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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 ...

HEC Ventures is a capital-investment fund born of a partnership between HEC Alumni and Idinvest Partners in January 2020. It is devoted to entrepreneurs from the HEC Paris community. It closed its first-ever fundraising drive in September having raised €20 million, mainly provided by HEC Paris ...

The HEC Paris Foundation marked its 48th birthday with the first-ever 100% online Foundation Annual Gathering. The event was marked by messages of support from alumni who have become top business leaders, political leaders and innovators.

International Podcast Day celebrates its sixth birthday on September 30 and HEC Paris will join in the celebrations by officially launching its academic-based podcast "Knowledge@HEC" with one vision : Expanding knowledge, Enhancing responsibility.

HEC Paris and the Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris, which unites Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, ENSAE Paris, Télécom Paris and Télécom SudParis) launched a new center devoted to Data Science and human-centered Artificial Intelligence. The inauguration of this multidisciplinary initiative ...

The French government recently announced a 100-billion euro "France Relance" stimulus plan to revive the local economy from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. HEC Paris professor of Economics, Tomasz Michalski, analyzes the details of the recovery plan and its potential to restore the local ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...