IMD Annual Report 2019

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Positive impact in Switzerland, recognized with the path- breaking Business School Impact System (BSIS) label

In 2019, IMD undertook its first ever local impact assessment. The study found that:

• The institution generated a 360 million Swiss franc local area financial impact

• More than 40,000 hotel nights were booked in 2018 by participants and visitors

• Many MBA and EMBA participants remain in Switzerland after their studies, respectively 28 percent and 45 percent in 2018

• 24 percent of open program participants were from Switzerland in 2018

• IMD has more than 100,000 alumni in 140 countries , with at least 11,000 based in Switzerland

• 166,070 copies of IMD-authored case studies were distributed in 2018 at more than 1,000 business schools and universities in 110 countries • More than 400 Swiss startups have been supported through the MBA and EMBA Startup Projects Competition since 1998