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When the world’s cities compete for talent, innovation, and investment, intelligence—not size—determines who wins. The Smart City Playbook is a fascinating journey into the front lines of urban transformation, written by Arturo Bris, one of the world’s foremost experts on competitiveness and Director of the IMD World Competitiveness Center in La…

The explosion of generative AI has sparked a wave of case studies showing how quickly and profoundly it is transforming businesses. Yet most of these use cases still apply the technology to enhancing existing systems. This book makes the case for why business leaders must revisit the fundamentals of generative AI and look beyond short-term, tact…

The State of Globalisation brings together leading economists to examine how technology, policy, and geopolitics are simultaneously reshaping the global economy in unprecedented ways. Far from marking a simple retreat, today’s divergent forces are transforming cross-border trade, investment, and supply chains, generating both new risks of fragme…

The IMD World Competitiveness Ranking (WCR) is a renowned tool for assessing the competitiveness of economies worldwide. This year, IMD’s World Competitiveness Center (WCC) has expanded its scope to include Kenya, Namibia, and Oman. This year’s ranking highlights that government efficiency is key to fighting social divides and keeping economies …

Have you ever wondered why AI and sustainability seem so promising, yet so often fail to take off inside traditional companies? Or why, despite their potential synergy, AI and sustainability are so rarely pursued together? Too often, companies treat AI and sustainability as separate tracks, believing it’s simpler to manage change that way. But t…

The Great Trade Hack by Richard Baldwin explains how Trump’s 2025 tariff blitz wasn’t economic strategy. It was grievance politics. Tariffs, Baldwin shows, are political placebos that won’t fix the U.S. economy but could fracture the global trade system. Blending sharp analysis with policy insight, he maps out three futures for world trade and u…

Necessity entrepreneurship is broadly understood as the identifying and seizing of business opportunities to address basic needs such as food and shelter. This volume proposes new ways of seeing, theorizing, and researching necessity entrepreneurship. Scholars from across the management field expand our collective understanding, presenting neces…

Based on extensive research conducted in the past several years at the International Institute for Management Development in Switzerland (IMD), Leading the Sustainable Business Transformation: A Playbook from IMD helps readers understand why sustainability matters, what it involves, how it fits with corporate strategy and how to implement it acc…

The IMD World Competitiveness Ranking (WCR) is a renowned tool for assessing the competitiveness of economies worldwide. This year, IMD’s World Competitiveness Center (WCC) has expanded its scope to include Ghana, Nigeria, and Puerto Rico. The incorporation of the former two is part of a deliberate strategy to incorporate more African economies …

This is the third volume in the IMD smart cities case study book series. It marks the first collaboration between IMD and WeGO in collecting and publishing a set of case studies and makes heavy reference to the 2023 edition of the IMD Smart City Index (SCI), which was produced by the IMD World Competitiveness Center with WeGO’s support.

If you’re a business leader looking to stay ahead of the curve, this book is an essential guide. It offers a comprehensive overview of the major trends shaping the future of business, drawing on reviews of 70 recent management books and interviews with 21 senior leaders. What sets this book apart is that it’s grounded in the real-world experienc…

Now in its 35th year, the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook continues to serve as a beacon for governments, businesses, and individuals as they seek to navigate the complex landscape of global competitiveness. Our annual assessment sheds light on the key factors that drive and shape the comparative data, providing valuable insights and benchmar…

An up-to-date book of quotations for executives, academics and anyone who wants to spice speeches and business presentations or simply reflect on some of the best things ever said on topics linked to management and business life in general. From “Aristotle” to “Mark Zuckenberg” and from “Action” to “Work”, this book is a formidable source of wit…

Combining academic rigour with real application examples, a global range of contributors analyse the use of Clean Language Interviewing in multiple settings including business, education, and healthcare.