Maurice Félix Charles Allais was a French physicist and economist, the 1988 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for his pioneering contributions to the theory of markets and efficient utilization of resources", along with John Hicks and Paul Samuelson, to neoclassical synthesis. They formalize the self-regulation of markets, which Keynes refuted but reiterated some of Allais's ideas.
The Séminaire Nicolas Bourbaki is a series of seminars that has been held in Paris since 1948. It is one of the major institutions of contemporary mathematics, and a barometer of mathematical achievement, fashion, and reputation. It is named after Nicolas Bourbaki, a pseudonymous group of French and other mathematicians of variable membership.
Continuation of the Séminaire Nicolas Bourbaki programme, for the 1950s.
Tefal S.A.S. is a French cookware and small appliance manufacturer, owned by Groupe SEB since 1968. The company is known for creating the non-stick cookware category and for offering frying equipment with a low requirement of fat or oils.
Louis François Armand was a French engineer and senior civil servant who managed several public companies, as well as had a significant role in World War II as an officer in the Resistance. He became the first president of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) as chair of the Armand Commission from 1958 to 1959 before he was elected to the Académie Française in 1963.
Jean-Marie Peretti is a French organizational theorist, Professor at the ESSEC business school and in the University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli, management consultant and author, known for his work on human resources management.
Bertrand Moingeon, was Professor of Strategic Management is Executive Vice-President and Dean for Executive Education and Corporate Initiatives at ESCP Business School and formerly at HEC Paris.
Jean C. Baudet is a Belgian philosopher and writer, born in Brussels and died in Laeken.
C-K design theory or concept-knowledge theory is both a design theory and a theory of reasoning in design. It defines design reasoning as a logic of expansion processes, i.e. a logic that organizes the generation of unknown objects. The theory builds on several traditions of design theory, including systematic design, axiomatic design, creativity theories, general and formal design theories.
Georges Jean Marie Valiron was a French mathematician, notable for his contributions to analysis, in particular, the asymptotic behaviour of entire functions of finite order and Tauberian theorems.
Thierry Libaert is a leading French specialist on Organizational Communication. He has been professor of Organizational Communication at the Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) where he chaired the Laboratory for the Analysis of Organisational Communication Systems (LASCO). He previously worked for the State industry department, for a public relations agency and as PR manager for one of France's leading companies.
Stanislas-Étienne Meunier was a French geologist born in Paris.
Georges Louis Bouligand was a French mathematician. He worked in analysis, mechanics, analytical and differential geometry, topology, and mathematical physics. He is known for introducing the concept of paratingent cones and contingent cones.
Pascal Morand is the executive president of the Fédération française de la couture. He is also a professor at ESCP Business School, a member of Académie des Technologies, a member of the Commission d'évaluation des formations et diplômes de gestation and, a member of the Conseil national éducation-économie, an organization established by the French National Education Ministry to foster greater cooperation between business and higher education.
Arnold Kaufmann was a French engineer, professor of Applied Mechanics and Operations Research at the Mines ParisTech in Paris, at the Grenoble Institute of Technology and the Université catholique de Louvain, and scientific advisor at Groupe Bull. He is known for writing the first book on fuzzy sets, and as cofounder of the International Project Management Association.
Jean Bounine-Cabalé was a French businessman and consultant. He wrote several economic books.
Jean-Pierre Dupuy is a French engineer and philosopher.
Marc Grégoire was an inventor of PTFE (Teflon) coated non-stick pans. He was an ONERA engineer at the time of the invention. In one version of the story, he devised a method to apply Teflon to an aluminum mould, to assist the removal of glass fibre fishing rods from the mould. When his wife, Colette M. Grégoire, learned of it, she challenged him to create a non-stick saucepan. He succeeded by applying Teflon to the base of a frying pan. Another conflicting version tells that the technique to apply Teflon on aluminum was developed by his colleague, not by himself, and Grégoire wanted to coat his fishing gear to prevent tangles, instead of wanting to coat an aluminum mould.
Jacques Lesourne was a French economist who was the director of the daily newspaper Le Monde from 1991 to 1994.
Pierre Antoine Jean Sylvestre Chevenard was a French metallurgist who worked on the tempering and hardening of steels and introduced the idea of precision metallurgy in industrial steel production and innovated measurement devices that carry his name including the Chevenard thermobalance and dilatometer.
