Impact on knowledge production
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2024 projects for impact on knowledge production
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Create 15 new research chairs
In keeping with Anglo-Saxon models, our goal is to develop chairs that combine high-level research programs, knowledge dissemination and teaching in the school’s areas of expertise.
These chairs are essential to expanding our international reach and allowing us to attract and retain research professors, whose work changes the world and whose teaching transforms students.
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Develop the PhD program
The PhD program plays a key role in knowledge production. Students carry out their first research projects in collaboration with HEC professors and take their first steps in teaching excellence.
After completing their PhD, students take positions at prestigious universities around the world and contribute to enhancing the reputation of HEC and France on the global stage. For the future, it is vital to expand the scholarship program to continue recruiting top PhD students from around the world.
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Create 6 “Corporate Initiatives”
We plan to continue our efforts to further teaching based on key topics for corporate strategies, develop innovative training programs, and give rise to new ideas by organizing teaching activity within a unique ecosystem bringing together companies and students (conferences, challenges etc.)
Corporate Initiatives represent real opportunities to bring together the academic and corporate worlds.
Like the research chairs, each initiative pursues its own goal within the field of teaching.
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Create a special fund to finance 10 research projects a year
Create a special fund to finance 10 research projects a year
We will set up a fund in order to give HEC Paris the agility to fund innovative research projects.
Achievements already made possible through donations
HEC Paris was a pioneer in Europe in the use of practical case studies, which were applied to all subjects in 1958. Since then, it has constantly developed its expertise in training students to address real professional situations. The School aims to create its own library of case studies, with the help of companies, which will be used far beyond the School’s four walls. 12 new cases were published in 2022 compared to an average of two in previous years, two of which were recognized in international competitions:
- Rodolphe Durand's (H.93 - D.97) case study encourages students to reflect on conditions for the successful recovery of BB through a purpose-driven approach.
- Denis Gromb's † case study on Antin Infrastructure Partners focuses on infrastructure acquisition strategy in the telecom industry.
Other case studies are being written on the topics of ecological and social transition with Schneider Electric and on sustainability management and the interrelationship between the economy, the environment and social commitment with Nexans led by Sebastian Becker, signed in December 2022 and launched in April 2023.
We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge 6 remarkable pledges: Schneider Electric and Vinci for their support of Hi! Paris and CMA CGM, ICADE, Nexans, Rothschild & Co and Schneider Electric for their support for other strategic aspects of HEC Paris.
We would also like to sincerely thank the 12 companies that have renewed their commitment to the Foundation through support for research and teaching at HEC: Accenture, Bank of America, BCG, BRED, CACIB, EY, KPMG, L’Oréal, Mazars, McKinsey, Société Générale and Unibail-Westfield-Rodamco. Thank you to all the organizations that actively support us. In addition to your financial support, your expertise and involvement help us produce research that influences practices, and train students to become the leaders the world needs.
Thanks to a very generous donation, Jean-Marie Eveillard (H.62) has funded the creation of the second endowed research chair at HEC Paris, which aims to promote research and education in behavioral finance and value investing.
his chair is financed by a dedicated endowed fund, guaranteeing that the professor and chair holder is able to pursue his research and pedagogy on this theme. Chairs are among the highest academic awards that HEC bestows on a faculty members. It is an honor to the named holder of the chair and also an enduring tribute to the donor who establishes it.
Augustin Landier, Professor and Chair holder, is recognized for his research on behavioral and corporate finance, asset management and banking. In 2014, he was named Best Young Economist by the Circle of Economists. Before joining the HEC faculty in 2017, he taught or was a faculty member at the Harvard Business School, Princeton University, New York University, the University of Chicago and the Toulouse School of Economics.
Sponsored by corporate partners, the HEC Paris Certificate programs consist of interdisciplinary courses focused on a specific sector. Over 100 hours of courses are offered to final year students. The “learning by doing” method allows students to put into practice what they have learned through projects with corporate partners.
Corporate partners are involved, alongside the Academic Director, in designing and running the program, providing HEC Paris students with an in-depth understanding of their sector, their challenges and their vision. In 2019, a new certificate was created to enlarge our teaching contents, the Data for Management Certificate, run jointly by Professor Vincent Fraitot and l'École Polytechnique, with the support of Natixis.
Corporate partners can also help to develop Academies for first and second year Grande École students. The aim of these Academies is to help students broaden their perspectives in a wide range of disciplines. The Academies’ portfolio has been expanded with the creation of the ODDO BHF Academy for Financial Analysis under Professor Alexei Ovtchinnikov.