News List | HEC Paris

July 2019

PhD - C. Bottausci, Accounting and Management Control

PhD Program

PhD Thesis Defence, Accounting and Management Control

Congratulations to Dr Chiara Bottausci, Accounting and Management Control, who successfully defended her thesis on July 1, 2019. Chiara will join the University of Bristol (UK) as Lecturer.

Jul 01, 2019

June 2019

PhD - R.Boulongne, Strategy and Business Policy

PhD Program

PhD Thesis Defence, Strategy and Business Policy

Congratulations to Dr Romain Boulongne who successfully defended his thesis on June 28, 2019. Romain will join IESE Business School (Spain) as Assistant Professor.

Jun 28, 2019

Faculty & Research

Ambiguity Takes Center Stage at D-TEA 2019

HEC’s 11th D-Tea conference saw leading academics in decision-making theory discuss ambiguity. The two-and-a-half day event in central Paris honored one of the ambiguity pioneers, David Schmeidler and included Nobel laureate Lars Hansen. HEC Professor Itzhak Gilboa invited theorists and ...

Jun 28, 2019

Faculty & Research

Q&A with Nobel Laureate Lars Hansen

Lars Hansen was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2013. The Professor in economics at the University of Chicago was one of the major figures at the 11th D-Tea Conference organized in early June 2019 by HEC academic Itzhak Gilboa.

Jun 28, 2019

PhD Program

2019 HEC PhD Graduates

Warm congratulations to all our 2019 PhD graduates.

Ali Shantia (Information Systems and Operations Management) - Charles Boissel (Finance) - Elena Fumagalli (Marketing) - Elena Plaksenkova (Strategy and Business Policy) - Jiachen Yang (Management and Human Resources) - Laetitia ...

Jun 27, 2019

HEC Foundation

Act today, Impact tomorrow”: the HEC Foundation’s new campaign

On Thursday June 20, 2019, we launched our new fundraising campaign for HEC Paris, “Impact Tomorrow”, with the ambitious objective of collecting €200 million over five years.

Jun 27, 2019

Impact Tomorrow - june 20, 2019 - Group photo

The School

“Impact Tomorrow”: HEC Paris Kicks Off €200 Million Fundraising Campaign

HEC Paris and its HEC Foundation partners launched their most ambitious fundraising campaign to date on June 20, designed to propel HEC into the world’s Top 10 business schools. Over 300 supporters came to the launch held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris, a venue chosen to symbolize HEC’s ...

Jun 27, 2019

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

HEC INNOVATION: two start-ups tied for the top spot !

For the third consecutive year, HEC Innovation, the Alumni community in Silicon Valley has mobilized to support our most promising start-ups in the HEC network. On Monday 24 June the Awards were presented at the HEC Incubator, at Station F.

Jun 27, 2019

The School

HEC Commencement Ceremony 2019: Mortarboards, Online Degree and Vernimmen Award

HEC Paris hosted its 2019 Commencement Ceremony on June 14-15 with around 4,000 guests congregating to celebrate the graduation of 2,000 students. The festive occasion featured keynote speeches by Hubert Joly and Pascal Cagni, who made strong calls for the graduates to engage in the societies of ...

Jun 26, 2019

Executive Education

Interview with Steve Sasson, The Inventor of Digital Photography

What does a company need to consider in order to succeed in its transformation ? How should it embark on a new business model ? These questions were addressed by Steve Sasson, a former employee at Kodak, in a conference organized by Presans and Total during the HEC Paris Executive MBA Certificate ...

Jun 26, 2019