World Competitiveness Center
For more than 30 years, the IMD World Competitiveness Center has pioneered research on how nations and enterprises compete to lay the foundations for future prosperity. We are dedicated to the advancement of knowledge on world competitiveness by offering benchmarking services for countries and companies using the latest and most relevant data on the subject.
Our thought-provoking content provides insights into what makes nations competitive and gives context to some of the most pressing issues of our time.
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by Arturo Bris, Shlomo Ben-Hur, José Caballero, Marco Pistis, Journal of Global Mobility
by Jose Caballero, The Conversation
Featured publication
World Competitiveness Yearbook
The IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook is the leading annual report on the competitiveness of countries and has been published by IMD since 1989. It benchmarks the performance of 67 economies based on more than 330 criteria measuring different facets of competitiveness.
Discover our latest research and results on how countries compete to lay the foundations for sustainable value creation.
Published by The Smart City Observatory (IMD and the Seoul-based World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO). The Smart City Index offers a balanced focus on the economic and technological aspects of smart cities and the “humane dimensions” of smart cities (quality of life, environment, inclusiveness).
Read our latest academic articles, which are regularly published in the world’s leading business and management journals.
Discover our latest rankings and indexes: Competitiveness Ranking, Digital Competitiveness Ranking and Talent Ranking, Smart City Index, and Sustainable Trade Index
