Andrew MILLER

Smarter ways to ship goods without increasing costs: a greener logistics strategy

Supply chains are dominated by trucks, and this is bad news for the environment, as they account for nearly a quarter of all road transport carbon emissions. Yet the carbon footprint and efficiency of freight can be improved by integrating rail transport and implementing smarter inventory strategies, without impacting costs.

Quantitative finance: mathematical models serving the finance sector. Interview with Yann Braouezec

high-frequency trading

IÉSEG has just launched a new research center dedicated to the topic of quantitative finance, a discipline that provides essential knowledge and techniques for the financial sector. The Director of this center (iℚuant), Yann BRAOUEZEC, explains the importance and key aspects of this discipline, the objectives and key activities of iℚuant.

Study explores why teams adopt AI or not…

Teams increasingly seek to leverage the potential of technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the way they collaborate and perform. A new study highlights that teams’ attitudes to AI, and the autonomy they have in using such tools, can have vastly differing outcomes in terms of the way they are adopted.

Supply chain: the classic tale of putting all your eggs in the same basket

Supply chains are dominated by trucks, and this is bad news for the environment, as they account for nearly a quarter of all road transport carbon emissions. Yet the carbon footprint and efficiency of freight can be improved by integrating rail transport and implementing smarter inventory strategies, without impacting costs.

Delivering hybrid learning to enhance student learning and engagement

While business schools and higher education institutions have been using different types of online learning for many years, the Covid-19 pandemic triggered a massive uptake in the use of blended /hybrid learning. What have been the lessons for institutions in terms of integrating new learning methods?

How to manage conflict constructively

Valon MURTEZAJ, an expert in international negotiation and diplomacy at IESEG, was the guest on the Changemaker stories podcast. In this episode , he speaks about the different types of conflict that we can face or be impacted by at the individual, organizational levels and conflicts taking place in different international settings. He shares his How to manage conflict constructively

Healthy food choices and the ‘light conundrum’

In this video, Professor Nico HEUVINCK speaks about his research on the way people make healthy food choices. According to the expert, people take around 200 food-related decisions each day. However, less than 15% of these are made consciously. Therefore, people often use mental shortcuts when it comes to choosing food.

Companies and diversity: why does it (sometimes) get stuck? 

Gender, disability, age, appearance… Born in the United States at the end of the 1960s,  the issue of diversity in the professional world only really appeared in the French public debate in the 2000s. Eighteen years after the creation of the Charter for Diversity in the Workplace, which has now been signed by more than 4,000 organizations, where Companies and diversity: why does it (sometimes) get stuck? 

A new look on migration – interview with Simone Moriconi

Simone MORICONI, Director of the School’s Research Center on Family Labor and Migration Economics (IFLAME), was the guest on the Changemaker stories podcast. In this episode, he speaks about different types of migration and some of the changing patterns witnessed in the last years. He also discusses and dispels some of the stereotypes/biases that are often put forward in certain political debates with regards migration and explains some of his research and data on the topic.

What is cultural intelligence and why is it so important to companies?

In an increasingly globalized workplace, many studies have highlighted the value of employees developing their cultural intelligence. The latest Pearson Skills Outlook identifies cultural and social intelligence as one of the 5 ‘power skills’ that are projected to be most in-demand by 2026. Ana CAMARGO and Grant DOUGLAS explain what this skill entails and why it has become so important to companies. They also outline some practical examples of how companies or individuals can hone this skill.