We Zoom, we email, we chat in Teams… a host of online tools and apps help us connect with colleagues and customers, wherever they are in the world. Exciting new opportunities for collaboration come in the form of immersive and fully configurable virtual worlds. But first, can we find ways of tackling the uncertainties and distrust people harbor about these online environments?
HEC Paris Ph.D. student Huan Tang was rewarded the 2020 AQR Top Finance Graduate Award. This prize rewards the six best finance Ph.D. graduates in the world. Huan works on the value that consumers place on the privacy of information in online bank lending platforms, under the supervision of Johan Hombert, HEC Paris professor of finance. In this interview, Huan explains what her latest research brings to the field of data privacy in online banking and FinTechs.
The tech sector lures many a young graduate. But when it booms, dot-com workers may find that their once attractive salaries don't keep pace with those of workers in other areas in the long run. A duo of researchers explains why joining the booming tech sector may be a riskier career choice than appears.
How can herding and social media word-of-mouth increase the demand online? In this interview, Xitong Li, Associate Professor of Information Systems at HEC Paris, unveils his latest research co-authored by Lynn Wu of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, revealing what they have found from Groupon’s combination of both techniques.
