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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.

IMD again among the top in the Financial Times Executive Education rankings
Financial Times ranks IMD first worldwide in open programs
05/14/2012 06:48 AM

Alfonso Navarro Reategui: IMD MBA 2012 participant Q&A
IMD MBA participant Alfonso Navarro Reategui
05/09/2012 11:36 AM

IMD Event: Alumni Club reunion in North America
IMD North America Alumni Club reunion
05/09/2012 07:52 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.

MANUFACTURING STRIKES BACK
IMD | Country Development - After a golden age of ultra-globalization, the new buzzword is reindustrialization. IMD Professor Stéphane Garelli says the ability to manufacture locally will be crucial to a country’s competitiveness in this new era.
05/14/2012 08:53 AM

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
IMD - Humor at Work - Humor is a part of every work environment. Used effectively, it can help in many situations but can also be a double-edged sword, IMD Research Fellow Dr. Karsten Jonsen explains.
05/10/2012 10:17 AM

JUST IN TIME FOR THE CHINESE GOLD RUSH
Growth in China - IMD - After a decade of export-based growth, China’s leaders are aware that future growth must be driven by domestic consumption. Howard Yu explains that for shrewd companies, there’s a gold rush ahead.
05/10/2012 09:46 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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