Pr. Jerry Wind: “AI offers the opportunity to challenge the educational paradigm”
According to Jerry Wind, the educational system is in crisis. To solve it, he advocates the idea of an AI-Enabled new educational paradigm.
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SKEMA Knowledge – Jerry Wind explains the AI-Enabled new educational paradigm
According to Jerry Wind, the lauder Professor emeritus of Marketing academic Director from the Wharton School (The University of Pennsylvania), the educational system is in crisis. To solve it, he advocates the idea of an AI-Enabled new educational paradigm. The…
A leader is above all a person who is aware of her body
Our body is so obvious that we are not even aware of it. Yet it speaks as much as our words or all the methods we put in place. Desmond McGetrick, Director of the MASTÈRE SPÉCIALISÉ® Project and Programme Management & Business Development at SKEMA's Grand Paris Campus, is inspired by the work of Arawana Hayashi to teach his students: being a leader begins with your body.
Strive to Survive – Why Europe’s in Danger of Losing its F1 Offspring
As Formula 1 is back in the spotlight thanks to the release of the fifth season of Netflix successful series Drive to Survive, it is no accident that the F1 World Championship will start once again in Bahrain this year. The biggest car competition needs to adapt to the geopolitical changes of the World. And to deal with new stakeholders' interests...
Is ChatGPT really a threat to the world of education?
ChatGPT's prowess has intrigued as much as it has worried. The world of education is one of the first to be targeted. But beyond the risks it implies, this new technological revolution, made possible by artificial intelligence, is an opportunity for higher education. To reinvent itself and keep up with society.
Sexual Harassment: three wise Human resources
The “MeToo” wave was supposed to change things. While it probably helped to raise awareness, what practical consequences has it had in the corporate world? Until now, research has paid very little attention to how Human resources deal with sexual…
Theory U: How to accompany students in the face of uncertainty?
Training future project managers requires group building and interpersonal skills more than any other course. But how can this be achieved remotely in an uncertain context? This is the challenge taken up by Desmond McGetrick, Professor of Organizational Development at…
How to give students an international experience during a pandemic
The Covid-19 travel restrictions dramatically reduced the number of student exchanges around the world in September 2020. Having fewer exchange students in the BBA International Business class forced me to think out of the box to find new ways to…
Forecasting the present: The role of Google data in assessing real-time economic conditions
What if we could forecast the present? If you are not an economist, this question may seem silly. For example, if you want to know the weather today, all you have to do is to open the window and to…
Why Ronaldo’s move to Saudi Arabia increases the chances of an AfroEurasian World Cup
Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Saudi Arabian club Al Nass is much more than sporting news. It reveals a great deal about Saudi Arabia’s ambitions, particularly its desire to establish a position as an AfroEurasian hub. It is an interesting coincidence,…
World Cup 2022: who won the prize for ‘soft power’?
Argentina wasn’t the only winner of the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar, there were other, bigger soft power victors. After four weeks, 64 games and more than a decade of controversy, Argentina has won the Fifa men’s World Cup in Qatar. And…
“The next World Cups might be consumed inside the metavers”
World Cup in Qatar is about Football, and Geopolitics. Every week, Simon Chadwick analyses the main aspects of the tournament. Today, the Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy at SKEMA Business School tells us about the various impacts of the tournament on the economy,…
Melting ice a hot topic: Trust in sea ice information products essential to safely navigate a changing Arctic Ocean
As the world faces terminal loss of Arctic sea ice during the summer months, scientists are rushing to develop new ways to accurately map and predict sea ice presence in the Arctic Ocean. But what determines whether newly developed sea…
Elisabeth Hildt: “AI is about knowing what makes us human”
She is a world reference in philosophical and ethical aspects of science and technology. Professor Elisabeth Hildt (Illinois Institute of Technology) was SKEMA Business School‘s special guest, on December 8th, for a very insightful and inspiring seminar on “Assessing Trustworthy…
“Not only Qatar is projecting its soft power during this World Cup”
World Cup in Qatar is about Football, and Geopolitics. Every week, Simon Chadwick analyses the main aspects of the tournament. Today, the Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy at SKEMA Business School tells us about soft power, sportswashing and transnationalism. Let’s hear him. Is…
“Saudi Arabia sees Cristiano Ronaldo as an ambassador to host the 2030 World Cup”
World Cup in Qatar is about Football, and Geopolitics. Every week, Simon Chadwick analyses the main aspects of the tournament. Today, the Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy at SKEMA Business School tells us about the Gulf region, Saudi Arabia and the…
World Cup in Qatar: a week of intense debate
World Cup in Qatar is about Football, and Geopolitics. Every week, Simon Chadwick analyses the main aspects of the tournament. Today, the Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy at SKEMA Business School tells us about fans, sponsors and the building of the Qatari nation. Let's hear him.
“Don’t drink black coffee during Black Friday”
Bruna Jochims, assistant professor of Marketing of SKEMA Business School, took part in a study recently published in the Journal of Marketing. Its resounding conclusion is that “consuming caffeine before shopping leads to higher spending”. The behavior of more than 300 shoppers was observed in two stores in France and Spain and revealed that it was especially the case of non-essential items. You should read our interview with her before the Black Friday and the Christmas rush.
Gone with the sand: what will we remember of brand Qatar?
The current FIFA World Cup is the most valuable part of Brand Qatar to become a synonym for excellence in the eyes of some international observers and consumers. But faced with a series of controversies, will the strategy aimed at making the Brand Qatar ‘the best’ be a success or a failure?
Artificial Intelligence as a key tool for information security management against cyber risks
The greater the digital acceleration, the greater the cyber risks. The growing complexity this entails requires a tool to control it. This is why Artificial Intelligence (AI) can play a major role in ensuring safer progress.
2022 Report – Artificial Intelligence, Technologies and Key Players
Discover the SKEMA Business School report on Artificial Intelligence. It provides a map of AI activities and expertise in different countries and highlights the particularities of how innovation systems are organised in the countries that contributes the most to the…
VIDEO – Can intuition be useful in extreme situations?
Intuition and reflection, the eternal struggle. Marlon Alves, assistant professor of Strategy at SKEMA Business School, together with Vincenzo Vastola, Simone Galina, and Maurizio Zollo examined the role of intuition and reflection on team adaptation in extreme situations. And the…
Can intuition be useful in extreme situations?
Video abstract for the paper "When Reflection Hurts: The Effect of Cognitive Processing Types on Organizational Adaptation to Discontinuous Change" authored by Alves, M. F. R., Vastola, V., Galina, S. and Zollo, M. published in the Organization Science (2022). This…
World Cup: Qatar rushes to win the mind game
As the World Cup is coming, Qatar is struggling with increasing criticism from every part. So as not to let the event be spoiled, the emirate hardens its attitude and hurries to finish the preparations, in order to change the perceptions of the World.
Students drive the learning journey: How we designed a peer-to-peer multicampus learning experience
Innovation is easy to talk about, but difficult to do! It is difficult to convey the challenges of managing innovation without fully immersing students in a practical environment. So when Covid 19 locked everyone behind a screen, we needed to…
Learning Different Series: 360 Learning – Achieving mastery in a different way
"In the past financial modelling courses I taught, I would always use the same case study for the exams, but often felt the limitations of this. What I wanted for my students was a challenging multi-faceted activity that would make…
Interview with Margherita Pagani and Renaud Champion | SKEMA
An interview with Margherita Pagani and Renaud Champion, editors of the book Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Value Creation, in which they talk about how AI impacts sustainable value creation, human-centric AI, and more. ******* 🔺 About SKEMA Business School 🔻…
The American prison system or the business of incarceration
The United States has the highest prison population rate in the world with 655 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants – nearly six times more than China – and is home to a quarter of the world’s convicts. Might the land of the free also be the land of freedom deprivation? Undoubtedly, but it is also the land of business opportunity, where half of inmates work in prison, sometimes for the private sector. A business that generates several billion dollars in profit each year…
Sanctions, a geoeconomic weapon in the age of globalisation
In 1989, in a prophetic article, Edward Luttwak heralded the advent of geoeconomics. He believed that in the dual context of globalisation and the end of the Cold War, power relationships would be governed more by economics than by military might. The EU’s unprecedented sanctions against Moscow following the invasion of Ukraine have made this revolution in the expression of power strikingly relevant once again. But are sanctions truly effective?
Corporate political connections: how do they affect corporate transparency?
Government interacts with private businesses in a number of ways: it regulates them, it taxes them but it also purchases goods and services from them and it provides financial help to them – which in particular in times of pandemic can be substantial. There is hence clearly an incentive for firms to establish close connections to politicians. What are the economic effects of such connections? And how do they affect corporate transparency?
Should we trust social media analysis? The need for a bridge between computer science and social researchers
The recent EYES (Emerging Youth Early Signs) 2021 report published by SKEMA PUBLIKA used Twitter information to uncover shared sentiments among young people of different countries. Should we trust social media analysis ?
Podcast series #2 – When a development course turns into a hackathon
Welcome in this new podcast of ThinkForward. Join the discussion about a new pedagogical experience that has just been carried out: a No-code computer development course run as a Hackathon. To highlight and share the benefits of this experience we…
Pandemic crisis and risks of state failure in EU’s aid recipients: An opportunity for promoting governance-linked development policy.
In the aftermath of the pandemic crisis, a number of already weak countries will fall in deep economic and social distress. That raises the question of the efficiency of official development aid coupled with debt relief to pull countries out of poverty when bad governance is endemic ...
Is a “mass employee exodus” on the cards after COVID-19
Since the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic, several studies and reports have highlighted the need to change the way organisations are designed, particularly in terms of structural configuration and work organisation, to models favouring agility and resilience in order to better withstand this crisis and prepare for the next ones.
Chinawood – There’s no business like show business
In the midst of the economic war between China and the United States, a new, more discreet front has opened up: filmmaking. In a bid for influence, China has launched a bold strategy to develop its film industry. Is Chinawood supplanting Hollywood?
Digital money, private and public: is this the face of the future?
The simultaneous and in some cases competing development of new payment methods, the rise of cryptoassets and the emergence of private and/or central bank digital money. These new solutions pose numerous questions and will have fundamental macroeconomic, political and ecological impacts...
Is Facebook’s Diem the future of cryptocurrency or a financial pipe dream?
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took everyone by surprise on 29 October last year when he announced not only the parent company’s change of name to “Meta”, but also the imminent creation of a virtual world, the “Metaverse”, to exist beyond…
Is Warren Buffett the exception that proves the rule?
Warren Buffett is generally considered to be one of the world’s most talented investors. His recurrent impressive performances over a forty-year period have made him a legend, contradicting the efficient market hypothesis.
Does his performance demonstrate a special talent, or is it all down to luck?
Steel, a modern pharmakon
Revolutionary in its time, steel has become a material of vital importance to our modern economies. The list of steel-using industries is long, ranging from construction to transport and leading-edge technology. Yet, the extraction and refining processes involved in steelmaking produce 5 to 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions....
Podcast Series #1- Digitalisation in Finance
The digital transformation has already been taking place significantly in the field of finance over the last ten years, focusing on the new issues and the new needs with the aim of increasing the company's performance. Yet the COVID crisis has strongly accelerated this transformation and has made possible the practices which were previously considered impossible. In this podcast, our guests discuss about how digital transformation has been impacting jobs, skills and operational management.
MARKET EFFICIENCY: LET’S SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT!
In the book "Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy" Raghuram Rajan asks why, during the 2006 crisis, the banks whose share prices had risen the furthest were in fact the worst performers. Given that all public information is reflected into the stock prices, shouldn’t they reflect the quality of the balance sheet and the potential for profit? Is this proof of market inefficiency?
Breaking out of chrysalis-How theatre can transform a student
In this video, Prof. Mary-Jane Michaelides gives an inside perspective into the specialised programme on sustainable development, offered in the second semester of the Master in Management (PGE) programme.
Periods, the ‘universality of terror’?
It was 45 years ago, but it seems like yesterday: in 1976, the horror film Carrie told the story of a young girl exhibiting supernatural powers which her mother associated with the start of menstruation. This story has its roots in ancient beliefs linking menstrual cycles, lunar cycles and magic. It is also a reminder of the extent to which, even today, menstrual bleeding can be taboo.
Médecins Sans Frontières, a pioneer of the NGO business model
Understanding the NGO business model requires a paradigm shift, because the indicators used in the models of for-profit organisations (profitability to finance investments that will generate economic growth and more profit) do not apply to non-profit organisations.
What is the most profitable way to sell ? Evidences from research
Auctions are commonly used in many different situations (art, fish, flowers, etc). But at the same time, many products are sold through posted prices or negotiations. In the joint article with Dan Bernhardt and Tingjun Liu, published in Journal of Economic Theory, we identified the "value discovery" as the merit and the "participation cost" as the demerit of auctions in order to study the most profitable way to sell.
How I turned my non-technical students into data analyst heroes thanks to no-code AI tools
Last year when I was asked to teach a course of AI & Data analytics in Marketing to non-technical students I really wanted to make sure that my students would understand the outstanding extra-value of applying AI to business....
Geopolitics of climate or geopolitical climate
On 9 August 2021, the IPCC published its latest report. It presents troubling possible climate futures, highlighting in particular an alarming rise in temperatures despite the commitments made by governments. It is clearer than ever that the action, or inaction, of States is pivotal in this matter.
How to cultivate action confidence in an uncertain world?
On my personal journey, I have often wondered how I could look out for others and the planet, without losing sight of my own interests. When I met Theory U by MIT’s Otto Scharmer, it changed my life. This theory offers a framework and steps to build action-confidence in the face of uncertainty....
Interview with Margherita Pagani and Renaud Champion co-editors of the book, Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Value Creation
Interview with Margherita Pagani, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at SKEMA Business School and Renaud Champion, Primnext CEO, co-editors of the new released book Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Value Creation (Edward Elgar Publishing). This book intend to open up the debate…
Circular economy: recognising that change is (also) needed in academia
Numerous players are being invited to change their perspectives to accelerate the transition to the circular economy. The role of the academic sector in this transition will also require a paradigm shift.