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Ikea v Pepperfry: India the venue for a David and Goliath furniture fight

By Amit M. Joshi, Ivy Buche

Do Social and Environmental issues affect the talent appeal in a country?

By Christos Cabolis

Free up sustainability reporting to boost the triple bottom line

By Balaji S. Chakravarthy, P. C. Abraham

In the case of sustainability reporting,external standards and reporting formats have emerged without giving companies the chance to tell their unique stories based on the metrics and processes...

Power of divergent thinking

By Thomas W. Malnight, Ivy Buche, Victoria Kemanian

To manage for tomorrow with a “leader” mindset, executives need to expand the areas of choice and shape the strategic options for the company going forward. For this, they must adopt a learning...

Institutions and social openness unlock competitiveness

By Christos Cabolis, José Caballero

The international economic system is being shaped by the rise of inward-looking governments, scepticism about globalization, the closing of borders, and the spectre of war, trade or otherwise...

Supply chain career opportunities

By Ralf W. Seifert, Richard Markoff

More and more companies have complex, global supply chains and are evolving their management structures to maintain service levels and control working capital. Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP...

Finding purpose through social innovation

By Vanina Farber, Patrick Reichert

At a Discovery Event on finding purpose through social innovation, Professor Vanina Farber engaged participants to explore the challenges and opportunities that their organizations face as global...

IMD reaccredited by world’s largest business school association AACSB

AACSB review praises IMD as ‘best practice’ business school

Let’s go seize tomorrow’s opportunities!

Orchestrating Winning Performance Lausanne 2019 closes on a high note

How can your organization become more purpose-driven?

Understanding the power of purpose – can doing good generate good business?

Let’s take your brain to the spa

Executives recharge their batteries at IMD’s signature learning program

Bringing down the walls

A lesson in generations and prosperity

What makes a great leader in the digital age?

IMD Professor Jennifer Jordan reveals the top qualities of today’s managers at Orchestrating Winning Performance

When a country is a threat to your company

Professor Omar Toulan on the risks and opportunities of our volatile times

“Humans have given up consent and control for convenience”

Carlos Moreira, CEO of WISeKey, sounds the alarm on life on the web at Orchestrating Winning Performance

“Leaders need to have fun”

Peter Voser, ABB Chairman and CEO, on life and leading

What is a “Smart City”? IMD and SUTD’s Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities research reveals urban recipe for success

How do we create content and prosperous cities in the age of uncertainty? A new book and ground-breaking research index by researchers at IMD business school and the Singapore University of...

The sun shines bright on the class of Orchestrating Winning Performance

Highlights from OWP Lausanne 2019 day 3

Introverts or Extroverts – who makes a better colleague?

Karl Moore at Orchestrating Winning Performance

Artificial Intelligence: Boom or Doom?

Professor Amit Joshi looks at the hype and reality of AI at Orchestrating Winning Performance

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...