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Putting digital at the heart of business transformation

The business potential of transformational technologies like IoT (Internet of things), artificial intelligence and robotics, is enormous but how do you separate the hype from the reality? For...

The learning Chief Executive: head of Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore on ‘servant leadership’

When Quah Ley Hoon was offered a scholarship by the Singaporean government to study an MBA, she grasped the opportunity with both hands. As a self-confessed Francophile who earned her MA in...

How and why business travel is helping the sector recover from the COVID crisis

Travel’s journey back to health After 18 months of industry disruption, the travel industry is seeing the green shoots of recovery. But the journey back to health will demand agility...

Focus on people and culture for digital transformation at scale

By Didier Bonnet, Michael R. Wade

IMD Global Family Business Center wins the Family Firm Institute International Award

The IMD Global Family Business Center (GFBC) has been bestowed with the distinguished International Award from the Family Firm Institute (FFI). The FFI Committee unanimously agreed on the choice of...

Escape the shackles of a fixed mindset to unleash growth

By Heather Cairns-Lee, Jennifer Jordan

Transformation to sustainability requires listening from leaders

After years of scepticism and resistance, the sustainability message now permeates corporate boardrooms and leadership teams, amid global concerns about climate change, food security and countless...

How companies and talent can gain from a shared purpose

By Alyson Meister, David Bach

J.M. Huber Corporation wins 2020 IMD-Pictet Sustainability in Family Business Award

With sustainability rapidly becoming business critical as a licence to operate, the IMD-Pictet Sustainability in Family Business Award acknowledges and motivates family-owned enterprises that strive...

Fulfilling Africa’s promise – first Kwera graduates focus on sustainability

Wongani Chisati and Kennedy Black are celebrating their achievements. The two young Malawians graduated this spring, having had their studies funded by Kwera, an educational social enterprise set up...

Europe dominates, China rises, and the US remains stable in 2021 World Competitiveness Ranking

Switzerland has come top for the first time in the 33-year history of IMD’s World Competitiveness Ranking, in a year that reflected the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on economic competitiveness...

How diversifying its asset portfolio revitalized one company’s teams and business

By Robert Hooijberg

What happened when AIA – the largest pan-Asian life insurance group – decided that its long-standing investment function was in need of a transformation?

EMBAs inspired to spark a recycling circular economy

As the world devours more and more plastic packaging, many economies are struggling to keep up with the waste, with devastating effects on the planet. Part of the solution for a more sustainable way...

IMD’s Lausanne campus served as Coronavirus safe haven for one Chinese MBA participant

In December 2019, Haichen Liu had many plans for her year in Lausanne. As a keen salsa fan, she had pinned to her wall a schedule of dance events dotted around Europe over the course of the next...

Five social innovation and sustainability leaders feature at IMD’s All MBA Alumni Event

The elea Center for Social Innovation announced the three winners of the second annual IMD–elea Social Impact Recognition at the IMD All MBA Alumni Event today. Alumni, judges and nominees gathered...

Today’s EMBA graduates ‘must leave economic, ecological and social systems stronger’

Courage and resilience distinguish the EMBA Class of April 2021, and these traits have allowed them to pursue their challenging program through 14 months of uncertainty wrought by the pandemic. As...

“Look to the past to understand who you are in the present,” says Marija Tomeska, Valedictorian of IMD’s April 2021 EMBA cohort

Marija Tomeska – voted Valedictorian of the IMD EMBA April 2021 cohort by faculty and peers – is the very definition of loyal. Uninterested in the superficial, but a fan of deep human...

How COVID-19 is spurring innovation in South Africa

Fresh from the success of  COBRA  (Covid Business Rescue Assistance), Adam Craker has turned to SAtion, a public private initiative to ease and accelerate South Africa’s digital future.    Building...

Julia Binder Joins IMD Faculty

IMD Business School is pleased to announce that Julia Binder will join the school’s campus in Lausanne, Switzerland on September 1st, 2021 as Professor of Sustainable Innovation and...

Challenging mindsets to inspire impact

By Vanina Farber

Ebay Marketplaces Director on IMD and investing

IMD interviewed Andrea Rota, eBay Marketplaces Senior Director on his relationship to IMD as an MBA alumni and a member of the IMD Alumni Community for Entrepreneurship as well as his role as...

How to Achieve Control and Support

By Jean-François Manzoni

The world expects Boards to challenge management and ensure they optimise company performance. Management, on the other hand, also expects the board to provide help and support. Both...

IMD’s first-ever EMBA Discovery Expedition to Vietnam

Last week IMD’s EMBA class experienced Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta in the first ever Executive MBA Discovery Expedition to Vietnam, one of the fastest-growing Asian economies. In...

IMD Startup News: Gylcemicon going strong

Glycemicon develops novel nutraceuticals for managing prediabetes, diabetes and obesity. It announced the first closing of its Series A round, raising CHF 3.25 million from private individuals. It...

Transformational EMBA Discovery Expedition to India

“One word: transformational ”. That’s what the IMD EMBA class had to say about their recent Discovery Expedition to India.  The group of 55 executives from diverse backgrounds, 30 nationalities, and...

IMD Startup News: Adaptricity continues its success

Leoni, the leading European provider of cables and cable systems to the automotive sector and other industries, today secured a two-thirds holding in Adaptricity AG. The ETH spin-off will...

IMD hosts X.Days Suisse Romande with NZZ

Digital disruption is like a vortex: It exerts a rotational force that draws everything that surrounds it, companies and entire sectors, into its center and drastically modifies processes...

Digitalization: a fresh idea for the fruit and veg supply chain

By Ralf W. Seifert with Mervegül Kιrcι.

The cost of global food waste and loss is estimated to be $940 billion a year. For businesses, this represents a significant proportion of shrinkage in retail supply chains and it has a direct impact...

Alumnus spotlight: Dermot O’Gorman

Today, Dermot O’Gorman is the Chief Executive Officer of the World Wide Fund for Nature Australia (WWF). But the IMD EMBA graduate’s environmental career started by getting his hands dirty in his...

Upstart start-ups and agile disruptors – and what to do about them

By Dominique Turpin

Now is the age of market disruptors: of Uber, Deezer, Alipay, Rakuten and many others. These innovative start-ups and nimble brands are crashing into markets traditionally dominated by...