Hervé Stolowy

Professor

Accounting and Management Control

Hervé Stolowy's research and teaching interests span financial and international accounting, and focus more specifically on accounts manipulation, intangibles, international accounting harmonization and cash flow statements. Hervé is laureate of the Trophy of Accounting Excellence 2017.

stolowy@hec.fr

Hervé Stolowy HEC professor

Latest articles

January 15th, 2024

Is the Global Convergence of Sustainability Reporting Possible?

Companies are increasingly encouraged, or obliged, to report on their sustainability efforts. However, there is little harmonization across the many...

By Hervé Stolowy, Luc Paugam

May 09th, 2022

Activist Short Sellers vs. Financial Analysts: Competitive Claims of Expertise

The methods and aims of activist short sellers and financial analysts are often at odds. In a highly competitive environment, there is a battle for...

By Hervé Stolowy, Luc Paugam

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December 15th, 2020

How Activist Short Sellers Police Financial Markets

New research analyzes how activist short sellers’ “research reports” convince investors that the companies they target are overvalued. Professors Luc...

By Luc Paugam, Hervé Stolowy

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May 01st, 2019

Sustainability Indices: Do Investors Actually Care?

In the face of social, environmental, and financial disruptions, more attention is being paid to corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies, and...

By Rodolphe Durand, Luc Paugam, Hervé Stolowy

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June 15th, 2013

Trust and Financial Markets: Lessons from the Madoff Fraud

Bernard Madoff used funds provided by new investors to pay some of his clients over many years.* This mechanism, known as a Ponzi scheme, made thousands...

By Hervé Stolowy

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September 02nd, 2014

Annual Reports: Why it's Helpful to Publish Them in English

Hervé Stolowy and his co-authors look at the impact for companies based in non-English speaking countries of the publication of their annual reports in...

By Hervé Stolowy

Annual reports: Why it's helpful to publish them in English by Hervé Stolowy

Management Control - Audit

August 28th, 2018

How Storytelling Can Increase Support for Whistleblowers

Whistleblowers are often condemned by society, but they can be key to uncovering scandal. Hervé Stolowy, Luc Paugam and co-researchers Yves Gendron and...

By Hervé Stolowy, Luc Paugam

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