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Actionable research In line with its purpose, IMD’s award-winning research and thought leadership advance the understanding and adoption of best practices in sustainable business, helping leaders ensure their organizations have a positive impact on society.

World Competitiveness Center The World Competitiveness Center flagship publication, the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, measures 337 criteria to assesses the extent to which an economy fosters an environment in which enterprises can generate sustainable value creation. In 2020, the Center added criteria entitled “Sustainable Development Goals”, “Forest area growth”, “Environmental Agreements” as well as extra criteria that further measure inequalities. The World Competitiveness Center’s Smart City Observatory, in partnership with Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), presented in 2020 the second edition of the Smart City Index, which ranks 109 cities worldwide. The index examines a range of topics from sanitation, air pollution, and traffic, through to employment, corruption, and citizenship and measures both the quality and the use of technology to provide improvements.

IMD faculty and researchers conduct rigorous, relevant, insightful and actionable research into organizations undergoing sustainable business transformations. Through these research publications IMD highlights opportunities for innovation, risk management, and investment. Several IMD research centers take a closer look at specific sustainability-related topics such as social innovation, digital ethics, and competitiveness. elea Center for Social Innovation The elea Center for Social Innovation brings together investors, entrepreneurs, family offices and change agents within larger firms to discuss, debate and challenge trends in social innovation. The Center launched a webinar series in 2020 that highlights the work of experts in making social and environmental impact investible.

Global Center for Digital Business Transformation

The Global Center for Digital Business Transformation in 2020 kicked off a new project on corporate digital responsibility. The project aims to conduct research and work with practitioners to develop responsible and sustainable approaches to digital transformation.