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AI’s bias challenge

By Bettina Büchel

How stereotypes are shaping Artificial Intelligence and what to do about it

Putting advanced analytics to work

By Ralf W. Seifert, Richard Markoff

Within the burgeoning field of Advanced Analytics, there is an application that holds particular potential: Predictive Maintenance (PM). The promise of PM is that, by using predictive...

Environment risks threaten business as investors, consumers raise pressure

By Natalia Olynec

Businesses are waking up to the risks of a warming, polluted planet. Under increasing pressure from investors, customers, and NGOs, CEOs are realizing they will have to pay as much attention to...

Could Blockchain revolutionize philanthropy?

By Peter Vogel, Malgorzata Kurak

Blockchain is one of the most hyped technologies of the 21st century. Blockchain enthusiasts predict that within the next couple of years the technology will entirely disrupt the world we live...

International Equestrian Federation (FEI) holds 8th Sports Forum at IMD

Multifaceted program reflects the many faces of equestrian sport and the complex questions to be tackled as a community

IMD Associate awarded for outstanding research

Patrick Reichert, Research Fellow in Social Innovation at the elea Chair for Social Innovation at IMD, recently won an Oxford Development Studies Journal Sanjaya Lall Prize for the best paper...

Michael Watkins releases "Master Your Next Move": The essential companion to "The First 90 Days"

Michael Watkins has released a new book "Master Your Next Move" a follow up to the bestselling "The First 90 Days"

“Ground control to Major Tom”

By Christos Cabolis

How a chance meeting in the IMD network led to a major innovation in the maritime industry

IMD EMBA Stefano Poli, and MBA alumnus Hans Ottosen launch new tech system for shipping

“The learning has made a huge difference”

Interview with Bader Al-Attar on his experience in IMD’s Advanced Management Program

In the field with Dallara Automobili

By Benoit F. Leleux, Tawfik Jelassi, Anouk Lavoie Orlick

Dallara Automobili hired a new CEO to lead the company on an innovation journey, from its past of high-end car craftsmanship to its future as a digital firm. The company invested in creating two...

IMD’s Alumni Life Sciences Community explores how data will shape the future of healthcare

Located in the heart of the Life Sciences Triangle, IMD helps explore emerging trends in healthcare.

Services measures in an integrated supply chain

By Ralf W. Seifert, Richard Markoff

Service level: it should be the clearest and most impactful KPI (key performance indicator) in any supply chain, capturing the ability of the supply chain to meet the company’s ability to satisfy...

Organizations need two diversity & inclusion policies – one for people and one for the planet

By Susan Goldsworthy

If we want to continue to flourish on this earth, we need to act to protect our planet. Organizations have a critical role to play if they can move from denial to awareness, from defense to...

Achieving strategic agility: Why strategic planning needs to be revisited

By Bettina Büchel

Many senior executives are mired in a “strategic decision-making conundrum”. On the one hand, rigid strategic-planning processes are hampering the ability of companies to respond to uncertain...

Think direct eye contact makes someone trustworthy? It can be a sign of something much darker

By Jennifer Jordan

We usually interpret someone looking us straight in the eye during an interaction as a sign of trustworthiness. In fact, it can be rather unsettling when someone avoids eye contact. But research...

Meet the Chief Transformation Officer: 8 key tasks for this new role

By Michael R. Wade, Tomoko Yokoi

Not to be confused with the Chief Technology Officer, the CTO’s most common mandate is to harness organizational change to drive new growth. While such positions are not entirely new...

Perspectives from women of impact

IMD and UBS have released a report titled ‘Perspectives from women of impact’ based on interviews with 40 women – some entrepreneurs, others born or married into wealthy families

Formula One motor firms are becoming textbook cases in how to successfully branch into other sectors

By Tawfik Jelassi, Benoit F. Leleux, Anouk Lavoie Orlick

Formula One race cars are the most technologically advanced cars in existence. Every car is equipped with 120 sensors which generate over a million pieces of information every second. This torrent...

Is creating a separate digital organization to drive digital transformation a red herring?

By Goutam Challagalla, Tasadduq A. Shervani

Virtually all firms are investing heavily in digital initiatives. One key question they grapple with is whether these digital initiatives should be housed in the current business or in a...

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...