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IMD’s faculty and research teams regularly publish important research on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Research & Insights

IMD’s faculty and research teams regularly publish important research on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Research Policy

More risk-averse or more innovative? The effect of women board membership and aspirations on patent activity

By Stephen Smulowitz, Malgorzata Smulowitz and Didier Cossin

Journal of International Business Studies

Parenthood wage gaps in multinational enterprises

By Khadija Van der Straaten, Niccolò Pisani and Ans Kolk

Disability and Society

Unveiling affective disablism at work: A structural approach to microaggressions

By Eline Jammaers and Alexander Fleischmann

Journal of Business Ethics

The (in)visibility of diversity in alternative organizations

By Regine Bendl, Alexander Fleischmann and Angelika Schmidt

Journal of Business Ethics

Microaggressions, interrupted: The experience and effects of gender microaggressions for women in STEM

By Jennifer Kim and Alyson Meister

Human Relations

Female board membership and stakeholder strategy: Consistency under complexity and uncertainty

By Malgorzata Smulowitz and Stephen Smulowitz

Journal of Management

Now you see me, now you don’t: A conceptual model of the antecedents and consequences of leader impostorism

By Ronit Kark, Alyson Meister and Kim Peters

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Are family female directors catalysts of innovation in family SMEs?

By Jonathan Bauweraerts, Emanuela Rondi, Paola Rovelli, Alfredo De Massis and Salvatore Sciascia

Human Relations

The stories that make us: Leaders’ origin stories and temporal identity work

By Wei Zheng, Alyson Meister and Brianna Caza

I by IMD

How creating psychologically safe workplaces is key to long-term success

By Gina Battye and Alexander Fleischmann

I by IMD

Engaging men in DE&I: How inclusion benefits everyone

By Mark Freed

I by IMD

Women on European boards: A route towards 40%

By Jennifer Jordan and Alexander Fleischmann

I by IMD

How a haven for artists is uplifting a community – Jason Price

By David Bach

I by IMD

Is it time to think differently about difference?

By Alexander Fleischmann

WEF Forum

Multinationals could help close parenthood wage gaps. This is how.

By Khadija Van der Straaten, Niccolò Pisani and Ans Kolk

I by IMD

DE&I: Small steps for big changes

By Alexander Fleischmann

I by IMD

Creating an LGBTQ+ community in the workplace

By Walter Hassler

I by IMD

Where the heck are the women in tech? New ways to attract, develop, and retain female talent

By Sarah E. Toms

I by IMD

Why DE&I cannot be outsourced to AI

By Josefine van Zanten

HRM Asia

How leaders can introduce inclusive language in the Asian workplace

By Heather Cairns-Lee and Alexander Fleischmann

I by IMD

Turning belonging from a privilege into a right – Inclusivity Crisis

By Jennifer Jordan

Case Study

Prudence in a maze of metaphors

“Prudence in a maze of metaphors” follows a fictional day in the life of a woman to explore a variety of challenges individuals commonly face in their professional environments. Prudence’s story uses metaphors such as Sticky Floor, Glass Ceiling, …

By Vanina Farber and Heather Cairns-Lee

Case Study

J.M. Huber Corporation: Testing the limits of resilience capabilities

As circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to shift and evolve, J.M. Huber Corporation (Huber) remained focused on protecting its employees, maintaining business continuity, and on advancing its multi-year sustainability strategy. The eff…

By Sameh Abadir and Marta Widz

Case Study

Lionheart Farms (Philippines) and the tree of life (Abridged)

Lionheart Agrotech Limited, the holding company of Lionheart Farms is developing a large-scale sustainable hybrid coconut plantation with integrated processing and manufacturing capacities in the Philippines. The case describes the idea of the fo…

By Benoit F. Leleux, Anna Ziolkovska, Jose Mora, Said Chekri and Thibaud de Veyrac

Case Study

Lionheart Farms (Philippines) and the tree of life

By Benoit F. Leleux, Anna Ziolkovska, Jose Mora, Said Chekri and Thibaud de Veyrac

Case Study

Kineer: A social marketing challenge

Kineer Services Limited (Kineer) was a social marketing startup set up in 2018 by Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi, a prominent Indian transgender, and Manish Jain, an ex-hospitality industry veteran. Their objective in setting up Kineer was to provide a …

By Dominique Turpin, Umashankar Venkatesh, Jones Mathew and Sandeep Puri

Case Study

Brown-Forman: Nothing better in the market

London, UK, July 2020. G. Garvin Brown IV, the chairman of Brown-Forman Corporation and 5th generation family shareholder, was preparing to celebrate the firm’s 150th anniversary. Despite its current global footprint, a turnover in excess of $3.3 …

By Benoit F. Leleux, Marta Widz and Marc Chauvet

Featured publication

Inclusive leadership

Organizations must become more inclusive and diverse to thrive in the future: the business case is as a compelling as the moral imperative. How can executives foster inclusion to unlock the power of diversity, while recognizing and tackling inequity and discrimination? In the June issue of I by IMD, we explore how leaders can build organizations and design products and services that are truly inclusive.

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