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We contribute to a number of studies and global research on competitiveness.

Research & Insights

We contribute to a number of studies and global research on competitiveness.

The World Economy

Are software automation and teleworker substitutes? Preliminary evidence from Japan

By Richard Baldwin and Toshihiro Okubo

World Trade Review

Globotics and development: When manufacturing is jobless and services are tradeable

By Richard Baldwin and Rikard Forslid

Review of Industrial Organization

Competition and specialization in the VC market: A non-monotonic relationship

By Christos Cabolis, Mian Dai and Konstantinos Serfes

Journal of Global Mobility

The macro-contextual drivers of the international mobility of managers and executives

By Arturo Bris, Shlomo Ben-Hur, José Caballero and Marco Pistis

Journal of Economic Behavior ＆ Organization

The interactions of R&D investments and horizontal mergers

By Christos Cabolis, Constantine Manasakis, Diego Moreno and Emmanuel Petrakis

The Conversation

With Trump in the White House, China and Latin America may try to forge an even deeper relationship

By José Caballero

I by IMD

Here’s what we predicted for 2024… how did we do?

By Robert Hooijberg, Arturo Bris, David Bach, José Parra Moyano, Michael R. Wade, Julia Katharina Binder, Howard H. Yu, Simon J. Evenett, Alyson Meister, Salvatore Cantale and Stefan Michel

The National

How the UAE is moving towards an AI-driven, knowledge-based economy

By Arturo Bris

VoxEU

US entity list restrictions slow the innovation of Chinese firms and their US collaborators

By Yu Cao, Francesca De Nicola, Aaditya Mattoo and Jonathan Timmis

I by IMD

‘We need to tighten up our approach to industrial policy’

By Simon J. Evenett, Christos Cabolis, Deborah Elms and Chuin Wei Yap

Hinrich Foundation

Building a resilient trade system in a volatile world

By Christos Cabolis

The National

Can Europe’s unified bond compete with US treasuries?

By Arturo Bris

I by IMD

Where Mario Draghi’s €800bn industrial strategy for Europe falls short

By Arturo Bris

I by IMD

Countries of the future: Looking beyond the disinformation

By Arturo Bris

Henley ＆ Partners

The competitiveness strengths of the expanded BRICS

By José Caballero

Henley ＆ Partners

The cumulative effect of investment migration programs

By José Caballero

Henley ＆ Partners

Global trade and economy hang in the balance

By José Caballero

Case Study

Trader Joe’s: At a crossroads?

When Covid-19 hit the US in 2020, the grocery retail industry underwent a greatly accelerated digital transformation as consumers’ habits changed drastically in a matter of weeks. As Americans sought to avoid their risk of exposure to the coronavi…

By Niccolò Pisani, Goutam Challagalla and Inès Augier

Case Study

The future of the global beer industry: What is brewing beyond the Covid-19 pandemic?

The global beer industry took an unprecedented hit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Around the world, governments implemented restrictive coronavirus containment measures such as national lockdowns, curfews and social distancing mandates. Bars, pubs,…

By Niccolò Pisani and Inès Augier