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Purpose helps IMD alumni start-up weather the COVID storm

Despite hitting a global health emergency in the weeks following its launch, the founders of KC Impact are confident that staying true to their purpose will prove a winning strategy. “Flexibility...

Nice guys finish first

IMD recently spoke with alumnus Rob Nijst, CEO of VTTI, to learn how he is leading the company through the current crisis. While many businesses have been decimated in the past few months, VTTI &ndash...

Once COVID-19 is beaten, let’s mobilize our efforts

By Christos Cabolis, Salvatore Cantale

COVID-19 is turning the tables on short-term shareholders

By Paul Strebel

Social Impact Recognition to showcase the achievements of MBA alumni

Friday, May 15, 2020: Social innovation was celebrated this week as the inaugural IMD-elea Social Impact Recognition was awarded to three exemplary IMD alumni, whose work showcases the...

Scholarship offers assurance and financial support to tomorrow’s leaders

Konstantinos Pierros knows how daunting an MBA can be. Weighing the financial risks of a postgraduate career-enhancing program against its potential benefits is a formidable task at the best of...

Learning through bonding and bonding through learning

By Robert Hooijberg, Shlomo Ben-Hur, Mark J. Greeven, Amit M. Joshi, Michael R. Wade

Faculty book release – “High Performance Boards”

If governance is the art of decision-making at the top of organizations, then board members – just like the world’s best opera singers, sculptors and Bonsai gardeners – hold the key to success. But...

Yet again, IMD places #1 in Open Programs in FT Executive Education Rankings

IMD is ranked #1 in the world for Open Programs for the ninth consecutive year in the  2020 Financial Times Executive Education Rankings. For combined Open and Custom Programs, IMD was ranked #3 in...

Bringing a start-up to life

In a climate where 90% of start-ups fail, one outlier has just made the leap from incubation to incarnation. Annaida, one of 27 winners in the 21st IMD Startup Competition in 2018, has...

5 tips for making marketing matter

By Dominique Turpin

When small is beautiful

By Robert Hooijberg, Shlomo Ben-Hur, Mark J. Greeven, Amit M. Joshi, Michael R. Wade

A post COVID-19 outlook: the future of the supply chain

By Carlos Cordon

The world is his oyster

Parminder Kohli is not a man with a plan. When it comes to his personal and professional life, this senior executive doesn’t write the rules in advance. His philosophy of opening himself up...

The story of a billion-dollar fashion retailer refusing to have its wings clipped

By Mark J. Greeven, Jialu Shan

Globalization after COVID-19: what’s in store?

By Omar Toulan

Governance of investments during regime shifts: the four core principles

By Didier Cossin, Elisabeth Bourqui

We are in a world of regime shifts: pandemics; trillions of debt; the climate crisis; social, technological and political transformations – all indicative of a different future for the world and...

Coronavirus: Digital contact tracing doesn’t have to sacrifice privacy

By Karl Schmedders

The turning point

More than just a traditional academic offering, IMD’s EMBA program is known for its international approach. It is exactly this global sensibility that allowed for Taku Yokoyama to complete his...

In the Field with Avon

By Dominique Turpin

How a small company used big data to increase its sales

By John W. Walsh

The age of online marketing has been dominated by stories of huge sums being spent by many people employed by large firms. This tale from the Antipodes reminds us that smart people in small firms...

Standing at the dumb end of our smarter future

By William A. Fischer

What could ever be dumb about the fast-arriving internet of things — that seemingly inevitable assemblage of ever more networked devices, products and everything in-between? Dumbness? That would be...

Swiss people’s party plays on fear and terrorism ahead of third generation foreigner vote

By Stefan Michel

Currently, the rules for granting citizenship are set in the country’s individual cantons but the vote proposes a revision to the law making it easier and uniform across the country.

IMD and Qatar Petroleum conclude successful High Performance Boards Program

The Qatar Petroleum High Performance Boards Award Ceremony, held in Doha in January 2017, marked the culmination of a year-long transformational journey during which IMD and Qatar Petroleum laid...

IMD EMBAs rewarded for outstanding business cases on LinkedIn Learning and the Apple Watch

Two teams of IMD EMBA participants recently won awards in the 2017 John Molson MBA International Case competition. The IMD case: ''Will LinkedIn Learning Disrupt the Education Landscape?'' took...

Should companies and government meddle with “happiness”?

By Stéphane Garelli

Oud Bint Khalfan Al Roumi is twice happy. She landed a prestigious government position in the United Arab Emirates. Then, she was appointed to the rather unique job of “state minister in charge...

Jebsen & Jessen Family Enterprise: Masters of entrepreneurial partnerships

By Benoit F. Leleux with Marta Widz.

Receiving one of the most prestigious accolades for "excellence in family business" was a memorable moment for Hans Michael Jebsen and Heinrich Jessen – the two principal shareholders of Jebsen ...

Talent competitiveness and leadership quality

By Arturo Bris with Christos Cabolis, José Caballero.

Public policies can strongly influence the quality of leadership capabilities and competencies available in a particular country. For example, policies that increase education expenditure...

Embrace digital - make your strategy process more engaging!

By Knut Haanaes

A few years back the author was involved in an exercise where the strategy processes of a large set of leading global firms were observed. These were all companies you would expect to be...

The continuous attractiveness of Switzerland

By Arturo Bris, José Caballero

Why do MNCs such as Philip Morris and ABB choose Switzerland as a base for their operations? There are several significant factors that define the attractiveness of Switzerland. Among them, one...