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The value vampires are coming!

Interview of Professor Michael Wade in the Norwegian business magazine Kapital

Corruption, Democracy, and Political Uncertainty

By Christos Cabolis

Two IMD cases win prizes in the John Molson MBA International Case Writing Competition

Beekeeper from pivoting startup to disrupting scaleup,” by IMD Professor Benoit F. Leleux and Marc Chauvet won second prize in the John Molson MBA International Case Competition. “Pepperfry.com...

Strength in numbers – how attending OWP as a group helped Irish seafood sector

OWP is a chance to gain new knowledge and lead an organization in the right direction. While some companies bring different members of their executive team, the Irish Sea Fisheries Board selected...

Is blockchain all hype? A financier and supply chain expert discuss

By Arturo Bris, Carlos Cordon

Blockchain is a technology with two ingredients: the first is a distributed ledger, meaning a database with identical copies held by everyone in a network. There is no intermediary, no central...

Eat Me: creating a restaurant business that inspires

Years of travelling to explore different food cultures has led an IMD alumna to create a restaurant business whose eateries offer dishes from around the world. Skills learned during her MBA...

OWP: a chance to push your boundaries, and learn beyond your area of expertise

Orchestrating Winning Performance (OWP) provides sessions that address a whole range of hot topics affecting business leadership today. These include subjects as varied as analytics and...

“There’s been a rush to build platforms”

In depth interview of a participant of IMD’s digital programs, Ann-Christin Andersen

PDD: e-commerce for the underserved

By Winter Nie, Yunfei Feng

Pinduoduo, China’s social e-commerce company known for rock-bottom priced products, is at a crossroads. For its investors, the hope is that over time PDD will be able to find new revenue sources...

How Haier gives insights into China’s radical transformation

By William A. Fischer

IMD Professor William A. Fischer gives insights into China’s radical transformation

From Singles Day to WeChat’s Red Envelopes – a protracted battle between the two titans of China’s internet

By Winter Nie, Yunfei Feng

IMD Professor Dr. Winter Nie on the protracted battle between the two titans of China’s internet, Tencent versus Alibaba.

Emerging from the shadows: The new Chinese giants aiming to unseat Alibaba and Tencent

By Mark J. Greeven, Michael R. Wade

It is impossible to talk about digital business in China without focusing on either Alibaba, Tencent, or both. The business ecosystems built by the two Mr. Mas cannot easily be avoided, either...

China’s reforms 40 years on: What’s next?

By Winter Nie, Yunfei Feng with James J. D. Wang.

The Chinese economy was on the verge of collapse after a ten-year period of extreme chaos known as the Cultural Revolution which shook the country between 1966 and 1976. In May 1978, the...

Beyond copying Apple, here’s how WeChat is unseating the first app store in China

By Howard H. Yu

There is little doubt that, WeChat is, in effect, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Zynga, Instagram, and Apple Pay all wrapped up in one. People can debate whether the rest of the world will...

Moving up to business leadership

By Philip Rosenzweig, Michael D. Watkins, Karine Avagyan with Michelle Perrinjaquet.

One of the most important challenges of management development concerns the transition from leading a particular function or single specialty, to leading a business, an organization with...

Bad financial habits: three ways governments can work with financial institutions to improve personal finance

By John W. Walsh

People in the developed world have too much debt, spend too much and save too little. Some government agencies work in partnership with financial institutions to implement solutions to a...

Demand for AI in demand planning

By Ralf W. Seifert, Richard Markoff

As Industry 4.0 and Supply Chain Digitalization continue to draw attention from companies and suppliers, it comes as no surprise that the field of demand planning is evolving as the next potential...

Greta Thunberg at Davos: why Gen Z has real power to influence business on climate change

By Vanina Farber, Patrick Reichert

Armed with social media and growing economic clout, Gen Z is best positioned to influence business practices, rather than global climate agreements, where political gridlock appears to be the...

Google and Facebook: the real reason they should be broken up is China

By Howard H. Yu

In the race of artificial intelligence and Internet of Things smart devices, where China is becoming a formidable rival, the US needs a more powerful shot in the arm to revive its innovation...

What did we do once we knew?

By Susan Goldsworthy, Natalia Olynec

Evidence that impact of human behavior on our planet is accelerating at unprecedented rates is raising pressure for business leaders to accept their role in stemming environmental destruction to...

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...