Articles

Corruption, Democracy, and Political Uncertainty

By Christos Cabolis

Sustainability Resolution

By Christos Cabolis

What is really eating apple – and why Steve Jobs would not be doing a lot better

By Arturo Bris

Apple has started the new year by disappointing investors with its first profit warning in 17 years. Consequently, many are pointing to Apple’s lost talisman as the reason for the company’s woes...

Philanthropy & Competitiveness

By Christos Cabolis

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.

Switzerland leads the 5th consecutive edition of the IMD World Talent Ranking

PRESS RELEASE: The IMD World Competitiveness Center releases the World Talent Ranking 2018

Will the most competitive countries in 2018 rank highest in talent?

By Arturo Bris, Christos Cabolis, José Caballero, Marco Pistis

The IMD World Talent Ranking assesses how the 63 economies studied by the IMD World Competitiveness Center, attract and retain highly-skilled professionals. Cultivating a skilled and educated...

Where to go on vacation?

By Christos Cabolis

The Brazilian election through the lens of competitiveness

By Christos Cabolis

The Brazilian voters casted their ballots in the first round of the presidential elections this past Sunday and will return for the final second round on October 28. In this edition of the Criterion...

Ten years after the crisis – are we better off?

By Arturo Bris

Professor Arturo Bris writes about what finance experts have learned since the 2008 financial crisis

Despite challenge from Asia, "The West" leads in digital - US, Canada and seven European countries in top 10

PRESS RELEASE - The USA leads the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2018 followed by Singapore, Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland. Rising from the 3rd spot, the USA overtakes Singapore and...

Which are the most digitally competitive countries and why does it matter?

On Wednesday June 20, IMD business school and digitalswitzerland are hosting the first Digital Competiveness Summit 2018 on digital competitiveness and the latest digital trends, at IMD’s campus...

Trumponomics, or the need for precision and careful examination of data

By Christos Cabolis

World Competitiveness Yearbook 2018

The IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) is the leading annual report on the competitiveness of countries and has been published by IMD since 1989. It benchmarks the performance of 63...

The US overtakes Hong Kong at first place among world’s most competitive economies

PRESS RELEASE - Marking its 30th edition this year, the IMD World Competitiveness Rankings emphasize a long-term trend highlighted in past editions – that the countries on the top of the list each...