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Singapore-based DBS bank was being shaken by nimble competitors from China, and it needed to change fast. But CEO Piyush Gupta knew that blowing a fortune on the latest technology was not...

March 18, 2026 • by Ismaël Otsmani in Competitiveness • 9 min read
European households hold trillions in bank deposits while participation in capital markets remains underdeveloped. Sweden offers an alternative approach. ...
Continue readingAugust 9, 2024 • by Howard H. Yu, Jialu Shan, Alexandre Sonderegger , Lawrence Tempel in Competitiveness • 7 min read
Singapore-based DBS bank was being shaken by nimble competitors from China, and it needed to change fast. But CEO Piyush Gupta knew that blowing a fortune on the latest technology was not...
July 3, 2024 • by Richard Baldwin, Salvatore Cantale in Competitiveness • 7 min read
The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will impose comprehensive and standardized sustainability reporting responsibilities on firms, adding unprecedented complexity to mergers and acquisitions....
July 1, 2024 • by Mark J. Greeven, Howard H. Yu, Jialu Shan in Competitiveness • 3 min read
Treat your organization’s core capabilities as services in order to open up to new opportunities for innovation....
January 25, 2024 • by Niccolò Pisani in Competitiveness • 7 min read
For European businesses to regain competitiveness, three strategic priorities stand out in the face of recent trade patterns and geopolitical shifts....
January 8, 2024 • by Maryanne Ochola in Competitiveness • 6 min read
Economies in Africa are being transformed by targeted investment, but much more needs to be done....
October 6, 2023 • by Howard H. Yu in Competitiveness • 7 min read
Unpredictability in the marketplace can quickly burst the bubble of any company not agile enough to adapt to change.Here are lessons from the soda pop giant’s successful mission to update and diversify...
September 12, 2023 • by Frédéric Dalsace in Competitiveness • 7 min read
Reverse positioning can help businesses understand how they are pigeonholed by customers – and reveal opportunities to improve their standing versus the competition....
August 28, 2023 • by Mark J. Greeven in Competitiveness • 4 min read
New IMD data will gradually shed light on sector-by-sector secrets of those firms reinventing themselves for the world’s second-biggest market with success...
March 24, 2023 • by Mohan Subramaniam in Competitiveness • 7 min read
Traditional manufacturing and service companies need to leverage the new and explosive power of data and digital ecosystems to be competitive in the future, says IMD Professor of Strategy and Digital Transformation...
June 22, 2022 • by Amit M. Joshi in Competitiveness • 8 min read
Organizations are sitting on a gold mine of data, but very few are reaping the rewards. Putting the right infrastructure in place and demystifying data analytics among employees will help companies unleash...
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