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IMD MBA Venture Award to support entrepreneurs of the future

With the 2022 launch of the MBA Venture Award, IMD alumnus and serial entrepreneur Thierry Maupilé intends to help MBA candidates embrace entrepreneurship in a new way, by providing the...

‘Climate crisis, rising inequality and new tech will shape the future of management education’

The Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM) celebrated its 10th anniversary on 26 – 28 May at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne with series of...

IMD authored works recognized at two business book awards

Hacking Digital: Best Practices to Implement and Accelerate Your Business Transformation by Michael Wade, Professor of Innovation and Strategy, Didier Bonnet, Professor of Strategy and...

IMD wins two prizes in the EFMD 2022 Excellence in Practice awards

IMD has won a 2022 EFMD Excellence in Practice Gold Award for its custom program, co-created with Moroccan state-owned mining and fertilizer firm OCP and Africa business school.   The case follows...

Business Schools for Climate Leadership shares important new insights in tackling climate crisis

Business Schools for Climate Leadership (BS4CL) launched at COP26 last year and is a unique partnership between eight of Europe’s leading business schools to help present and future leaders combat...

Innovation week challenges MBAs to redesign startup accelerator to fulfil green ambitions

According to long-held wisdom, learners retain 10% of what they read, 20% of what they hear, and 90% of what they do. I MD’s innovation week was the l atest element in the MBA program which set out...

Peter Vogel features in Poets & Quants Best 40 Under 40 MBA professors list

Poets & Quants has named Peter Vogel, IMD Professor of Family Business and Entrepreneurship, as one of the Best 40 Under 40 MBA professors worldwide in its 10^th annual...

Which companies will survive the next crisis?

Retail banks trump fintech companies this year in contrast to last year, with J.P Morgan, ING climbing ten spots, Block lands in 6th place behind stalwart banks Tesla and Toyota dominate the...

Courageous leadership is needed now to address systemic challenges

By Katharina Lange

Why all businesses should embrace sustainability

By Knut Haanaes with Natalia Olynec.

Sustainability is becoming more important for all companies, across all industries. 62% of executives consider a sustainability strategy necessary to be competitive today, and another 22% think it...

EMBA startup ideas put to the test in on-campus Startup Accelerator Day

Executive MBA participants in the Class of April 2022, the self-named ‘NewHorizons’ cohort, came together earlier this month for a Startup Accelerator Day to coach and mentor each other on their...

IMD and Innovaud partner on new scale-up program for fast-growing startups

IMD and Innovaud have been supporting startups for many years, through initiatives such as the IMD Startup Competition and the NNexus and Scale Up Vaud programs. But until now, there has been a gap...

Rio Tinto endows Chair in Stakeholder Engagement at IMD

The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) has appointed strategy and political economy expert David Bach (above, center) to a new Rio Tinto Chair in Stakeholder Engagement. The...

MBAs go deep into the science behind sustainability

What kind of sustainability challenges do the world’s top 20 companies face? And to what extent are organizations living up to their promises when it comes to corporate climate responsibility? On 21...

IMD reaccredited by the Association of MBAs

IMD has officially received re-accreditation from the Association of MBAs (AMBA) , one of the world’s leading authorities on post-graduate business education, demonstrating its ongoing commitment...

An update on Ukraine-related decisions

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is now entering its second week, and very sadly all aspects of this crisis – from the intensity of the fighting, to the suffering of the Ukrainian people, to...

IMD Statement on Ukraine

At IMD our mission is to develop leaders who foster a prosperous, sustainable and inclusive world. Essential to the success of this mission is peace. We condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. We...

Two IMD Professors win prizes in Case Centre Awards and Competitions 2022

IMD Professor of Strategy and International Business Niccolò Pisani has won the Overall Award in The Case Centre’s 2022 global Case Awards and Competitions, for his case titled adidas: How to...

In the field with Angaza

Two IMD family business experts named in Top 100 family business influencers list

Leading family enterprise platform   Family Capital  has selected Professor of Family Business and Entrepreneurship Peter Vogel and Alfredo De Massis , intellectual contributor at the Wild Chair...

Transition traps

By Michael D. Watkins

Every year, thousands of managers enter new leadership positions. Their actions during the first few months on the job can determine their success or failure, yet little first-rate advice is...

Beware of success

The double billing of Bracken P. Darrell, CEO of Logitech and Gilbert Achermann, former CEO and current Chairman of Straumann, was the unlikely combination of a leader in computer peripherals and...

Secrets of success in long-lasting family firms

By Denise H. Kenyon-Rouvinez

The world over, the vast majority of very long-lasting firms are family owned and family run. What made them highly successful when so many businesses around them failed? These families have much...

Orchestrating Winning Performance 2017 kicks off

IMD's largest open enrolment program, Orchestrating Winning Performance, kicked off for the 21st consecutive year on Sunday, drawing over 350 participants from around the globe to the IMD campus...

IMD Launches The First 90 Days, a new program to help leaders in career transition

IMD has recently launched The First 90 Days, a new program designed to help leaders in career transition get up to speed quickly and find ways to create positive momentum in their new role.

Abeer Hazboun-Sader: from technology and Ted Talks to impact investment

Positive action characterizes Abeer Hazboun-Sader’s every move. She has co-founded an intercultural leadership program, turned a company around, while co-organising a three stages Ted Talk ...

J. Valkovicova aims to lead change in consumer-focused innovation solutions

Jana obtained a BSc & MSc in Management and Marketing from RWTH Aachen University and the University of Economics Bratislava in Slovakia, her home country. After graduation, she joined Puma Group as...

Ashish Singh hones his skills for future leadership roles

Ashish Singh comes to IMD from a highly technical background and intends to leverage his expertise within the oil and gas sector to pursue a role in corporate business strategy.

Strategy 2020: IMD and the Hempel Custom Strategy Program

IMD and Hempel developed a custom strategy program for its top teams in order to optimize their strategy and make key decisions to optimize its global business. Learn how this custom strategy...

Abhijat Chahal believes in the power of education to transform societies

When Abhijat Chahal graduated from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India with a BS in Marine Engineering, he was immediately employed by Maersk Group, the integrated...