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- Evian Group at IMD workshop focuses on inclusive growth
South African entrepreneur Nontwenhle Mchunu has lofty expectations to expand and develop her chocolate-making company Ezulwini Chocolate (which translates as "Heavenly Chocolate"). Mchunu comes from KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. She certainly does not have access to the kinds of financing and other resources available to most entrepreneurs in Europe or North America. - Radhesh Welling: MBA 2003 Graduate
When Radhesh came to IMD in 2003, he was already a successful leader. Headhunted at the age of just 25, he turned around a loss-making company with a turnover of USD14m within three years to achieve USD30m turnover, purely through organic growth. - Getting the edge over competition through marketing innovation
An innovative marketing strategy can be the edge that drives real growth, according to three high-profile marketers from three very different real-world organizations who shared their knowledge and experience at a recent IMD Discovery Event entitled "Re-inventing Marketing". Some themes of successful marketing innovation that emerged were a culture of innovation, support from the top, and clearly-communicated and consistently executed strategies. - Responsible leadership discussed at Lausanne Alumni Event
The Lausanne chapter of the IMD Swiss Alumni Club was recently the host of a Discovery Event on the IMD campus attended by some 120 alumni and guests. The theme was "The Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI)", a unique global community of action and learning that promotes and supports the development of a next generation of globally responsible leaders. - Professor George Kohlrieser's book Hostage at the Table wins German award
IMD Professor George Kohlrieser's international best-selling book Hostage at the Table: How Leaders Can Overcome Conflict, Influence Others and Raise Performance has been named "Best Management Book 2008" in Germany by Managementbuch.de. - Booster Program helps companies resolve their critical challenges
With the financial crisis and recession setting in around the world, how can companies create a robust business strategy, continuously improve productivity, and re-design business processes to be better, faster and cheaper? IMD’s Booster Program, which focuses on tailor-made action learning to solve key company problems, could be just the solution according to IMD Professor Corey Billington. - IMD introduces Strategic Marketing in Action program
IMD has launched the Strategic Marketing in Action (SMA) program, replacing the Business Marketing program. - IMD President Dr John R. Wells featured in leading media
IMD President Dr John R. Wells was featured in the Financial Times on November 17th in a story entitled IMD keeps a step ahead. - IMD alumnus Elyes M'Rad: "The Executive MBA gave me the keys for greater understanding"
2002 was certainly an unforgettable year for Elyes M’Rad. The Swiss-Tunisian got married, earned his Executive MBA and was promoted to a new role in China in the midst of the SARS outbreak in the country. - New IMD Professor of Marketing : Stefan Michel
Companies need to realize that the way they handle customer complaints is every bit as important as trying to provide a great service. This is the opinion of new IMD Professor of Marketing Stefan Michel. - IMD to host Responsible Leadership Summit next February
In our current turbulent times there is increasing pressure on business leaders to deliver the right results in the right way as well as to enhance both shareholder and stakeholder value on a long-term basis. - The Rockwool Group benefits from Strategic Leadership for Women program
When Connie Enghus of the Rockwool Group first approached her boss about wanting to attend the Strategic Leadership for Women program at IMD, he was very skeptical. - Michael Yaziji named Director of Forum for Corporate Sustainability Management
Professor Michael Yaziji is the new Director of IMD’s Forum for Corporate Sustainability Management (CSM), effective December 1, 2008. - IMD participates in MBA Global Career Forum
The MBA Global Career Forum enables employers from around the world to interact virtually and recruit talented MBA participants and recent alumni from 10 of the world's leading business schools, including IMD. - MBA 2008 Participant Profile: Mupwaya Mutakwa
Mupwaya Mutakwa has come a long way from Kabwe, the small Zambian agricultural/mining town he grew up in, and as his year at IMD nears its end he has already received a job offer that fulfills two of his goals: working in Western Europe and moving on from IT. - CEO Roundtable focuses on driving strategic renewal
A total of 62 CEOs from 16 different countries took part in the 2008 CEO Roundtable on November 6th and 7th at the IMD campus. - IMD Professor Jean-Pierre Lehmann: "President-elect Obama inherits the most complex problems in US history"
"The situation President-elect Barack Obama inherits is the worst in the history of the US: two immensely complex wars (Iraq and Afghanistan), a terribly tarnished image (Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib), a highly charged Middle East, almost certainly a US recession and possibly a global recession and the looming perilous consequences of climate change." - New members of IMD Corporate Learning Network
We are pleased to inform you that the following companies have recently joined the IMD Corporate Learning Network. - Evian Group session in India focuses on globalization, corporate leadership and inclusive growth
The Evian Group at IMD, a coalition of top stakeholders committed to a strong multilateral regime and open world economy in our current age of global interdependence, in collaboration with the Indian Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the Confederation of Indian Industry, organized a two-day international conference on the imperative of inclusive growth on October 20 and 21 in New Delhi. - IMD Executive MBA graduates reflect on program's rigor and relevance
Too often when people see the "E" in EMBA they think it stands for easy, and associate it with weekend courses, or worse, e-mail-based programs. Sign up, maybe attend a few classes, participate in some online discussions, pay your money, and, voila, you get an MBA. There may be a place in the world for those "programs", but at IMD the MBA degree stands for an achievement and the acquisition of a large body of knowledge. This is learning that much takes time and effort, and also means taking risks. - IMD Professor Arturo Bris explains the origins of the financial crisis in a video presentation
The economic turmoil in our world is rooted in the sub-prime crisis, which is characterized by contracted liquidity in global credit markets and banking systems. Why did the sub-prime crisis occur? - New Executive MBA Program Director : Philip Rosenzweig
Professor Philip Rosenzweig is the new Executive MBA Program Director, effective November 1, 2008.