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International Institute for Management Development (IMD)

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Located in Lausanne on Lake Geneva in Switzerland, IMD is the global meeting place for executives from all over the world.

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  • Leif Sjoblom
  • +41 (0) 21 618 0111
  • +41 (0) 21 618 0707
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IMD Business School - News

Read the latest news from IMD - Events, new programs, Faculty, Alumni news....and much more.

Navigating these uncertain times, IMD Family Business Forum 2012
Navigating these uncertain times IMD Family Business Forum 2012 addresses how family businesses link short-term performance to long-term sustainability
02/20/2012 08:18 AM

Sam Rafla: IMD MBA 2012 participant Q&A
IMD MBA 2012 particpant Sam Rafla
02/17/2012 10:52 AM

IMD MBAs energized by Evian Group Roundtable
IMD MBAs energized by Evian Group Roundtable
02/13/2012 11:44 AM

IMD Business School - Tomorrow's Challenges Articles

Tomorrow's Challenges summarize current ideas, research output and projects of IMD Faculty, with links to related videos, programs, books and articles.

IN-TOUCH BOARDS
IMD - Corporate Governance - IMD Professor Paul Strebel explores the disconnect between CEOs and board directors and the real world of customers, suppliers, employees, and society at large.
02/17/2012 07:59 AM

MOST CORPORATE BOARDS ARE FAILING
IMD - Corporate Boards - The euro celebrates its 10th anniversary this month under a dark cloud of crisis. However, Didier Cossin argues a discerning risk analysis could provide those investing in Europe with great opportunities.
02/17/2012 04:45 AM

WILL CHINA INEVITABLY DEVELOP POWERFUL GLOBAL BRANDS?
IMD - Chinese Brands - China’s economy will be the world’s largest before too long, but what sort of global impact will Chinese brands have? IMD Professor Howard Yu outlines two different scenarios.
02/10/2012 04:57 AM

IMD MBALive

Keep up-to-date with the IMD MBA participants and what's going on in the program through blogs, photos and videos.

MBA 2010 participant story - Jerome Briggs
IMD MBA 2010 participant Jerome Briggs shrugs and gives an apologetic smile. “I guess it’s just part of me,” he says, unable to pinpoint what inspires his drive. But there’s no denying that that drive is strong.
09/10/2010 10:38 AM

MBA events and information sessions
Newly confirmed dates are now available for on-site campus visits or for information sessions and forums around the world. Please register to join us, or watch the videos of our Live Chat sessions.
09/10/2010 10:37 AM

IMD MBA 2010 - September Dragon Boat race for cancer
The IMD community, including MBA participants, alumni, staff and Faculty, joined in the Paddling for Cancer Dragon Boat race on the Lac de Joux in l'Abbaye on Sunday September 5th.
09/10/2010 10:35 AM

IMD Tomorrow's Challenges Video Podcast www.imd.ch/podcast/

The Tomorrow's Challenges Video Podcasts summarize current ideas, research output and projects of IMD Faculty. This podcast is only an excerpt , for the full story please find the link in the podcast video. www.imd.ch/podcast

The IMD Business School uniqueness is a chemistry of extraordinary people, highly relevant programs, state-of-the-art facilities, rankings time after time at the top, research you can act on. Celebrating diversity: over 50 renowned Faculty from over 22 countries. A network of some 180 international companies and 55000 alumni worldwide. Watch the IMD Experience www.imd.ch/xp and discover why IMD is unique among business schools,

POD948 - The current financial crisis and beyond
A recurring theme in our recent series of webcasts on leading in turbulent times has been to look beyond the current financial crisis and anticipate more permanent changes that it will bring to the business landscape. During the recent Orchestrating Winning Performance (OWP) program at IMD, we surveyed the attending CEOs on what they saw as the contours of this emerging landscape and what it meant for managing their businesses. The table below lists some of the questions asked, and a summary of their responses.
04/30/2010 08:37 AM

POD934 - Cluster companies in China's Zhejiang Province - Part 2
To recap, industry clusters in China are on a different scale to their equivalents in other parts of the world. Here they can represent several thousand enterprises, from small to large, in a limited geographic area and all engaged in the same sector. From silk ties to socks to auto accessories - each industry has its cluster in China.
04/16/2010 08:34 AM

POD933 - Cluster companies in China's Zhejiang Province - Part 1
Many of us are familiar with the concept of industry clusters and may be aware of Michael Porter’s framework, The Competitiveness of Nations. But industry clusters in China are altogether different. Rather than a grouping of a few major firms by region or country, industry clusters in China can represent several thousand enterprises, from small to large, in a limited geographic area and all engaged in the same sector. From silk ties to socks to auto accessories - each is part of a cluster in China.
04/12/2010 08:31 AM

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