EDHEC Vox newsletters 2024-2025

(#9) Entrepreneurs: with great potential comes great responsibility?

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Right from the start, entrepreneurs have dozens of decisions to make. But their motivations are varied, even contrasting: spreading an innovation, making a name for themselves, earning a living, improving a part of everyday life...

Until recently, startups mainly faced a market: now they also face society and its stakeholders, who expect them to be ethical and sustainable.

Why and how can they avoid creating ‘ESG debt’? What examples can inspire? Why adopt an approach that is by design, cross-functional and as close as possible to its communities? Is there a possible path to post-growth?

• Startup with a mission: navigating with a strategic compass from the outset - By Justine Soudier and Yasmine Machwate 

• Why and how we should add ethics to entrepreneurship education - By Jana Thiel

• [Case by case #8] P. Daly et S. Ruaud - Fashion and responsible entrepreneurship: the story of La Gentle Factory - An interview with Peter Daly and Sabine Ruaud

• 4 questions to Thomas B. Long about entrepreneurship and post-growth - An interview with Thomas B Long

• [#dataviz] Entrepreneurs: have you heard of the "ESG Debt"? - By Ludovic Cailluet, Justine Soudier and Yasmine Machwate

• The rise of Latino entrepreneurship in the United States - By Maria Figueroa-Armijos and Corinne Valdivia

• (Call for participation) Entrepreneurs: understanding stress, mental health and well-being to manage them better - By Fabian Bernhard and Erika Ni
   
• Meet René Rohrbeck, a Professor of strategy who uses foresight as a lever for impact - A Portrait of René Rohrbeck

(#10) New Generations: Old Questions?

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“Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life” (H. H. Asquith)

This quote from the beginning of the 20th century doesn't seem to have aged a day, and neither do the underlying questions that inevitably spring to mind when you read it.

Are we collectively aware of the obstacles young people encounter in integrating into society? Because they are (seen as) an essential force for change, is there too much pressure on their shoulders? Between the need for autonomy, help, control or else, are we really giving them the means to be understood and listened to?

• 3 questions to Manuelle Malot (EDHEC) on the ‘candidate experience’ as seen by GenZ and recruiters - An interview with Manuelle Malot 

• Is pride an asset or a hindrance for the future successor(s) of a family business -By Fabian Bernard

• 5 questions to Laura Lacombe (EDHEC) on gender differences in career aspirations - An interview with Laura Lacombe

• Teenagers and advertising: navigating identity in a world of consumption - By Hua Li 

• What we know about the new generations of higher education graduates and their relationship to professional life - By Geneviève Houriet Segard & Manuelle Malot

• Jewellery: can synthetic diamonds and CSR appeal to millennials? - By Sabine Ruaud, Catherine Lejealle and Thierry Delecolle

• Meet Michael Antioco, a Dean of Faculty & Research who thrives on learning and nurturing talent - A portrait of Michael Antioco

(#11) Is sustainability accounting set to change the game? 

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Now we know: no single tool, no magic wand, has enough power to slow our march towards an overheating world. But we also know that the response can only be plural.

Over the last two decades, companies have been undergoing a silent revolution in accounting and reporting which could, at its own level, contribute to significant change: a philosophical revolution, around the issues of value creation and destruction; a cultural one, on the weight of the sacrosanct figures and the growing role of diverse stakeholders; an organizational one, with new frameworks, approaches and jobs; and a regulatory one, that drives all the other aspects, under pressure from Europe.

• Sustainability narratives in accounting: How to move beyond window-dressing - By Bastiaan van der Linden 

• Why corporate transparency won't be enough to ‘save’ nature - By Madlen Sobkowiak 
   
• 4 questions to Pascale Taddei on the challenges and adoption of socio-environmental accounting - An interview with Pascale Taddei
   
• Accounting and management control: how can they help manage the contradictions of hybrid companies? - By Aziza Laguecir 

• Marek Reuter: "Achieving the TCFD’s vision of risk transparency is far more complex than it might appear" - An interview with Marek Reuter

• Meet Madlen Sobkowiak, an Associate Professor you can count on to make sustainability a business reality - A portrait of Madlen Sobkowiak