Can CATL power the future?
Providing it can avoid the perils of geopolitics, Chinese electric vehicle battery maker CATL has all the ingredients necessary to become a world-beating multinational, says IMD Professor of Innovation and Strategy Mark...

June 12, 2026 • by Howard Yu in Innovation • 7 min read
he SpaceX IPO illustrates a key finding of the latest Future Readiness Indicator, today’s winners are no longer asset-light, but asset heavy. Does this mean that vertical integration should be top of...
Continue readingAugust 3, 2023 • by Mark Greeven in Innovation • 6 min read
Providing it can avoid the perils of geopolitics, Chinese electric vehicle battery maker CATL has all the ingredients necessary to become a world-beating multinational, says IMD Professor of Innovation and Strategy Mark...
July 28, 2023 • by Arturo Bris in Innovation • 5 min read
The world is increasingly fragmented, which means the West’s sanctions against Russia are not as powerful as many think they are. Be aware and accept the realities of geopolitics for the sake...
July 20, 2023 • by Alfredo De Massis, Kimberly A. Eddleston, Elisa Villani, Christian Linder in Innovation • 7 min read
Family-owned businesses, be they modernizers or guardians of their past, can be successful innovators – providing they can assemble an appropriate package of incentives...
July 14, 2023 • by Didier Bonnet in Innovation • 6 min read
To become fully digital businesses, companies will have to overhaul ways of working to become simpler, more adaptive, and empower front-line decision-making, says Didier Bonnet....
July 13, 2023 • by Michael Watkins, Ralf Weissbeck in Innovation • 13 min read
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a technological tsunami. Business leaders and their organizations either need to learn to ride this wave of change or risk being swept away. In this article, we...
July 10, 2023 • by Howard Yu in Innovation • 5 min read
‘Future-ready’ companies such as Mastermind and Visa are always prepared to pivot quickly to take advantage of the latest trends....
July 7, 2023 • by Ralf Seifert, Richard Markoff in Innovation • 7 min read
Airport luggage handling is a complex, expensive process that is at its capacity limit. The authors look at the question of why RFID technology has not yet stepped in to modernize and...
July 6, 2023 • by Michael R. Wade in Innovation • 6 min read
Experiments with different working patterns have been hit and miss, but the potential of generative AI offers a radical new way forward for productivity, employment, and employee happiness...
July 5, 2023 • by Niccolò Pisani in Innovation • 12 min read
How Toyota is using a revolutionary new “test course for mobility” to reinvent an automotive future...
June 29, 2023 • by John R. Weeks in Innovation • 8 min read
The debate about remote working has moved on. To decide how much time employees should spend in the office requires a fundamental review of corporate strategy and purpose, argues John Weeks, Professor...
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