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Research & Insights

We contribute to a number of studies and global research on competitiveness.

Research & Insights

We contribute to a number of studies and global research on competitiveness.

What drives national competitiveness? - Arturo Bris

What drives national competitiveness? – Arturo Bris

From the J Curve to the L Curve: Can we avoid an 'AI-tocracy'?

From the J Curve to the L Curve: Can we avoid an 'AI-tocracy'?

Global banks are becoming too large for states to rescue

Global banks are becoming too large for states to rescue

Europe’s economy, digital sovereignty and EU growth

Europe’s economy, digital sovereignty and EU growth

Latinoamérica21

Prosperity in Latin America: A region of fragments

Prosperity in Latin America: A region of fragments

By José Caballero

Latinoamérica21

Latin America’s cities see the symptoms but miss the causes

Latin America’s cities see the symptoms but miss the causes

By José Caballero

Henley ＆ Partners

How residence and citizenship shape opportunity

How residence and citizenship shape opportunity

By José Caballero

Why the economic selfishness of middle power countries is an asset

Why the economic selfishness of middle power countries is an asset

What global businesses can learn from Europe’s long-game innovation

What global businesses can learn from Europe’s long-game innovation

Is the next financial crisis lurking in the shadows?

Is the next financial crisis lurking in the shadows?

Management Today

Europe should be proud of its world-beating innovation

Europe should be proud of its world-beating innovation

Contrary to what you might have heard, Europe is a 21st-century success story

Contrary to what you might have heard, Europe is a 21st-century success story

Research Policy

Institutional and capability enablers of firm-level emissions abatement under the EU Emissions Trading System

By Panayiotis C. Andreou, Sofia Anyfantaki, Christos Cabolis and Konstantinos Dellis

May 2026, vol. 55, no. 4, 105432, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2026.105432

The World Economy

Are software automation and teleworker substitutes? Preliminary evidence from Japan

By Richard Baldwin and Toshihiro Okubo

April 2024, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 1531-1556, https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.13496

Journal of Global Mobility

The macro-contextual drivers of the international mobility of managers and executives

By Arturo Bris, Shlomo Ben-Hur, José Caballero and Marco Pistis

May 2023, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 252-273, https://doi.org/10.1108/JGM-07-2022-0035 https://doi.org/10.1108/JGM-07-2022-0035

IMD Latin America and Caribbean Prosperity Rating 2026

By Arturo Bris, José Caballero, Fabian Grimm, Chinar Sharma, William J. Milner and Alice Tozer

IMD Smart City Index 2026

By Arturo Bris, José Caballero, Christos Cabolis, Fabian Grimm, William J. Milner and Alice Tozer

IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2025: Reconfiguring digital strategies amid trade fragmentation

By Arturo Bris, William J. Milner, José Caballero, Fabian Grimm, Chinar Sharma and Alice Tozer

Hinrich-IMD Sustainable Trade Index 2025

By Arturo Bris, Christos Cabolis, Deborah Elms and Chuin Wei Yap

IMD World Talent Ranking 2025

By Arturo Bris, José Caballero, Fabian Grimm, Chinar Sharma, William J. Milner and Alice Tozer

Africa prosperity ranking 2025

By Arturo Bris, William J. Milner, José Caballero, Fabian Grimm, Alice Tozer and Matisse Graf

IMD World Competitiveness Booklet 2026

By Arturo Bris, William J. Milner, José Caballero, Fabian Grimm, Chinar Sharma and Alice Tozer

Published by International Institute for Management Development, ©2026

IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook: 2026

By Arturo Bris, William J. Milner, José Caballero, Chinar Sharma, Fabian Grimm and Alice Tozer

Published by International Institute for Management Development, ©2026

The smart city playbook: Lessons from urban pioneers

The smart city playbook: Lessons from urban pioneers

Published by Independently published, ©2025

SuperEurope: The unexpected hero of the 21st century

SuperEurope: The unexpected hero of the 21st century

Published by Independently published, ©2025