News List | HEC Paris

December 2021

MBA

HEC Paris MBA takes 3rd in Europe’s most prestigious PE/VC case competition

Five HEC Paris MBA students excelled in the RSM Global Private Equity Competition, placing third. Despite busy schedules, they analyzed an AgriTech case, showcasing expertise gained from real-world experience. Leveraging diverse skill sets and guidance from industry professionals, they navigated ...

Dec 16, 2021

Sustainability & Organizations Center

A transformative First-Year Experience in the New Course: "The Planetary Boundaries"

For the first time this term, a new mandatory course, “The Planetary Boundaries,” is launching the academic journeys of first-year students in meaningful, enduring directions. Society & Organizations (S&O) Institute members designed and co-created with the students this course to provide a powerful ...

Dec 16, 2021

HEC Paris/ AmCham - “Economic Decoupling: Our New Reality?”

The School

US-China Relations: Treading the Highwire of Economic Decoupling

On December 9, academic director of the HEC Paris Center for Geopolitics Jeremy Ghez and representatives from the American Chamber of Commerce in France (AmCham) presented French and international journalists with a white paper entitled “Economic Decoupling: Our New Reality?” Ghez’ 60-page analysis ...

Dec 15, 2021

Faculty & Research

HEC Data Day Returns with Groundbreaking Multidisciplinary Research

The fourth Data Day saw a welcome return to in-person presentations and conversations. 21 months after its previous edition, this hybrid event involved 150 practitioners, researchers and students gathered in the Jouy campus’ T Building. The 2021 edition saw lively discussions on multi-disciplinary ...

Dec 15, 2021

HEC Foundation

The donors of the HEC Foundation give their time

As well as providing financial support, our donors also contribute their time. In November, four of our Major Donors came to the HEC Paris campus to meet the scholarship students they support.

Dec 13, 2021

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

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Dec 10, 2021

The School

HEC’s CDL Climate Program Catalyzes Success for its Alumni

Exactly a year after HEC Paris launched its first-ever Creative Destruction Lab program, (the CDL Climate Certificate), the school’s academics, students and business mentors welcomed a new cohort from the startup world. But just how have last year’s graduates, like those involved with Breathe ...

Dec 09, 2021

MBA

Tarek Müller at HEC Paris: “I always had a vision of doing something big”

HEC Paris welcomed Tarek Müller, co-founder of About You, for an insightful online session during Global Entrepreneurship Week. Müller's journey from a teenage entrepreneur to co-founding About You, Europe's fastest-growing e-tailer, was discussed. His emphasis on perseverance and personalized ...

Dec 08, 2021

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

L'Oréal Dare Award, the innovation contest

The L'Oréal Dare Award is an innovation contest organized by L’Oréal and the HEC Paris students association Start’HEC, with the support of the HEC Paris - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center. The aim of the Contest is to promote innovation and creativity among HEC students by rewarding their ...

Dec 08, 2021

PhD - Emilien Macault, Economics and Decision Sciences, 2021

PhD Program

PhD Dissertation Defense, Emilien Macault, Economics and Decision Sciences

Congratulations to Dr Emilien Macault, Economics and Decision Sciences specialization, who successfully defended his Doctoral Dissertation at HEC Paris, on December 7, 2021.

Dec 07, 2021