ESSEC Business School
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Investing in sustainability efforts to remain competitive
Sustainability is one of the key factors in the decision-making processes of different stakeholders, from customers' purchasing decisions, suppliers' procurement and production considerations, to governments' legislative requirements. Investors have also increasingly prioritized sustainability in their decisions
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Having different visions of ourselves in the future is key
Humankind's vision of the future implies co-evolution: that is, how our self-perception of the future will influence us in the present
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How will the world economy look in 2024
The year ahead is likely to be a year of muddle-through, with middling performance by most economies, and little by way of a growth breakout
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Beancounters in popular culture: The story behind the art
What's the role of visual art in shaping what we think of others? Profs. Mark Christensen, ESSEC Business School, Asia-Pacific and Sébastien Rocher, IAE Nancy School of Management, explore the influence of cultural works on society by studying the ebb and flow of the beancounter image in the comics industry
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Death by a thousand paper cuts: How subtle workplace discrimination can undermine our sense of self
By better understanding how identity threat plays out, organizations can recognize when it's occurring in their midst and react quickly
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Belting out a new tune or going down the same old road?
Part of the reason why the BRI continues to evoke such mixed sentiments is because the plan has never been all that well-defined
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The Hikikomori Phenomenon – is Information Technology really to blame?
Jan Ondrus, Associate Professor of Information Systems and Associate Dean of Faculty at ESSEC Asia-Pacific, shares initial research into the Hikikomori phenomenon — the gradual withdrawal into the virtual world and behavioural extremes — and the influence of IT
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The promise and peril of artificial intelligence as a general purpose technology
AI has forced many white-collar workers to confront a suddenly-uncertain future. Until now, the specter of technological progress had always come for the blue-collar job
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What are the objectives of the war in Ukraine?
The problem in Ukraine is that there are several war objectives, and it is difficult to satisfy them all
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Narrative reviews: A powerful tool for businesses
Is there an ideal type of customer review? Professor Tuck Siong Chung, ESSEC Asia-Pacific, and his fellow researchers explain why narrative reviews containing the product/service experience and emotional journey, are better at improving sales than just technical differentiators and stats
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Crisis, crisis, everywhere
As the smoke clears and financial markets return to an uneasy calm, it has become clear that the crisis could easily have been more severe