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: Investment (macroeconomics) & Market liquidity. 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.

Macro MOOC learning analytics: exploring trends across global and regional providers

Abstract: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have opened new educational possibilities for learners around the world. Most of the research and spotlight has been concentrated on a handful of global, English-language providers, but there are a growing number of regional providers of MOOCS in languages other than English. In this work, we have partnered with thirteen MOOC providers from around the world. We apply a multi-platform approach generating a joint and comparable analysis with data from millions of learners. This allows us to examine learning analytics trends at a macro level across various MOOC providers, with a goal of understanding which MOOC trends are globally universal and which of them are context-dependent. The analysis reports preliminary results on the differences and similarities of trends based on the country of origin, level of education, gender and age of their learners across global and regional MOOC providers. This study exemplifies the potential of macro learning analytics in MOOCs to understand the ecosystem and inform the whole community, while calling for more large scale studies in learning analytics through partnerships among researchers and institutions.

Representation theorems and the semantics of decision-theoretic concepts

Abstract: Contemporary decision theory places crucial emphasis on a family of mathematical results called representation theorems, which relate criteria for evaluating the available options (such as the expected utility criterion) to axioms pertaining to the decision-maker’s preferences (for example, the transitivity axiom). Various claims have been made concerning the reasons for the importance of these results. The goal of this article is to assess their semantic role: representation theorems are purported to provide definitions of the decision-theoretic concepts involved in the evaluation criteria (such as those of utility or subjective probability that feature in the subjective expected utility criterion). In particular, this claim shall be examined from the perspective of philosophical theories of the meaning of theoretical terms.

The World Price of Foreign Exchange Risk: Some Synthetic Comments

Abstract: International asset pricing requires to take into account currency risk. Equilibrium models of the international capital market show that risk premia should be associated with currency risks. This is supported by empirical evidence. This paper reviews the existing theoretical and empirical literature and discusses their practical implications.

Tableaux de bord et balanced scorecards

Abstract: A la fois tres pedagogique et bâti sur des cas reels, cet ouvrage propose deux demarches methodologiques complementaires pour mettre au point des indicateurs de pilotage utiles aux dirigeants d'entreprise : l'approche francaise de construction de tableaux de bord et la demarche americaine de mise au point d'un balanced scorecard.