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Greater public-private collaboration will unlock sustainable solutions to complex challenges

Today’s challenges require an ecosystem of collaboration  that  adopts  a flexible  and cooperative  approach to leadership and orchestration, depending on the problem  and its circumstances...

COVID has decelerated globalization, but not ended it

Organizations must focus on these three things to become more successful amid chaos

Does your company float like a butterfly and sting like a bee? Does your organization take a licking and keep on ticking? Some companies have indeed remained in the ring despite the challenges...

Leadership means having a clear vision and taking people with you

  What are you working on at the moment? There are many exciting things that keep me (us) busy at the Global Family Business Center. For example, we have our open and custom programs that we are...

Three factors to consider before creating a family office

By Jung Eung Park, Peter Vogel Matthew Crudgington

Three IMD professors honored for their unique digital influence

Three IMD professors – Amit Joshi, Michael Wade and Arturo Bris – have been honored in the fifth annual Digital Shapers index. The index highlights 100 people in Switzerland that play key roles...

Leaders should adopt this simple collaborative model of leveraging diversity and alignment

While an individual may be trained in strategy and leadership, it is a rare CEO that has been trained in group dynamics. “In stressful situations, we return to our tired old patterns,” says...

How Dom Pérignon's creative ambition can serve luxury companies during and after the pandemic

By Niccolò Pisani & International Marketing Manager, Dom Pérignon, LVMH Ginevra Boralevi

By embracing challenges and sustainability, the Champagne house saved its 2010 vintage and secured its success amid adverse changes in the environment.

Channel the diversity of ideas to navigate uncertainty

By Vanina Farber

The 9 steps businesses can take today to fight climate change, racism and poverty

Army training for EMBA cohort to foster skills in crisis management

The COVID-19  pandemic  has  exposed  the need for effective and efficient leadership  in a crisis . To prepare for this  and other  new challenge s , 54 participants took a course in military...

Singapore, Helsinki and Zurich triumph in global smart city index

Singapore, Helsinki and Zurich have taken the podium positions in the 2020 IMD-SUTD Smart City Index Report, a collaboration between IMD and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)...

More than one in three of Switzerland’s best startups collaborated with IMD – but we did have one surprise

Hundreds of entrepreneurs in Switzerland dream of success, whether that means getting their product to market, raising money or one day doing an IPO. But making it into the annual Swiss Top100 is...

The three-step decision-making tool that could save your company

One thing is certain: these are uncertain times. Making decisions in unstable environments is nothing new for today’s leaders. Yet when uncertainty skyrockets – powered by a global pandemic...

The corporate path that led to an entrepreneurial approach to saving our most precious resource

After   more than  a decade  spent in diverse and  rewarding   corporate  roles   such as  Senior Director Europe Middle East Africa (EMEA)   for  US-based multinational  Oracle and vice president...

How to reshape your company’s digital marketing efforts

By Niccolò Pisani , Dr Moritz Hahn, Member of the Zalando Executive Committee

With the advent of digital technologies, the marketing function has gone through a radical transformation. This transformation has been further accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

You will get hacked – you need a proactive cybersecurity plan in place

In the past several years, digital transformation initiatives have been on the menu for many organizations. But since the pandemic swept shut many countries, cities and companies in March 2020...

The top seven priorities for boards

In the third episode of “High Performance Boards”, IMD Professor of Governance Didier Cossin explores the topic of stewardship and how organizations can create true value with Chairman of...

Trying to hack COVID: my experience hyperlooping teams into the future of remote innovation

By Louise Muhdi

Two IMD experts star in Top 100 family business influencers list

Leading family enterprise platform Family Capital has named Professor of Family Business and Entrepreneurship Peter Vogel and Lise Møller, Director of Family Business Engagement, among the top...

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...