Faced with increasing pressure from consumers and other stakeholders, and the challenges caused by the global pandemic or energy crisis, there has been increasing focus on the sustainability and resilience of companies’ supply chains and management of logistics. We spoke to two IÉSEG faculty members, Verena Ehrler and Ronald McGarvey , about the pressures on … How can companies create more sustainable supply chains?
“Literature and art are the backbone of cultural production, and the most traditional form of expression of ideas”, explain Professor Cristiana Sappa (Professor of law at IÉSEG) and her co-editor Enrico Bonadio (City, University of London in the UK) in the introduction to the new book on “The subjects of artistic and literary copyright” (Edward … How does copyright effect the production & management of literature and art?
Two companies, Veolia (environmental services) and Elabe (research & consultancy,) have just published their first global opinion survey on the topic of ‘ecological transformation’. The aim of this survey is to assess the level of acceptability of ecological & environmental solutions and to analyse the obstacles and levers for action to accelerate this transformation across … Climate change & environmental action: What are the views and expectations of young people?
In this video, Professor Farah Kodeih from IÉSEG School of Management speaks about some of her recent research that looked at how a local NGO supported Syrian refugees in their efforts to rebuild meaningful lives and become less dependent on aid. Training program to help refugees set up small businesses Together with her coauthors Henri … Empowering refugees through entrepreneurial training programs
What role does trust play in the relationship between the French and their banks? Jérémie Bertrand, professor of finance at IÉSEG, takes stock of the situation. Why is trust important in the banking system? Confidence is essential because we are dealing with their core business: asset transformation. A bank will transform short term deposits, which … The banking system and the role of trust
Hierarchies that are too rigid, supervision that is too strict, top down approaches… For employees, working with confidence is not always a matter of course – hence the idea of liberating companies in order to encourage initiative-taking. “A liberated company manages to challenge traditional hierarchical practices,” explains Catherine Archambault, teacher and researcher at IÉSEG. Read … Liberated companies: the challenge of a climate of trust
In this video, Professor Juan Munoz-Morales speaks about his research* which looks at the evaluation of learning in developing countries (educational interventions), and the importance of addressing the diversity of students to better design policies that promote their well-being and ability to learn. Over the last decades, the number of children enrolled in schools in … Educational interventions in developing countries and the children left behind
The impact of the ongoing energy crisis, climate change, the Covid 19 pandemic, or the war in Ukraine: these are just some examples of current societal challenges which create extreme levels of uncertainty for individuals, organisations, companies and policymakers worldwide. Despite the risks involved, all of these groups need to look to make effective decisions in … Making decisions in an uncertain world: bridging theory & practice
Over the last years, a profusion of business models and structures have emerged as a response to different social and environmental challenges. New types of corporate (for-profit) entities with a social mission, such as the benefit corporations in the US, enterprises à mission in France, or community interest companies in the UK, have developed rapidly … Identifying the keys to developing for-profit social enterprises
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has upended the European order as we know it, and that was even before the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline was cut off this week. While the bloc gets down to grappling with the unfolding energy crisis, the question of consolidating its flanks by speeding up the enlargement process … War in Ukraine: has the time for EU enlargement arrived?