HEC Paris

About: HEC Paris is a education organization based out in Jouy-en-Josas, France. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Market liquidity & Entrepreneurship. The organization has 584 authors who have published 2756 publications receiving 104467 citations. The organization is also known as: Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales & HEC School of Management Paris.

Publishing in the right place or publishing the right thing: journal targeting and citations' strategies for promotion and tenure committees

Abstract: Over the past decades business schools have experienced an increasing demand for their diplomas. The business press noticed and set about ranking these programmes. This paper outlines the various ranking criteria and focuses on the last bit of policy prescription it outlines, namely to publish in 'high quality' journals. It is here it where, it is suggested, certain perverse effects of the business school ranking system are apparent.

Exploring the link between the humanitarian logistician and training needs

Abstract: Purpose – The aim of this paper is to evaluate job profiles in humanitarian logistics, and assess current task priorities in light of further training and educational needs. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents findings from a survey among humanitarian logistics practitioners and compares these to other studies in this area. It uses econometric models to evaluate the impact of managerial responsibilities in training needs, usage of time and previous training. Findings – The results show that the skills required in humanitarian logistics seem to follow the T-shaped skills model from Mangan and Christopher when looking at training wanted and time usage. Research limitations/implications – Survey respondents being members of the Humanitarian Logistics Association (HLA) may be more interested in developing the humanitarian logistics profession than other populations. Originality/value – This paper offers an insight in the specific skill requirements of humanitarian logisticians from members of the...

Advancing strategy and organization research in concert: Towards an integrated model?:

Abstract: Over the past three decades, two streams of research have grown significantly, both of which aim at understanding the sources and consequences of organizations’ superior abilities to meet or exceed expectations. On the one hand, institutional research has developed an ambitious theory of organizational behaviour based on the analysis of the conformity pressures that constrain decisionmakers, helping explain various types of decisions leading to legitimacy advantages for organizations (DiMaggio and Powell, 1983; Meyer and Rowan, 1977; Zucker, 1977). Depending on their industry standing (status, centrality, or affiliations), their control over resource suppliers, or their positioning relative to regulative and legal processes, firms adopt practices, structures and rules to increase their likelihood of survival (Deephouse, 1999; Deephouse and Suchman, 2008). They can also modify which logics they adopt in the face of changing environmental conditions, which may in turn confer legitimacy on pure players, entrants or hybrids (Battilana and Dorado, 2010; Thornton et al., 2012; Zietsma and Lawrence, 2010). On the other hand, strategy literature focuses on explaining why and how some firms achieve sustained over-performance, i.e. why and how their returns exceed their shareholders’ expectations. Although some attempts at rapprochement between these two perspectives have emerged recently (Ahuja and Yayavaram, 2011; Baum and Dobbin, 2000; Greenwood et al, 2010; Ingram and Silverman, 2002), it seems that more progress and crossfertilization exist between strategy research and the sociological approach to institutionalism. In this essay, I sketch out the conditions by which this might be possible, and what fruitful areas of investigation would then emerge for each stream. I propose a model of how they intersect that would account for many observable economic and social phenomena, and which I (tentatively) call the IOS (Institution, Organization and Strategy) model.

Buzz et recommandations sur Internet: quels effets sur le box-office?

Abstract: Dans le secteur cinematographique, les spectateurs potentiels ont aujourd'hui la possibilite de se renseigner sur Internet pour connaitre les recommandations des critiques et celles des internautes. Or, plus cette recommandation est portee par un grand nombre d'individus, plus elle fait du bruit: du « buzz ». Cette recherche explore dans quelle mesure ces buzz en ligne peuvent etre predicteurs et/ou influenceurs du box-office, en particulier apres la semaine de lancement.Une experimentation de terrain menee sur 534 films montre que les buzz et plus precisement les recommandations affichees sur le site allocine.com sont significativement correlees au box-office apres la premiere semaine. Differents developpements montrent que ces recommandations peuvent non seulement predire, mais aussi influencer le box-office.