Criterion of the Month and Articles

There’s a lot to admire about China, but not much to copy from it – yet

By Arturo Bris

Gender equality at work: we need better data and incentives

By Arturo Bris

Talent, regulation and capital needed for Thai economy to recover

Thailand needs to attract digital talent and invest more in education for it to boost its competitiveness in the current economic climate. That is the key message that came out of a recent IMD...

What drives an economy to be highly talent competitive?

By Christos Cabolis

Last week, the IMD World Competitiveness Center, launched the final ranking for 2020: the IMD World Talent Ranking! It captures the capacity of an economy to develop as well as attract talent...

European economies take 8 out of top 10 spots in 2020 World Talent Ranking

In order, from first to fifth were: Switzerland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Iceland, and Sweden. This year’s results — which use hard data from 2019 and survey answers from January to April 2020 &mdash...

Companies and governments must ‘upskill your people’ during COVID says panel examining talent

The hidden impact of COVID-19

By Christos Cabolis, José Caballero

As the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks havoc around the world, concerns have largely been focussed on its immediate impact on economies and health-systems. Lockdowns have led to business...

Switzerland must be bolder in innovation and investment to keep pace with the digital revolution

Switzerland is “well positioned” to challenge the global leaders the digital revolution, according to Director of the IMD World Competitiveness Center Arturo Bris, but there are signs that a lack...

The future of the world will depend on digitalization

The United States came first, Singapore second, and Denmark third in the  2020 IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking, a giant compilation of data that economists said could help predict how...

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)...

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 World Competitiveness Ranking 2020: 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