News List | HEC Paris

November 2019

MBA

Baby Bottles and Books: Completing an MBA with a Newborn

Nicole Pense, MBA ’19, defied expectations by completing her HEC Paris MBA while starting a family, graduating with a job offer from Facebook and an 18-month-old son. Her journey, supported by HEC Paris and her community, highlights the possibility of balancing career aspirations and family life.

Nov 12, 2019

Valérie Charolles 2019 - groupe picture - vignette

Sustainability & Organizations Institute

Making the Distinction between Liberalism and Capitalism in the 21st century

Valerie Charolles is a researcher at the Institut Mines-Telecom Business School and associate researcher at the Interdisciplinary Institute of Anthropology of the Contemporary (CNRS-EHESS) She has published four papers, including ‘Le libéralisme contre le capitalisme’ in which she describes the ...

Nov 12, 2019

HEC Paris- Classement MBA The Economist - nov. 2019

The School

The Economist Ranks HEC’s MBA as World’s Number Three

HEC Paris’ shot up the 2019 Economist MBA rankings table, gaining 10 places to reach third in the annual standings by the British weekly. HEC’s MBA program thus ranks first in Europe.

Nov 07, 2019

ARCS workshop group picture bernardins - vignette pic

Sustainability & Organizations Institute

Accelerating Researcher-Practitioner Collaborations in Sustainability Research

On October 11-12, 2019, the Society and Organizations (S&O) Center of HEC Paris and the Alliance for Research in Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) hosted the first “S&O ARCS Workshop” that gathered leading researchers and practitioners at the Collège des Bernardins in Paris to foster international ...

Nov 06, 2019

Claudie Haigneré at HEC Paris - Oct. 8, 2019

The School

Four Questions for Claudie Haigneré, Former ESA Astronaut

Former astronaut and current adviser to the European Space Agency, Claudie Haigneré, was France’s first woman in space. She shares with HEC her vision of the future in space and advices students of all disciplines to share in one of humanity’s greatest adventures. The exchange occurred days before ...

Nov 05, 2019

October 2019

Exed participants in front of Berlin Parliament

The School

Executive Program CCC taking place for the 1st time in Berlin, September 17-21

HEC Executive Education program Consulting and Coaching for Change (CCC) took place in Berlin 17.-21. September. 30 executives participated in a study case with companies identified and contacted by the HEC Germany office: Kontist, Deutsche Bank, Kienbaum, Raisin & Crosslend

Oct 24, 2019

Renouvellement chaire Energie et Finance - HEC Paris / Société Générale - 15 oct. 2019

Corporate

HEC Paris and Société Générale Renew Key Chair

HEC and Société Générale have renewed a partnership for the Energy & Finance Chair stretching back to 2005. The October 15 on-campus ceremony was followed by an evening conference focusing on the “key to driving today’s energy transition”.

Oct 23, 2019

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

ViiBE completed a €1.2M Seed round

ViiBE, the Web technology of remote assistance designed for contact centers has successfully completed a €1.2M Seed round.

Oct 22, 2019

Executive Education

HEC Paris & Arkema Leadership Academy co-design a program in Europe and Asia to train future leaders

Arkema has set an ambitious roadmap for its development in the coming years. Over the past decade, it has transformed its legacy – a mix of commoditized and specialty portfolios – into a global specialty business with strong foundations in corporate social responsibility, digital and operational ...

Oct 22, 2019

Luca Parmitano - European Space Talks - Oct. 8, 2019

The School

European Students Shoot for Stars at HEC-ESA Space Talks

This fall, HEC Paris hosted one of its most memorable events in years by welcoming three European Space Agency (ESA) astronauts - one of them live from space! - and thousands of students, entrepreneurs and space-related businesses. It was a high point of the 2019 European Space Talks campaign initia ...

Oct 18, 2019