The usefulness of consultancies: An old issue in need of new answers… and new questions
Tristan Dupas-Amory comments on a cover story of The Economist seemingly questioning management consultants’ usefulness.
Algorithms in HR: for better or for worse?
Catherine Lespérance explains why the use of algorithms to determine whether an employee is efficient enough to stay on the payroll is controversial, and how to overcome the challenges of using algorithms in human resources to better modernise HR departments.
A way for decision-makers to ensure things don’t escalate: The maximum ‘acceptable loss’
Sometimes, projects get out of hand but leaders keep at it. Prof. Frédéric Fréry explains how to put a stop to the ‘escalation of commitment’.
If you build the metaverse, will consumers come?
Chris Dixon, who is well-versed in all things digital, comments on an article by Ben Voyer asking if the metaverse is like in the movie Field of Dreams: something to wish for.
Digital colonization: how Big Tech companies use data to enter regulated markets
Louis-David Benyayer takes a look at a scientific paper shedding light on the process by which big tech companies use data to enter regulated markets.
“3D printing is no miracle cure for the fashion industry’s unsustainability”
Marlene Hohn and Christian Durach comment on an article claiming that 3D printing could be the key to a sustainable fashion industry.
When experts beat the crowd
Louis-David Benyayer takes a look at a scientific paper showing that system-generated recommendations are not always more efficient than experts’.
“It’s not a matter of how much more resilient global supply chains should become, but how they do it”
Tra My Le comments on an article published by The Economist claiming that too much supply chain resilience is dangerous.
Management strategy: three key rules for success
Frédéric Fréry explains why management models like the BCG Matrix and Blue Ocean Strategy are so successful, and what we can learn from it.
“Many are resigned, and only a few are deserting”
Large numbers of resignations are being overshadowed by the controversy around the symptoms of the rupture between young people and the “meaning of work”.
Blitzscaling strategies, the financial blitzkrieg craze
Do you know the story of GoPuff, Gorillas and Getir, among others? Prof. Frédéric Fréry explains how this military doctrine applies to the economic field.
“Making mistakes is one of the most important learning tools”
Ben Voyer comments on an article about the resignation of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, and shares how he sees failure as an educator and researcher.
