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In its 39-year history, HEC Débats has never shied away from debating controversial and complex topics. Its November 5, 2020 debate on the position of Islam in France was no exception as students sought to better understand the challenges facing the country’s second religion and its acceptance in ...

The ocean breeze can lighten the pressure of the past week’s world news. On Sunday, November 8, 33 skippers embarked on the Vendée Globe, sailing’s biggest round-the-globe race that’s solo, non-stop and without assistance. Amongst the starters is Clarisse Crémer (H13) at the helm of the IMOCA-style ...

On November 5, 2020, as the U.S. presidential election comes to a close, HEC Paris professors Jeremy Ghez and Chantal Carleton, and HEC Paris MBA candidate Megan Scullion, analyze the balance of power in American politics, the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the elections and the future of economic ...

HEC Paris officially launched its nine-month Creative Destruction Lab program, CDL Climate, with an objective-setting session on October 27 devoted to scalable solutions to climate change challenges. It invited 16 startups for intense interactions between its founders, HEC academics, MBA students ...

HEC Paris Professor Jeremy Ghez answers questions on the impact that the economy and the COVID-19 health crisis could have on the November 3 presidential elections. Ghez is the author of “Etats-Unis: déclin improbable, rebond impossible” (“United States: Improbable Decline, Impossible Rebound”), des ...

Exactly 29 months after signing a partnership accord with SUSTech, HEC Paris co-organized a webinar entitled “Welcome to Shenzhen, where Miracles Happen”. Chaired by the school’s Hong Kong-based Associate Professor Nathalie Lugagne, it invited investor  David Baverez (H88) and CEO Laurent Le Pen to ...

HEC Paris has extended its commitment to the environment by expanding recycling waste operations initiated on campus in May. The 200m² Greenzone it has created is unique in France, designed to sort out non-biodegradable from biodegradable waste in a drive to create a zero-waste campus. To achieve ...

In September 2020, HEC Paris recruited a record number of Ivorian students for its Grande Ecole program. This is a key element of its Africa Strategy 2015-2025 program which seeks to attract the academic excellence emerging from Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the global health and economic crises that ...

HEC Paris and the Bouygues industrial group jointly launched the “Smart City and the Common Good” Chair. It will be headed by Professor Bertrand Quélin until 2023. In his October 12 online Masterclass, the seasoned academic shared his hopes for a Chair which combines research, teaching and ...

Marketing strategists and consumers are only beginning to understand the impact of the subconscious on purchasing decisions. Yet, neuroscientific research indicates it is hugely disruptive to rational decision-making. To dissect how and why this is the case, HEC Paris professors Anne-Sophie Bayle ...