
Delivery riders seeking social protection
In the News, Society
Cynthia Srnec, Sciences Po and Cédric Gossart, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
“In the ideal world of the delivery platforms, we would say nothing, just smile politely, “Hello, sir”, “Goodbye”, get on our bikes, make…

Caring for the population or one’s earnings? A dilemma for marketers in the pharmaceutical industry
In the News, Society
Loréa Baïada-Hirèche, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School ; Anne Sachet-Milliat, ISC Paris Business School et Bénédicte Bourcier-Béquaert, ESSCA École de Management
The pharmaceutical industry is rocked by scandals on a regular…

Waste management: decentralizing for better management
Energy & environment, In the News, Society
Reducing the environmental impact of waste and encouraging its reuse calls for a new approach to its management. This requires the modeling of circuits on a territorial scale, and the improvement of collaboration between public and private…

Hospitals put to the test by shocks
Health, In the News, Society
Benoît Demil, I-site Université Lille Nord Europe (ULNE) and Geoffrey Leuridan, IMT Atlantique – Institut Mines-Télécom
The Covid-19 crisis has put lasting strain on the health care system, in France and around the world. Hospital…

A real way to look at fake news
In the News, Society
The SARS-CoV2 virus is not the only thing that has spread during the Covid-19 pandemic: fake news has also made its way around the world. Although it existed even before, the unprecedented crisis has paved the way for an explosion of fake…

Bitcoin crash: cybercrime and over-consumption of electricity, the hidden face of cryptocurrency
In the News, Society
Donia Trabelsi, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School ; Michel Berne, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School et Sondes Mbarek, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
Wednesday 19 May will be remembered as the day of a major…

Circular economy – dive in, there is so much to discover!
Energy & environment, In the News, SocietyTo effectively roll out circular economy policies within a territory, companies and decision-makers require access to evaluation and simulation tools. The design of these tools, still in the research phase, necessarily requires a more detailed consideration of the impact of human activities, both locally and globally.

Digital Service Act: Regulating the content of digital platforms, Act 1
In the News, Society
The Digital Service Act, proposed by the European Commission in early 2020, seeks to implement a new regulatory framework for digital platforms. Grazia Cecere, an economics researcher at Institut Mines-Télécom Business School, explains…

Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima: the role of accidents in nuclear governance
In the News, Society
Stéphanie Tillement, IMT Atlantique – Institut Mines-Télécom and Olivier Borraz, Sciences Po
Until the 1970s, nuclear power plants were considered to be inherently safe, by design. Accidents were perceived as…

Reconnecting data to the sensory world of human beings: a challenge for industry 4.0 already taken up by SMEs
Digital, In the News, Industry, Society
Gérard Dubey, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School and Anne-Cécile Lafeuillade, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM)
Given the magnitude of uncertainty and risk of disruption threatening the economic and social order,…