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Creating something from nothing: 27 new winners

IMD selects companies for its Startup Competition

IMD business school events, reports and programs in 2019

Lausanne, Switzerland 17 December 2018 - As a top-ranked business school, IMD is expert in developing leaders, transforming organizations and creating positive, sustainable impact – immediate...

Digital transformation: 5 ways organizations fail

By Michael R. Wade

After years of work on digital transformation, executives face a grim reality: Just 5 percent of digital transformations achieve or exceed expectations, according to Bain research. What are they...

IMD Lausanne Alumni Club creates new MBA scholarship

The IMD Alumni Club of Lausanne committed to creating a new, merit based, scholarship for future participants in IMD’s leadership-centric MBA program.

7 questions to ask before joining an online programme

By Paul Hunter

Paul Hunter provides an insider's guide to the questions you need to ask before signing up for an online pgrogramme – and the answers you need to hear.

Why Apple is no longer a byword for innovation – just ask the markets

By Arturo Bris

In this article, Professor Arturo Bris explains how the market is a great tool to determine a company’s growth opportunities, and future success. Investors have money at stake and this...

IMD MBA Graduation 2018: Commemorating a once in a lifetime learning journey

IMD MBA Graduation 2018

Philanthropy & Competitiveness

By Christos Cabolis

IMD’s influential books of the year

In 2018, five IMD faculty-authored books were published, contributing to furthering the field of management thinking in digital, technology, strategy, sustainability, and social entrepreneurship.

MBA class of 2018 – reflections on a year with an outstanding class

IMD MBA Dean Seán Meehan highlights some of the important moments in the 2018 MBA program.

Is OpenAI the future of artificial intelligence?

By Amit M. Joshi, Maude Lavanchy

OpenAI, a San Francisco based non-profit research group, made a breakthrough with the benchmark game called OpenAI Five. The team of five neural networks were able to behave collaboratively and won...

The future of jobs—What’s at stake in the G20 Summit 2018?

By Arturo Bris

World leaders are meeting for the G20 Summit 2018 to discuss the future for work; infrastructure for development; and a sustainable food future. IMD Professor Arturo Bris shares what's at stake.

Newly appointed CEO prepares for fresh challenges in IMD’s Advanced Management Program (AMP)

Daniel De Swaan discusses his experience in the program before taking the lead role at Meijers Insurance in the Netherlands

Three teams from IMD’s MBA class with EPFL and ECAL honored in Debiopharm-Inartis Challenge finals

Three teams from IMD’s MBA class made it to the finals in the Debiopharm Inartis Challenge, a competition organized to improve the lives of healthcare patients.

Re-building the global food economy

Hundreds of companies are trying to sort through how to feed 2.4 billion people by 2020. Will the collection of FoodTech initiatives help to bring about the scale of change we so desperately need?

“Overall, it was just one of the richest years of my life”

IAN STEWART – MBA Class of 1987 – Co-Founder WiReD Magazine, Chairman WheelsPlusWings Foundation

IMD’s November 2018 EMBA’s commemorate their learning transformations

IMD’s November 2018 EMBA’s commemorate their learning transformations

OWP: Disrupting ideas about organizational behavior and demystifying corporate culture

Live from OWP Singapore

Sustainability and the art of doing less

By Benoit F. Leleux, Jan Van der Kaaij

Companies and executives must develop a new sense of urgency, moving their sustainability programs from the realm of compliance to that of a key driver of performance and innovation, which...

Getting out of the office

By Michael D. Watkins

Becoming the CEO of a large organization for the first time is a challenging leadership transition. While the path to the top usually prepares a first-time CEO well for key internal leadership...

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...