IMD Smart City Index 2019

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...

The UAE has been making waves recently in the technology world. A $1.5 billion deal between American tech giant Microsoft and Abu Dhabi’s AI champion,G42, seems to mark a shift in global alliances. This deal is significant not just in terms of the...

Michael Wade and Tomoko Yokoi explain how IMD ranked the world's leading companies on AI adoption and use – and reveal which topped the list.

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.

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...

The idea of an EU bond, a common safe asset, has been gaining attention lately, particularly following calls for its introduction this month by former Italian prime minister Mario Draghi.

The ways popular frameworks are used fall short in today’s rapidly changing environment. Here is a new way to make better-informed strategic choices.

Companies desperately in need of a turnaround in fortunes should take inspiration from the 2008 rescue mission by the then-new Ford boss Alan Mulally.

AI could threaten high-income economies’ attractiveness to talent, finds 2024 IMD World Talent Ranking. The economies where AI is most noticeably replacing humans are found to also be those where discrimination is on the up – and there seems to be...

Foreign firm access to the public procurement markets—valued at some $13 trillion worldwide—is not governed by standard trade policies and multilateral trade accords. In trade policy circles, failure to publish procurement tenders in a global lang...