Four different paths to digital competitiveness
The different ways that economies tackle digital competitiveness can make them at once resilient and vulnerable in today’s increasingly fragmented digital economy, says Fabian Grimm. ...

10 hours ago • by David Bach, Julia Binder, Arturo Bris, Frédéric Dalsace, Simon J. Evenett, Florian Hoos , Jennifer Jordan, Sara Ratti, Karl Schmedders, Sarah E. Toms, Ginka Toegel in Geopolitics • 14 min read
From Trump and transatlantic tensions to AI’s reality check and sustainability’s reinvention, Davos 2026 signals a shift toward values-based pragmatism....
Continue readingNovember 5, 2025 • by Fabian Grimm in Geopolitics • 7 min read
The different ways that economies tackle digital competitiveness can make them at once resilient and vulnerable in today’s increasingly fragmented digital economy, says Fabian Grimm. ...
November 5, 2025 • by Didier Cossin in Geopolitics • 7 min read
Black swan events aren’t as rare as they used to be, and the best boards are not just expecting but premeditating catastrophe as part of a robust crisis response architecture. Here are...
November 3, 2025 • by Ralf W. Seifert, Richard Markoff in Geopolitics • 8 min read
The COVID pandemic elevated geopolitical understanding as a critical consideration for supply chain managers – and it remains essential to their success today. ...
October 17, 2025 • by David Bach, Simon J. Evenett, Stéphane J. G. Girod, Öykü Işık, Vanina Farber in Geopolitics • 8 min read
Leaders at the WEF’s Annual Meetings of the Global Future Councils and Cybersecurity focused less on rivalry and more on action. ...
October 14, 2025 • by David Bach in Geopolitics • 5 min read
Globalization as we know it is over. The United States no longer stands alone, and China’s rise has redrawn the world’s balance of power. In this new age of parity, resilience has...
October 4, 2025 • by David Bach in Geopolitics • 5 min read
At the IMD Alumni Symposium, World Economic Forum President Børge Brende argued that despite global turmoil, he sees a resilient world economy, but warns that success will depend on adaptation and reform....
September 30, 2025 • by Jerry Davis in Geopolitics • 8 min read
The success of the biggest American companies and pension funds depends on international markets. Perhaps this can give the world the leverage it needs to keep the US on board for the...
September 24, 2025 • by Arturo Bris in Geopolitics • 8 min read
Business leaders must master the art of building strategies that take account of partisan divides over net-zero goals while progressing the interests of their company and society....
September 17, 2025 • by Stéphane J. G. Girod in Geopolitics • 7 min read
The sudden imposition of 39% tariffs on Swiss watches in the United States has unsettled one of Switzerland’s most iconic industries. More than a cost shock, it is forcing watchmakers to rethink...
September 1, 2025 • by Julia Binder, Manuel Braun in Geopolitics • 9 min read
In the final article of our series, we explore how businesses face hard planetary and geopolitical limits that make the “business as usual” growth model untenable as climate shocks, biodiversity loss, and...
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