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Sylvie GERVAIS

Affiliate Professor

Languages & Cultures

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Biography

Sylvie Gervais is a Professor of French as a Foreign Language in the HEC Paris MBA program, and is also in charge of designing and organizing French as a Foreign Language courses. Before joining HEC Paris, she taught French in the UK for corporations and for a number of academic and cultural institutions.

Scientific articles

Is Bitcoin a Decentralized Currency ?

IEEE Security & Privacy, May-June 2014, vol. 12, n° 3, pp 54-60, (in coll. with V. CAPKUN, G. O. KARAME, S. CAPKUN)

Retour sur l'imputation des charges indirectes en comptabilié de gestion : comment bien spécifier les activités et leurs inducteurs ?

Comptabilité Contrôle Audit, december, 2 2006, vol. 1, n° 12, (in coll. with C. LESAGE)

Books

Le Babel des proverbes

Studyrama (in coll. with A. BENALI, H. BRODERSEN, A. DELMOTTE, J. REITH )

Chapters in edited books

Les proverbes en français

Les Proverbes Dans Toutes Les Langues, Abdelghani Benali, Hans Brodersen, Axel Delmotte, Sylvie Gervais et Jocelyne Reith, Linguarama

Scientific articles

Is Bitcoin a Decentralized Currency ?

IEEE Security & Privacy, May-June 2014, vol. 12, n° 3, pp 54-60, (in coll. with V. CAPKUN, G. O. KARAME, S. CAPKUN)

Retour sur l'imputation des charges indirectes en comptabilié de gestion : comment bien spécifier les activités et leurs inducteurs ?

Comptabilité Contrôle Audit, december, 2 2006, vol. 1, n° 12, (in coll. with C. LESAGE)

Books

Le Babel des proverbes

Studyrama (in coll. with A. BENALI, H. BRODERSEN, A. DELMOTTE, J. REITH )

Chapters in edited books

Les proverbes en français

Les Proverbes Dans Toutes Les Langues, Abdelghani Benali, Hans Brodersen, Axel Delmotte, Sylvie Gervais et Jocelyne Reith, Linguarama

Education

  • Master in Language Didactics for French as a Foreign Language, Université du Littoral - Côte d'Opale - France
  • B.A. in Foreign Languages with Business, English and Spanish, Université de Toulouse - France

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2020-2022 Department Head, Languages and Cultures Department HEC Paris
  • 2004- Affiliate Professor HEC Paris

External Academic Responsibilities

  • 1999- Lecturer in General and Business French London Business School