Criterion of the Month and Articles

Singapore, Helsinki and Zurich triumph in global smart city index

Singapore, Helsinki and Zurich have taken the podium positions in the 2020 IMD-SUTD Smart City Index Report, a collaboration between IMD and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)...

Three ways Venezuela can develop a more competitive economy

By Arturo Bris

Why globalization is going nowhere, despite the current panic

By Christos Cabolis

Globalization, that is the increased interdependency among economies with respect to trade of goods and services, as well as the flow of capital, people and ideas, has long had its pluses and...

The long road to capitalism: here’s why China has arrived

By Arturo Bris, Mark J. Greeven

Webinar on The long road to capitalism: here’s why China has arrived with Professors Bris and Greeven

World Competitiveness Yearbook 2020

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...

“Deglobalization is a short-term trend, we will get back to our old numbers”

By Arturo Bris

IMD’s 2020 World Competitiveness Ranking revealed, showing strength of small economies

The eagerly anticipated data on economies’ competitiveness has gone live, opening discussions on changes in the hierarchy on a national, regional and global level. The annual rankings, now in...

Once COVID-19 is beaten, let’s mobilize our efforts

By Christos Cabolis, Salvatore Cantale

The cost of being too shy

By Arturo Bris, Michel Demaré

Coronavirus and the global economy: yes, there really is cause for optimism

By Arturo Bris

As the markets bounce in the wake of the US government's US$2 trillion giveaway, stand by for some (slightly) sunny thinking.

Coronavirus: Should financial markets be so worried?

By Arturo Bris

Markets reacting to coronavirus shows how feeble and unstable global trade is

Capitalism needs a reboot. This is how we can make it more inclusive

By Arturo Bris

The future of capitalism cannot be the responsibility of the corporate sector alone. We need action from governments too. Powerful partnerships between the two can help us create a fairer...

Apple’s share price has doubled, but there is a crunch coming – investors should watch out

By Arturo Bris

What Apple needs is a focus on innovation and not on financial engineering. I argued in a Conversation article in December 2018 that the company is no longer considered a growth stock by...

Strong institutions alleviate uncertainty

By Christos Cabolis

The beginning of the year is the time where think-tanks and economists predict the trends, or forces, that will shape economic and social outcomes over the next twelve months. The common ground...

The Gift of Longevity

By Christos Cabolis

Promoting healthy living is a prerequisite to enhancing prosperity, a point that is the focus of the third UN Sustainable Development Goal (UNSDG): “good health and well-being.” How do the...