Articles and News

In the field with Turkcell

By Tawfik Jelassi, P. C. Abraham

Digital disruption is a reality in most industries and geographies. Established players are up against new competitors that use asset-light digital business models to compete very effectively with...

IMD team wins highest prize for its work transforming organizations in the 2019 EFMD Excellence in Practice Awards

The winners of the 2019 EMBA Excellence in Practice Awards have been announced and IMD has once again received international recognition for the excellence in its learning and development programs...

In Anticipation of the 2019 IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook

By Christos Cabolis

TV streaming titans are locked into a real-life Game of Thrones – here’s a way around this fight to the death

By Michael R. Wade

IMD Professor Michael Wade provides a way forward for the media giants.

Israel: The unreasonable nation, and how that makes it similar to Silicon Valley

By Jim Pulcrano

Entrepreneurs exist everywhere, but several regions, notably Silicon Valley and Israel, are held up as examples for the rest of us to learn from. Rather than simply describing the two places, which...

From Auschwitz to a life of kindness and forgiveness: lessons for leadership

Dr Edith Eva Eger – holocaust survivor, author, and leadership mentor – addressed the IMD community on how to make the journey from victimization to empowerment.

2019 UEFA Innovation Challenge – Ideas Developed by IMD/ECAL Teams

UEFA, ECAL and ThinkSport teamed up to create a unique and intensive experience for students to learn about innovation.

New faculty book: Strategic Agility

By Bettina Büchel

A new book by IMD Professor Bettina Büchel and Rhoda Davidson titled "Strategic Agility - The art of piloting initiatives" has been released

Behavioral economics in the digital world

By John W. Walsh, Valerie Keller-Birrer

IMD Professor John W. Walsh and Valérie Keller-Birrer give principles to apply behavioral economics in online retail to create real win-win situations and better customer experiences.

Huawei: fears in the West are misplaced and could backfire in the long run

By Howard H. Yu

Western fears of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei infiltrating their technological infrastructure are rooted in fears of China’s rise. But a lot of these fears are misplaced and cutting Huawei out of...

IMD/ECAL team win UEFA Innovation Challenge with wearable tech to improve fan experience

For IMD’s MBA innovation module, the school, UEFA, ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne and ThinkSport teamed up to create a unique and intensive experience for MBA and Master in...

Looking at digital technologies through the eyes of executives

By Bettina Büchel

The business potential of new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, intelligent robotics, the internet of things (IoT) and blockchain are on executives’ minds in...

IMD Highlights Sustainability Practices Around Campus

IMD Highlights Sustainability Practices Around Campus

How an IMD organizational learning program helped establish the UEFA Academy

Thomas Junod is Head the UEFA Academy at The Union of European Football Associations. Last year, he participated in IMD’s Organizational Learning in Action (OLA), a program designed to help...

Highlights from recent IMD Alumni Club events worldwide

Alumni Clubs offer a wide range of networking and learning activities. There are some 40+ Alumni Clubs worldwide, all diverse in nature Here is a roundup of recent IMD Alumni Club events held around...

IMD business school and Pictet join forces to launch the IMD-Pictet Sustainability in Family Business Award

IMD business school and Pictet join forces to launch the IMD-Pictet Sustainability in Family Business Award

IMD’s MBA program partners with UEFA, ECAL and ThinkSport to innovate fans’ experience

IMD business school, UEFA, ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne and ThinkSport have teamed up to create a unique and intense experience for MBA and Master in Design participants to learn...

Abu Dhabi School of Government and IMD Announce New Partnership

The Abu Dhabi School of Government (ADSG) and IMD, the internationally renowned business school for leadership and management, have announced a new partnership to offer award-winning...

IMD faculty member Jennifer Jordan recognized among top global 40 business school professors under 40

IMD Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior Jennifer Jordan has been named as one of the top 40 international business school professors under 40 years old.

In the field with Spice World

By Winter Nie, Shih-Han Huang

How can a company succeed in a highly competitive, fragmented industry with low barriers to entry? As industry boundaries increasingly blur and previously unthought-of competitors cross domains...

Gaining a deep understanding of yourself to become an inspiring leader

In his spare time, Jean-François Vryens likes to hike in the mountains. For over a decade the CEO of Indufin has traveled to iconic ranges like the Himalayas to walk, climb and get away from his...

Perpetuating the IMD legacy through the Alumni Club and its scholarship

IMD alumnus François Gabella still approaches business challenges using the skills he learned over 30 years ago during his MBA program. Every year, he also attends get-togethers at the Alumni Club...

IMD EMBA: Cracking the leadership code

Interview of Hideto Yamauchi, President & Representative Director at Heraeus Japan, who has stepped up to new challenges thanks to IMD's EMBA program.

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 program

By Paul Hunter

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

How WeChat's unorthodox user data policy exploded creativity and made it the app for everything

By Howard H. Yu

WeChat’s major breakthrough is the realization that a product’s best feature will never be invented in-house. Killer apps must be invented by users instead. IMD Professor Howard Yu explains how...