We are told Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be a threat for business creativity. In her new book, Margherita Pagani, the Director of SKEMA Centre for Artificial Intelligence, demonstrates its a nonsense. She answers our questions. Margherita Pagani’s new book “Artificial…
Given Saudi Arabia’s recent spectacular moves into sport and entertainment, you might think that their influence is nascent and temporary. But the network of Saudi investments is already very broad, and its ambitions are out of all proportion to those…
Each month, Frédéric Munier, Director of the School of Geopolitics at SKEMA Business School, publishes a column in the magazine Pour l’Éco. One year after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, he focused on a paradox: the world’s second military power expected…
The Gen Z students are not known to be the easiest to interest. So, I had to think of a solution with SKEMA’s Direction of Innovation and Learner Experience. In order to catch their attention, we decided to gamify their…
Does the colonial history of sub-Saharan African countries still play a role in their economic performance? Ioannis Bournakis (SKEMA Business School), Marian Rizov and Dimitris Christopoulos compared the performance of 35 of these countries over more than 40 years: those…
Each month, Frédéric Munier, Director of the School of Geopolitics at SKEMA Business School, publishes a column in the magazine Pour l’Éco. In April 2023, he focused on the relationship between France and Africa. A pitiful departure from Burkina Faso,…
Conflicts in the workplace are often invisible. But they have a major impact on the morale and efficiency of employees, and therefore on the company. The psychological approach we have taken to this scourge, which affects every company, helps us…
This is not a new phenomenon, but it is beginning to emerge. Eco-anxiety or climate anxiety affects a much larger proportion of the population than is generally thought. Its effects, more or less obvious, can even have serious consequences for…
Saudi Arabia has just kick-started a new era in world sport: the men’s professional golf circuits, the PGA Tour, the DP Tour and the LIV, backed by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, have merged. It’s a deal that will take…
Who will win the Champions League, Manchester City or Inter Milan? From a sporting point of view, all football fans will be in front of their screens to find out. But from a geopolitical one, reaching the final of Europe’s…
The issue of abortion in the Middle East is too often reduced to that of religion. But depending on the time and place, it is not perceived in the same way everywhere. Abortion has been, and still is, one of…
Is there any border between business, Artifical Intelligence (AI) and creativity? Neil Maden (Director, National Centre for Creativity enabled by AI, Bayes Business School) tries to link them all together. As the guest of the thought-provoking seminar by SKEMA Center…
The economy needs innovation to thrive. But innovation is risky and does not always bring immediate benefits. The economy therefore needs banks to finance innovation projects, but these are apparently not the most profitable in the short term for banks.…
While the prevalence of equity crowdfunding has increased, investors have had very few opportunities to exit such investments. Thus, several equity crowdfunding platforms have started considering the development of secondary markets for buying and selling shares. Using detailed data from…
Wrexham AFC, one of world’s oldest football clubs has been lifted from obscurity and returned to sporting success after being bought by two Holywood stars: Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. This fairy tale is fuelled by Disney and various trendy…
Football has entered a new era. Mergers and acquisitions’ one. It offers new opportunities for big clubs and smaller ones, but this represents a new challenge for the sport: what about equity in a business world? The examples of Strasbourg…
While others are multiplying the loaves, Saudi Arabia is growing oases in the middle of the desert. That is what it is claiming, at least, amid much publicity. The Middle East’s largest oil-exporting country is to build NEOM, an immense…
The Covid-19 crisis and its aftermath have allowed companies to make excess profits. Our study shows that a tax on these excess profits could compensate those who have suffered most from the crisis. Recent geopolitical events have demonstrated that a…
Any project manager needs an inspiring voice. And Pierre Le Manh’s one is among the most impacting. The CEO and president of Project Management Institute (PMI) offers us his vision and advice for young project managers. He reminds us of…
Their mission has always been the same: to carry out a project. But the way they do it has been evolving for 60 years. Project managers are the embodiment of agility within a company. Training them therefore requires constant adaptation,…
Desmond McGetrick is the highly committed Program Director of the Mastère Spécialisé® Manager des Projets et Programmes at SKEMA Business School in Paris. With a mission, he embodies the program both physically and spiritually. So much so that the program…
New technologies and AI are presented as progress intended to simplify our lives, and our work. However, sometimes the opposite is true. Barbara Ribeiro, associate professor at SKEMA Business School, and her team conducted research in a scientific team on…
Saudi Arabia is becoming a sporting superpower. You think it is pure vanity? It’s not, it’s a well thought-out strategy to respond to national and international new challenges, a necessity to maintain and strengthen the kingdom’s influence. Boxing purists may argue over…
For several years now, the International Women’s Rights Day has become routine. And in a way, that’s good! But this inclusion in the societal landscape should not lead us to believe that the fight for gender justice and equality is…
According to Jerry Wind, the educational system is in crisis. To solve it, he advocates the idea of an 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…
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.
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...
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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 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.
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.
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?
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
"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…
