestrade and her cofounders turned a fast-growing need for fashion visuals into a scalable AI solution adopted by major retail brands.
 

Fabien Koutchekian and Dali Rashid turned botanical science into a scalable, low‑carbon alternative to traditional mining

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. 

In 2020, Erik Fradet nearly lost his life on the HEC campus. Today, he celebrates life — and reminds us all where the essential lies, and how to overcome the seemingly impossible.