World Competitiveness Yearbook 2020

How China's journey of self-reliance, innovation, and strategic resilience under "Made in China 2025" continues to redefine its global role amid ongoing geopolitical tensions and renewed policy challenges.

Your gut instinct matters in a data-driven world. IMD’s Heather Cairns-Lee & Eugene Sadler-Smith explain how intuition enhances decision-making in uncertainty.

With stagnant import volumes since 2021, and import prices at levels below those suggested by fundamentals, foreign exporters face an uphill battle to convert access to the Chinese market into revenues. Notably, the volume stagnation predates the ...

Early in his career, Dolf van den Brink did everything he could to project an image of authority – including wearing spectacles he didn’t need. It wasn’t until he learned to be comfortable in his skin that he began to excel as a leader, he tells ...

It has become conventional wisdom to view Europe as an economic powerhouse past its prime, overshadowed by the steady advance of the US and meteoric rise of China. Critics cite Europe’s shrinking share of global GDP, excessive regulation, and slug...

Now in its eighth year, the 2024 IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking measures the capacity and readiness of 67 economies to adopt and explore digital technologies as a key driver for economic transformation in business, government, and wider...

A balanced assessment of the past eight years is that, in terms of trade policy, America has turned protectionist, implementing significant measures to restrict domestic market access to foreign (non-US) imports.

Key minds behind the Hinrich-IMD Sustainable Trade Index – Deborah Elms, Chuin Wei Yap, Christos Cabolis, and Simon Evenett – explain how decision-makers can benefit from looking at industrial policy in granular detail, given its resurgence and th...

Inflows of foreign direct investment into China shows worrying trends despite its massive economy. While total FDI appears substantial at $163B in 2023, most growth comes from existing foreign subsidiaries rather than new entrants. Foreign manufac...

Climate change, geopolitical frictions, and supply chain disruptions call for more sustainable trade practices that can withstand the pressures of volatility. But for trade to be sustainable, it must also be resilient. IMD World Competitiveness Ce...