Students and Faculty

Entrepreneurship and Digital Innovation HEC - TUM Summer Program

Students in class

51%

Women

Nationalities represented

55%

Student nationalities outside of Europe

Average age

48%

Post-bachelor's level

29%

Non-business background

*Total Summer School 2024 Profiles

Some Students' Home Academic Institutions in 2024

Vienna University, Austria
Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil
McGill University, Canada
University of British Columbia, Canada
FUDAN University, China
Peking University, China,
Shanghai University, China
Sciences Po Paris, France
TUM Munich, Germany

HKUST, Hong Kong
Ashoka University, India
IITB Bombay, India
Bocconi University, Italy
LUISS Business School, Italy
University of Tokyo, Japan
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
ESADE, Spain
IE Business School, Spain
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

University of California, Berkeley, USA
Cornell University, USA
HULT International BS, USA
Imperial College London, UK
London School of Economics, UK
London Business School, UK
University College London, UK
University of Cambridge, UK
University of Oxford, UK

Students

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Our group project improved my problem-solving abilities while also extending my capacity for cross-cultural empathy and communication, which are critical abilities in the international business world of today.

When submitting my application for the...

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The “Entrepreneurship and Digital Innovation” summer program offered by HEC Paris and TUM School of Management provided an exceptional opportunity for me to gain a comprehensive insight into this field in a condensed timeframe.

The program deepened...

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Entrepreneurship & Digital Innovation - HEC x TUM

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I returned home from this program with new ideas, valuable knowledge, and meaningful connections from across the world.

As someone with a deep passion for technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, I have always searched for opportunities to expand...

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Academic Team

Jean-Rémi Gratadour, Academic Director,
HEC Paris

Jens Förderer, Academic Director,
TUM School of Management

Jean-Rémi Gratadour

Jean-Rémi Gratadour is the Executive Director in charge of Program Development at the HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center. He is also Coordinator of the MBA Digital Innovation Specialization.

Previously he was Managing Director of ACSEL (Trade Association of Digital Economy) and a member of EMOTA Strategy Committee (European Multichannel & Online Trade Association). Before that, he was the E-commerce Director of GeoPost (holding company of DPD international parcels subsidiaries of La Poste Group) and mission manager at the French Postal Forecasting Institute (IREPP, Strategy Division).

His personal entrepreneurial experience comes from founding the e-commerce art bookstore DessinOriginal.com.

Jens Förderer

Prof. Dr. Jens Förderer is Associate Professor of Information Systems at the Technical University of Munich, School of Management.

His research interests cover the economics of information systems, especially competition in digital markets, measuring digital transformation progress, and estimating the business value created by digital technologies. His research has been published in leading scientific journals in business, including Management Science, Information Systems Research, and Journal of Operations Management. His research has been funded by several organizations, including the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant) and the German Research Foundation (DFG).