IMD Annual Report 2021

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Nurturing our Swiss roots

534 40 % startups have With Swiss roots and global reach, IMD believes that impact starts at home. In 2021, the institute continued to foster strong partnerships with leading peers and other organizations in Switzerland to generate benefits for the community and deepen the impact of its mission. From new programs with neighboring academic institutions and collaborations with the Swiss Economic

Forum and the St. Gallen Symposium to its MBA and EMBA participants supporting Swiss startups, IMD is committed to making a sustained positive contribution in Switzerland.The strategy articulates five areas in which mechanisms exist to assure the delivery of quality teaching, research, and services.

IMD partnered with the St. Gallen Symposium to curate sessions and thought leadership content, including a white paper on digital trust, featuring Professor of Digital Strategy and Cybersecurity Öykü Işık. IMD President Jean- François Manzoni and Dean of Innovation and Programs David Bach also ran sessions during the event.

of the top 100 Swiss startups in 2021 benefitted from the support and expertise of IMD’s MBAs and EMBAs.

IMD’s partnership with the Swiss Economic Forum (SEF) continued to grow, including faculty, learning and communications support for the SEF annual conference and the SEF Academy for next generation leaders.

worked with IMD MBAs and EMBAs since 1998.

A new LeadiNNg to Scale-Up program, a collaboration between IMD and Innovaud, was launched to support Vaud-based tech startups.

IMD hosted numerous events with local partners, including the Vaud International Business Award (Prix Vaudois des Enterprises Internationales), on 25 November.

Aquatis Innovation Challenge named one of “AACSB 2021 Innovations That Inspire” The MBA Innovation Week collaboration with the Lausanne-based aquarium Aquatis was honored with an Innovations That Inspire award from AACSB and a recognition in the Best Business Education Innovations competition.

IMD and ECAL (University of Art and Design Lausanne) expanded their partnership with a new Memorandum of Understanding and new executive education program.