IMD Annual Report 2019

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IMD ANNUAL REPORT 2019

JANUARY • Critical CEO Dialogue retreat • IMD welcomes new faculty Frédéric Dalsace, Mark Greeven, Alyson Meister and Karl Schmedders FEBRUARY • Two IMD cases win prizes in John Molson MBA International Case Writing Competition MARCH • First Digital Strategy & Analytics and Digital Finance programs • Alumni Club of Lausanne and the MBA office host “Gender Diversity as a Driver for the Business World” event to mark International Women’s Day APRIL • First EMBA Discovery Expedition to Israel, “Start Up Nation” • IMD Research Fellow Patrick Reichert wins Oxford Development Studies Journal

• Reaccreditation by AACSB International - IMD retains “triple crown” of elite accreditations JULY

MAY • Singapore tops IMD World Competitiveness Rankings 2019 • Launch of new online programs: LEAP, Business Analytics for Leaders, and Lean Entrepreneurship • First UEFA/MBA Innovation Challenge with ECAL and ThinkSport • TSCB transformation program wins Gold at EFMD Excellence in Practice Awards for its signature Orchestrating Winning Performance program in Lausanne • EMBA graduation (June cohort) • IMD ranked #1 for open programs and in top 3 overall for executive education for 8 years in a row by Financial Times • IMD hosts 400+ business leaders JUNE

prize for best PhD paper • The Abu Dhabi School of

Government and IMD form a new partnership for executive development

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