An opportunity to rebuild cities better than before
Real estate expert Francesca Heathcote comments on an article claiming that the pandemic economy has accelerated the need to reinvent the office market.
Family business: a double-edged structure
Inspired by a 2020 survey from Deloitte, Victoria Chantron, ESCP student and writer for Streams, outlines some of the greatest challenges and opportunities facing family businesses.
Logistics workers keeping the global supply chain moving can also disrupt it
Prof. Valentina Carbone & PhD candidate Tra-My Le review a book showing how these workers constituting the backbone of supply chains can use their power to resist poor working conditions.
The future of online education will take place in Learning eXperience Platforms
By bridging the gap between the worlds of education and business, Learning Experience Platforms rethink the learning experience with more human interaction through advanced digital tools.
Corporate globalisation is an imaginary enemy!
Prof. Régis Coeurderoy comments on the global coverage of the merger between Suez and Veolia, going against the flow of false beliefs spread about the few, vulnerable global firms by the Don Quixotes of this world.
The Danone controversy raises questions about the meaning of CSR
According to ESCP Prof. Jean-Marc Daniel, the toppling of former Danone CEO Emmanuel Faber illustrates the limitations of certain ideological assumptions.
Entrepreneur, from father to son?
Prof. Frédéric Fréry comments on a publication by Henry Mintzberg who admittedly is “a fan of family business, if only it could resolve its problems of succession…”
Taxi rides go a long way towards explaining the overwork culture
Through original research, Prof. Vasudevan confirms the doubts raised by a recent article from the Financial Times about excessive workload in banks.
How can family business drive the post-Covid recovery?
Prof. Francesco Rattalino comments on an article reasserting the established fact that family firms tend to do well in disasters and explains how their example could help.
Why do we need to change the faces of success?
ESCP graduate N’Geur Sarr reacts to a McKinsey report showing that the business case for inclusion and diversity is stronger than ever.
A critique of the tyranny of metrics and figures
Prof. Ghislain Deslandes reviews The Tyranny of Metrics, a book about how the obsession with quantifying human performance threatens business, medicine, education, government – and the quality of our lives.
Making the case for women in times of crisis
“Men alone cannot build another world. We have to do it together.” Key takeaways from ESCP Business School’s Executive Education roundtable on International Women’s Day 2021.
