New Realities

The mention of geopolitics leads many to ask how company strategies are being reformulated to capitalize on what's left of globalization. But this overlooks a critical prior question: what's the best way for firms to track and assess geopolitical ...

The note aims to equip leaders with the knowledge and tools necessary to negotiate alliances across and among organizations and institutions from differing sectors: business, government, non-profit, international and academic. It emphasizes the im...

As global markets brace for turbulence in 2025, CFOs will likely need to steer through inflation, trade tensions, and shifting regulations to ensure their organization’s long-term growth.

What a difference twelve months make. A year ago, there were only faint signals of a potential luxury slowdown. However, since spring, the downturn has sharply intensified across luxury goods sectors, including fashion, accessories, watches, cars ...

From tariffs to supply chain challenges, IMD experts predict the factors that will shape international trade in 2025.

China has set a bold objective to become the global leader in AI by 2030. By 2030, AI could potentially add $600 billion to China's economy annually. The country hosted over 4,500 AI companies in 2024, representing 15% of the global total. China i...

The world's second-largest economy will need to balance domestic reforms with its global ambitions as exporters brace for a new set of tariffs from US President-elect Donald Trump.

Did our predictions for 2024 come true, a turbulent election year, bitcoin and CBDC, COP29 and electric cars, China, EU integration and Euro football

At the end of last year, IMD professors outlined their expert predictions for 2024. Read on to find out who was proved wonderfully right by events, and whose crystal ball was occluded by the stormy clouds of a turbulent year.

A complex interplay of demographic shifts, trade tensions, and structural reforms is reshaping Asia’s major economies with domestic and geopolitical pressures posing different challenges and opportunities for Japan, China, and India.