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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...

Joining forces to tackle climate change

IMD alumna honored for empowering patients and communities in South Africa

Growing up in Soweto, Sibongile Manganyi-Rath experienced first-hand the damaging impact of an underfunded healthcare system when, aged 13, she was poorly treated and almost misdiagnosed at a...

IMD launches call for nominations for 2022 IMD Global Family Business Award

The IMD Global Family Business Award recognizes excellence in the art of building and managing a successful, sustainable and well-governed, family-owned enterprise. Since 1996, the award has...

Gender equal pay assessment shows no significant gap at IMD

A  Gender Equal Pay Assessment  conducted at IMD shows no significant gap, showing salary differentiations are not impacted by gender.    This analysis is part of our IMD Equity, Inclusion and...

Leaders: pay attention to what really motivates your workers

Workers today are increasingly motivated by high quality of life, flexible working, and opportunities to train on the job, whereas previously, remuneration was the driving force behind their desire...

IMD pays tribute to Swiss business trailblazer Egon Zehnder

On behalf of the entire IMD community, the Executive Committee and Board would like to pay tribute to the life and work of Dr. Egon Zehnder, who passed away on 16 November 2021 aged 91.  Dr. Zehnder...

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...

P. Nyberg relishes the learning experience after some years of working

Patricia first completed her MSc and BSc in Economics and Business Administration, at the Hanken School of Economics in her home city of Helsinki, Finland before working as Senior Origination...

Why less bad doesn’t equal good

By Francisco Szekely

Why does a company exist? If you’d asked executives this in the 1970s, the most common answer would have been ‘to make money’. Consumers, employees and the natural environment didn’t really figure...

Amazon buys Whole Foods – a grocery revolution?

By Ralf W. Seifert with Richard Markoff.

Right after we published an article on Amazon and its grocery business, Amazon announced the acquisition of the American grocery chain Whole Foods for nearly 14 billion USD. The impact of this move...

Priya Mehra: developing business solutions for human created challenges

Priya Mehra radiates hope. She is confident that sustainable business practices can help power the under-served and address human-created challenges, including climate change. Her dedication to...

Former Naval officer says IMD MBA forges leadership and business impact

Corporate experience is not a requirement to get into the IMD MBA program, as Thibault Acolas discovered. A graduate of the French Naval Academy, he has been a naval officer for 10 years, and worked...

Kuniyuki Furuta dives into the business world from the public sector

Born in Denver, Colorado, raised in Japan, Kuniyuki Furuta comes to IMD by way of Africa where he worked as an aid worker for the Japanese government. He aims to boost entrepreneurship by promoting...