Europe’s Strategic Compass: Time to act, not react
Europe must act as one to stay competitive and secure. Unity, ambition, and strategic alignment are no longer optional—they're the path to leadership....

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Europe must act as one to stay competitive and secure. Unity, ambition, and strategic alignment are no longer optional—they're the path to leadership....
June 23, 2025 • by Arturo Bris in Competitiveness • 8 min read
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The traditional e-commerce model is on its last legs. In a disrupted luxury landscape, brand leaders are shifting focus to unified commerce, hyper-personalization, and deeper digital storytelling to completely reinvent the customer...
May 14, 2025 • by Christian Stutz in Competitiveness • 5 min read
When trade barriers rise and key markets collapse, companies face tough strategic decisions. Lessons from Finnish industry offer a practical playbook for navigating exit under uncertainty....
March 28, 2025 • by Vanina Farber in Competitiveness • 7 min read
Women’s financial security, career progression, and personal safety have long been shaped by systems that overlook their realities. 'Lifepreneurs' – entrepreneurs who innovate from lived experience – are challenging these defaults....
March 7, 2025 • by Heather Cairns-Lee, Alexander Fleischmann in Competitiveness • 5 min read
As businesses face growing polarization on DE&I, companies must embed inclusion into their core strategy, empower leaders to drive change, and ensure that the progress made so far is not quietly undone....
January 24, 2025 • by David Bach, Simon J. Evenett, Öykü Işık, Arturo Bris, Julia Binder, Knut Haanaes, Sophie Bacq, Jennifer Jordan, Sarah E. Toms, Natalia Olynec in Competitiveness • 13 min read
Business leaders at this year’s World Economic Forum sought to block out the political noise and focus on what’s happening in the real economy....
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