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Lalique CEO Nina Müller on turning the French crystal maker’s disruptive artistic heritage into a platform for the future – and why, in luxury's new era, independence may be its greatest asset....
Continue readingMay 19, 2022 in Podcasts • 1 min read • Podcast available
Ian Charles Stewart, Executive in Residence at IMD, discusses the future of wealth with Nuri CEO Kristina Walcker-Mayer...
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May 17, 2022 • by Ina Toegel in Human Resources • 6 min read
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May 16, 2022 • by I by IMD in Technology • 5 min read
Creating better data governance involves boosting transparency and safeguarding against bias - and cyber breaches...
May 13, 2022 • by Öykü Işık in Leading in Turbulent Times • 9 min read
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May 12, 2022 • by Niccolò Pisani, Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong, Paolo Taticchi, Tazeeb Rajwani in Competitiveness • 11 min read
In the rush to sign up to the sustainability agenda, companies face a dilemma: how to balance the adoption of sustainable practices with delivering growth....
May 12, 2022 • by Michael Yaziji in Management • 10 min read
Welcome to the Iconoclast, the first in a series of columns intended to challenge the status quo. Not always giving answers, not always right, but smartly challenging our own assumptions, actions, organizations,...
May 12, 2022 in Management Cast • 1 min read • Podcast available
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May 10, 2022 • by Peter Lorange in Family business • 7 min read
When deciding whether to sell your family-owned business, the choice for many families comes down to a number of factors – some of which will be uncontrollable. Peter Lorange, Emeritus Professor of...
May 9, 2022 • by Julia Binder in Leadership • 5 min read
Investors and entrepreneurs need to build personal relationships to collectively drive innovation...
May 7, 2022 • by Susan Goldsworthy in Leadership • 5 min read
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May 6, 2022 • by Julia Binder in Sustainability • 5 min read
Soaring oil and gas prices are a major challenge for businesses, but the energy crisis is creating new economic opportunities as well...
May 5, 2022 • by Richard Roi in Asian hub • 7 min read
CEO of Globe Telecom Ernest Cu explains how he transformed the company into one of the biggest mobile operators and digital payments businesses in the Philippines by pioneering customer engagement....
May 4, 2022 • by Howard Yu, Jialu Shan, Lawrence Tempel, Zuriati Balian in Finance • 6 min read
What is ‘future-readiness’? It makes organizations more operationally resilient in times of crisis and responsive to consumers and new market opportunities ...
May 3, 2022 • by Amit Joshi in Human Resources • 4 min read
As the adoption of artificial intelligence picks up pace, CHROs have an important role to play in engaging employees, allaying concerns over job losses, and building enthusiasm for these new technologies....
May 2, 2022 • by Öykü Işık in Technology • 6 min read
Cyber-risks are proliferating as attackers professionalize and organizations’ entry points increase....
April 30, 2022 • by Patrick Reinmoeller, Julia Binder in Strategy • 5 min read
The billionaire will have his hands full managing a sprawling portfolio with few investment synergies...
April 29, 2022 • by Arturo Bris, Philip Rosenzweig in Competitiveness • 7 min read
To boost company performance, executives must support the competitiveness of their countries and embrace public-private collaboration to help articulate and implement national strategy, say IMD Professors Arturo Bris and Phil Rosenzweig....
April 28, 2022 • by Bettina Büchel in Strategy • 9 min read
Bettina Büchel explores how both setting sustainability ambitions and managing their transition is key to future prosperity....
April 28, 2022 in Management Cast • 1 min read • Podcast available
In episode 3 of ManagementCast, Professor Seán Meehan describes the pitfalls of pursuing customer-centricity, and how to avoid them...

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