News List | HEC Paris

July 2020

The School

Meet CDL Mentor Christine Tovee and her Space Stream Vision

Christine Tovee has had a long and rich career in space and aeronautical projects on both sides of the Atlantic, including a stint as CTO of Airbus Group North America. Currently, she is a consultant for Toronto-based startups on technology road-mapping, strategy and organizational design. She is ...

Jul 31, 2020

MBA

Simplifying the Complex World of Real Estate

HEC Paris MBA student Sam Abazari launches AJAN Management to bridge social classes through real estate. His journey, inspired by global diversity at HEC, intersects with Davina Chang's freelance gig. Together, they start AJAN, leveraging lockdown productivity to simplify property management ...

Jul 29, 2020

Cover of Olivier Sibony's book "You're About to Make a Terrible Mistake"

The School

Defining New Decision Architecture in Times of Uncertainty

When HEC Paris professor, Olivier Sibony, brought out the short guide “Vous allez commettre une terrible erreur!” he could not imagine that it would have such a global impact. His exploration of nine predictable business decision-making traps and ways to avoid them received widespread plaudits and ...

Jul 27, 2020

The School

HEC Paris certificates in the COVID-19 Era

Like all educational institutions around the world, HEC Paris has been facing the health crisis linked to the COVID-19 epidemic since March. The entire HEC Paris community has had to adapt to this unprecedented situation, demonstrating its capacity for resilience and innovation. A concrete example ...

Jul 24, 2020

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

[HEC Incubator] How do start-ups and students collaborate?

Five HEC students spent the summer of 2020 collaborating with ViiBE Communication, a start-up based in Station F and part of the HEC & Zendesk Incubators.

Jul 22, 2020

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

[HEC Incubator] Tarmac: growth is also about being accompanied!

Tarmac is boosting its development by joining the HPE support program and the Founders Factory. Anthoine Dusselier, its co-founder, explains the turn taken by his startup in recent weeks, in a very turbulent context.

Jul 21, 2020

Faculty & Research

New Research Shows That Unemployment Insurance Can Spur Entrepreneurial Activity

How to foster business dynamism when we emerge from COVID-19? New research shows that well designed unemployment insurance is key. Professor of Finance Johan Hombert (HEC Paris), with three researchers from UC Berkeley and MIT Sloan School of Management, has recently published the research paper, “C ...

Jul 21, 2020

MBA

Spotlight on HEC Paris MBA Summer Interns

HEC Paris MBA students secure diverse summer internships globally, from Facebook EMEA to AB InBev. Amidst COVID, some roles transition to virtual, others to physical. Estelle-Chiao Chiu tackles digital behavior at Facebook, Marco D’Alo contributes to AB InBev's sustainability goals, while Karan ...

Jul 21, 2020

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

[HEC Incubator] A new selection of ambitious & high-impact startups!

Welcome to the HEC Incubator's Summer 2020 batch: Anomia, Ayro, HD Rain, Lakaa, Mercateam, Omny, Reglo, Shomi, Turgo and Velyvelo. This new batch is composed of 10 startups, including one from our partner Akwa Group, and made its debut on July 2nd at Station F. This is one of the bigger batches ...

Jul 16, 2020

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

[HEC Incubator] Portrait of Mentor - How Monika Esprit helps to accelerate business collaboration between startups and large groups

We are very proud of our startups, as well as our mentors and experts who accompany them! Today we meet Monika Esprit, mentor at the HEC Incubator and specialist in the fields of digital, marketing communication and business development.

Jul 15, 2020