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				<title>Ecosystem Inc: How the nature of competition is evolving</title>
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				<title>South Korea’s innovations aren&#8217;t translating into higher levels of competitiveness: Lessons for other economies</title>
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				<dc:creator>José Caballero</dc:creator>
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				<title>Longevity: Three trends that redefine how we live and work</title>
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				<dc:creator>Nele Dael, Alyson Meister</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>How the Gulf is inspiring the world to build cities that champion quality of life</title>
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				<dc:creator>Arturo Bris, Aline Ballaman-Garibian, Alistair Packer</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Competitiveness begins locally, with cities in one part of the world serving as beacons of learning for entire economies in another. So, what can be learned from progressive Middle Eastern metropolises?...]]></description>
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				<title>Supply chains need more than a tariff calculator </title>
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				<dc:creator>Christos Cabolis</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>How do national strategies interact with industry dynamics? Four different paths to digital competitiveness </title>
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				<dc:creator>Fabian Grimm </dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>From resilience to realignment: How global trade is re-wiring without the US</title>
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				<dc:creator>Christos Cabolis</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[The fragmentation of the global trade system is leading to the rise of new trade coalitions and corridors, said economists in a joint IMD-Hinrich Foundation webinar. ...]]></description>
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				<title>In an age of disruption, optimism is a leader’s greatest asset </title>
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				<dc:creator>David Bach</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 06:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>The energy trilemma: why it pays to get the balance right</title>
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				<dc:creator>Ann-Christin Andersen , Karl Schmedders</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Let’s put economic competitiveness above politics in the discussion on Europe’s future</title>
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				<dc:creator>Arturo Bris</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2021 08:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Japan must end insularity to compete on a global scale</title>
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				<dc:creator>Kazuo Ichijo</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 07:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>How global connections can brighten Europe&#8217;s future</title>
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				<dc:creator>Steven A. Altman, Niccolò Pisani</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2021 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Arturo Bris</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 07:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Phil’s Book club: The Value of Everything</title>
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				<dc:creator>Philip Rosenzweig, Arturo Bris</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2021 12:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2022 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 08:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2023 11:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 09:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2023 06:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Arturo Bris, Misiek Piskorski</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2023 06:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2023 08:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 07:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2023 15:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Richard Baldwin, Simon J. Evenett, Fernando Martín Espejo</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Camilla Erencin, Simon J. Evenett, Felix Reitz</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Camilla Erencin, Simon J. Evenett, Alexander Gruber, Felix Reitz</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Why Chinese companies are betting big on the Euro 24 tournament  </title>
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				<dc:creator>Mark J. Greeven, Howard H. Yu</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 07:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Simon J. Evenett, Fernando Martín Espejo</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Western EV manufacturers have much to learn from their Chinese counterparts </title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Arturo Bris</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Richard Baldwin</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Sumeet Salwan</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Laura Maria Giurge </dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 06:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Richard Baldwin</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Simon J. Evenett</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 07:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Tomoko Yokoi, Michael R. Wade</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 08:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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