Society

For an African entrepreneurial area

by Hamid Bouchikhi

Prof. Hamid Bouchikhi, Director of the ESSEC Impact Entrepreneurship Center, asserts that for an African entrepreneurial area to materialize requires in-depth work with the younger generations. Because innovative entrepreneurs are, for the most part, young graduates from higher education, the mental setting up of an African entrepreneurial area calls for massive encouragement of infra-African student mobility...

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Strategy

Why are some companies more competitive than others?

by Jérôme Barthélemy

Jérôme Barthélemy, Professor of Strategy and Management at ESSEC Business School and author of the book Libérer la Compétitivité (Pearson, 2016) shares 3 factors that set certain companies apart from the crowd

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Economy & Finance

When Financial Bubbles Burst

by François Longin

Extreme value theory can help us understand extreme events in financial markets

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