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30 years of competitiveness research

By Stéphane Garelli

"Dear colleague, nations do not compete, only companies do: forget about your idea of competitiveness of nations!" This advice from a renowned professor a little over 30 years ago was a bit...

FBL as part of a longer journey towards leadership

Anne-Sophie, Elvis and Stefano have all attended IMD's FBL program, which prepares participants for successful general management. The program essentially addresses the transition of moving to...

GDPR isn’t enough to protect us in an age of smart algorithms

By Howard H. Yu

Europe’s new privacy law comes with teeth. Within hours of the General Data Protection Law (GDPR) coming into effect, an Austrian privacy campaigner used the new EU legislation to file a legal...

Discovering oneself as a leader

By participating in the TBL program, Anne Rigault was able to discover her own leadership style and test it out on her peers

IMD Startup Competition 2018/2019 Special Edition

On behalf of IMD, we are pleased to announce the winners of the IMD Startup Competition 2018/19 Special Edition, who will begin work with our Executive MBA participants in November, and accompany...

To indulge in protectionism (you should first know the "true" nationality of products)

By Stéphane Garelli

Professor Stéphane Garelli discusses protectionism and how the origin of products is difficult to discern in today's globalized world in light of ongoing tough trade rhetoric between the US and China.

An inside look at OWP

IMD just wrapped up its signature program Orchestrating Winning Performance (OWP). OWP is the only program of its kind; executives can customize their week to fit their interests and needs as well...

How transition programs accelerate executive onboarding and integration

By Michael D. Watkins

In “Onboarding Isn’t Enough,” a 2017 Harvard Business Review article co-authored with Mark Byford and Lena Triantogiannis from #EgonZehnder, we showed that many companies think they are doing a good...

Theranos founder fooled investors with the promise to revolutionise healthcare – it offers three big lessons for companies

By Anand Narasimhan, Nancy Lane

Less than three months after being charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) with “massive fraud” and barred from being the CEO of a public company for ten years, entrepreneur...

IMD and digitalswitzerland explore digital competitiveness and data protection at successful summit

IMD and digitalswitzerland recently hosted a Summit on digital competitiveness and the latest digital trends for some of the biggest names in high tech in Switzerland at IMD’s campus in Lausanne.

What makes a motivating leader?

Kicking off the first evening keynote of IMD’s signature program Orchestrating Winning Performance, IMD President Jean-François Manzoni said leadership development has evolved in recent years and...

IMD MBAs explore business in Bangalore

Every year IMD send its MBA cohort on a Discovery Expedition to international business hotspots. This month, the cohort of 90 participants s will go on one continuous journey with stops in...

Over 450 executives come to IMD to re-energize themselves and their organizations

IMD is pleased to welcome over 450 executives from more than 200 organizations, 55 industries, and 62 countries who have come together on IMD’s campus in Lausanne for a week of invigorating...

How high streets and shopping malls face a ‘domino effect’ from major store closures

By Omar Toulan with Niccolò Pisani.

Traditional retail is in the center of a storm – and British department store chain House of Fraser is the latest to succumb to the tempest. The company plans to close 31 of its 59 shops – including...

IMD MBA Cohort Immersed in Global Business Hub Singapore

This month IMD’s MBA class will be immersed in Singapore a global innovation hub at the cutting-edge of technology in Asia.

Despite challenge from Asia, "The West" leads in digital - US, Canada and seven European countries in top 10

PRESS RELEASE - The USA leads the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2018 followed by Singapore, Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland. Rising from the 3rd spot, the USA overtakes Singapore and...

Which are the most digitally competitive countries and why does it matter?

On Wednesday June 20, IMD business school and digitalswitzerland are hosting the first Digital Competiveness Summit 2018 on digital competitiveness and the latest digital trends, at IMD’s campus...

IMD MBAs Visit Silicon Valley, a hotbed of technology and Innovation

Silicon Valley is an intense cacophony of innovation, full of the world’s most valuable internet companies, top universities, an abundance of intellectual property and venture capital that no...

Why every company should embrace the World Cup

By Ina Toegel, Maude Lavanchy

The true bane of an organization is a lack of engagement and job satisfaction among its employees. World Cup mania could actually help

IMD MBA alumni gather to explore reinvention and rediscovery

For the third consecutive year, IMD is hosting the All MBA Alumni Event, which brings together 250+ IMD MBA graduates from as far and wide as Brazil, China and Senegal, and from classes spanning...

The red envelope war in 2018

By Michael R. Wade with Jialu Shan.

In a tradition spanning more than 500 years, Chinese people have been giving each other money in red envelopes, called hongbao, as part of the annual Lunar New Year celebrations. These hongbao have...

Apple HomePod is already losing the smart speaker battle

By Bettina Büchel

The war for your digital home is waging. Apple has finally followed Amazon, Google and Microsoft by launching a smart speaker with a voice-controlled artificial intelligence assistant. Yet even...

The other competition at the Pyeongchang Olympics: Sponsorship!

By Dominique Turpin

As the world’s top winter sports stars gear up for a month of athletic prowess in the snow and ice of Pyeongchang, the thirteen worldwide Olympic sponsors who have helped fund the global spectacle...

How Olympic athletes and managers can avoid choking under pressure

By Jayanth Narayanan with Maude Lavanchy.

Imagine you are competing at the winter Olympic games. You have just arrived at the starting blocks of the race. All you need to do is to patiently wait for your turn to get down the hill. Cameras...

“The exclusivity of IMD makes it special”

Brazil-born Pedro Augusto Kniphoff was looking to expand his horizons. After almost a decade with the food and beverages conglomerate BRF S.A., where he rapidly worked his way up from credit...

Three reasons not to worry about the stock market ‘crash’

By Arturo Bris

We have been talking about this for the last 12 months: when will financial markets realise that the amazing performance of 2017 was not sustainable? When will stock markets adjust? Are we...

IMD awards almost one million CHF to over a third of its 2018 MBA class

Of the 90 participants in IMD's 2018 MBA class, 34 were awarded scholarships totalling over 900,000 Swiss Francs. The scholarships, which are either merit-based or awarded to participants from...

Why business ideas are not the same as business opportunities

By Peter Vogel

“Venture ideas take inspiration. Venture opportunities need perspiration.”Ideas are not the same as opportunities. Starting a new venture requires time and effort. But this seemingly obvious...

The sky's the limit: witnessing others' experience to fuel career ambitions

Xenia Baranova works as Commercial Director for the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company, whose mission is to design and manufacture new models of commercial aircraft. Headquartered in Moscow, its...

Leading Digital Business Transformation: A CEO’s experience in the program

Domenico de Luca: As CEO of Axpo Trading it is key for me to be directly involved in the digital transformation of our business. Participating in the Leading Digital Business Transformation...