In this episode of Changemaker stories, Professor Lauren Waardenburg discusses the development of artificial intelligence and its implications for companies and organizations. Author of a recent book on managing AI, she also looks at the ethical questions that its development can pose. Listen to the full podcast here: September 2023: Please note that Lauren Waardenburg no … Managing artificial intelligence wisely
In this video, Professor Lucas Amaral Lauriano, speaks about his recent research which looked at ways social media can complicate the lives of gay employees. Together with his co-author Thiago Coacci (Federal University of Minas Gerais), they spent 480 hours observing working teams and interviewed 18 gay employees from the Latin American subsidiary of an … The challenges of social media for gay employees
In this episode of Changemaker stories, Professor Nico Heuvinck talks about the factors that influence consumers’ choices on healthy eating. Healthy eating choices A professor of Marketing, he explains how many of consumers’ choices are not necessarily conscious – and discusses how consumers can be made aware and educated in their decision making. Listen to … Helping consumers make informed healthy eating decisions
In this video (“questioning the growth dogma”), Cyrine Ben-Hafaïedh, Professor of Entrepreneurship & Strategy, speaks about her work on growth and profitability. Professor Ben-Hafaïedh and her co-author (Professor Anais Hamelin from EM Strasbourg) used a database of over 650,000 small and medium enterprises (SME) from different sectors in Europe, which represent nearly 40% of SMEs … Questioning the growth dogma
In this episode of Changemaker stories, Professor Gouri Mohan from IÉSEG discusses different approaches to leadership. Leadership and diversity A former HR Manager with Coca Cola in India, she speaks about different definitions of leadership, different national and cultural leadership approaches and perceptions of leaders, and how she teaches leadership in her different classes. Listen … Different approaches to leadership with Professor Gouri Mohan
In this video, Deva Rangarajan and Bert Paesbrugghe, Professors at IÉSEG, give insights into their research on business-to-business selling post pandemic. They explain how firms have adapted to the changes that have occurred over the last years and how their findings can be used by sales managers. The full research paper (Business-to-business selling in the … Business-to-business selling in the post Covid-19 era
The Russian response to Western sanctions took a rather original form on Monday 7 March: to draw up a list of “hostile” countries and to authorise Russian individuals and companies to repay their debts in roubles, despite the fact that the credit was contracted in another currency. On this list, we find the countries of … Debt repayment in roubles, a possible economic counterattack for Russia?
In this video, Julie Bayle-Cordier, Professor of Strategy and Sustainability at IÉSEG speaks, about her recent research on corporate mindfulness. The researchers carried out a systematic literature review of research on corporate mindfulness in management journals published between 1999 and January 2020. From this work they propose a model that links different streams of the literature … A new model of corporate mindfulness
In this episode of Changemaker stories, Professor Hayley Walker shares her insights in to the negotiations that take place at the UN Climate Change Conferences of the Parties (COP). A Professor of International Negotiation at IÉSEG, she has carried out research on the Danish and French Presidencies, and is also a principal at the non-profit … Behind the scenes of COP negotiations
Despite a growing number of legal measures, discrimination against women remains omnipresent throughout the world, and more specifically in terms of access to banking services. In 2008, for example, the Bank of Ghana enacted the Borrowers and Lenders Act, designed to prohibit all forms of discrimination in the allocation of credit. Yet, according to studies … Access to credit: do laws (really) protect women around the world?