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Giving Humans the Final Say Can Make AI Decisions Worse

September 14th, 2026
6 mins
Olivier Sibony

When algorithms outperform experts, human oversight may protect legitimacy... but it may also simply restore the errors AI was meant to correct.

What Predictably Irrational Reveals About Human Behavior

Dan Ariely's book shows how cleverly researchers can test the hidden forces behind their decisions, and why social norms matter more than they often think.

7 minutes
Quirin Fleckenstein

Why Hard Work Isn’t Enough: The Role of Chance in Career Success

Career success reflects not just effort, but how everyday chance events shape opportunities and visibility.

Roxana Barbulescu

Marie Sushka's research legacy across banking, governance and private equity

The American academic kept returning to the same question: what do financial structures actually do once they are tested against evidence?

13 minutes
Daniel Brown

What Every Family Business Leader Should Learn from Mathieu Lustrerie

CEO Régis Mathieu blends creativity, legacy, and relational leadership to prepare a successful family business succession.

Center for Family Business

Can Entrepreneurship Really Empower the Most Vulnerable?

Despite decades of programs to democratize entrepreneurship, many vulnerable groups remain underrepresented. HEC Paris research invites a rethink.
 

3 minutes
Isaline Rohmer

“Exceptional” floods: what if the real scandal was our lack of preparedness?

Recent floods in France reveal a double reality: a climate that is intensifying storms, and a society that continues to behave as if all this were still accidental.

3 minutes
HEC Paris Sustainability & Organizations Center

Workplace Experience Determines Voting Patterns Far More than France's Political Fault Lines

This new policy paper shows that trust, recognition, and belonging at work influence political attitude and help explain support for radical parties.

Yann Algan, Antonin Bergeaud, Camille Frouard

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