Fighting poverty with entrepreneurialism means integrating social entrepreneurship and impact investing for a more inclusive capitalism, write Vanina Farber and Peter Wuffli, academics from IMD.
A few days before leaving the presidency of the United States, Trump signed an executive order to ban transactions with eight payment applications and services. Unlike TikTok and WeChat, "it will be a little harder for payment services to invoke the First Amendment, which protects free speech," says IMD Professor Mark Greeven.
Despite vaccines being slowly rolled out globally, are we ever likely to go back to the way things were pre-pandemic? With business success being very much dependent on the blending of management development experiences, IMD Professors Robert Hooijberg and Michael Watkins believe we'll need to find a balance between virtual and face-to-face interactions to effectively develop leaders and manage teams going forward.
"Entrepreneurs will often find it difficult to accept the restrictions of being an employee once again, after they have tasted the excitement, freedom, and sense of achievement associated with being on their own," says IMD Professor Cyril Bouquet.
Will it or won’t it happen? That’s the question after the biggest IPO in history set to go ahead in the Chinese stock market suddenly ground to a halt. The Ant IPO was vetoed by regulators just a few days before its placing in Shanghai and Beijing. The IMD’s Michael Wade and Elizabeth Terrachino explained the background to the sudden halt in proceedings.
Discussing the theme of Brexit and its impact on talent, IMD Professor Arturo Bris appeared on the UK’s national speech radio station LBC following the release of the World Talent Ranking.
While 2020 is the year of COVID-19, it may also coincide with that period in economic history when politics became the greatest risk for global business, says IMD Business School’s Patrick Reinmoeller.
Switzerland, Denmark and Luxembourg take the top spots in the IMD World Talent Ranking, while Singapore remains Asia’s best performer. Christos Cabolis, Chief Economist and Head of Operations of the World Competitiveness Center at IMD Business School, explains why.
Despite Facebook’s reach, IMD professor Howard Yu and research fellow Jialu Shan break down how its Libra digital currency is no match for legacy financial institutions.
Professor Michael Wade joins BNN Bloomberg for a look at WeWork's upcoming initial public offering and what underlying issues lie within the company's IPO strategy.
CAN artificial intelligence (AI) think? Is it an attempt to imitate the human brain? Will it take decision making away from us? Will AI create massive unemployment? Don't worry folks, we're not there yet.
During an “innovation week”, IMD’s MBAs took part in a dizzying mix of lectures and visits to healthcare facilities, to create a product concept, business plan and prototype it
The UAE's global ranking in digital competitiveness continued to improve as it secured the 17th position in IMD World Digital Competitiveness 2018 report
The purpose of organizational and leadership development is to utilize collective and individual potential, and to uncover unfortunate attitudes and behaviors. In such processes it is important to understand the dilemmas associated with the leadership role.
Professor Arturo Bris, Professor Stephane Girod and Professor Dominique Turpin, provide insights on the challenges for Japan in the era of globalization
