Smart City: Essentials for city leaders
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The digital revolution is impacting all sectors of our economy including the public sector, and with it the administration and management of cities...
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What is a Smart City anyways?
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The term “Smart City” has lately become a buzzword for anyone involved in governing a city, yet it remains opaque and relatively ill-defined. Curre...
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Stakeholders and Strategy - Brain Circuits
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Leaders are often unaware of their value-critical stakeholders, inhibiting progress on strategic issues. The solution is to get rid of free riders and predators and build more involvement in the value-creation cycle by the stakeholders that matter...
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6 Ways to Attract And Retain Female Tech Talent
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McKinsey estimates there will be a tech talent gap of between 1.4 and 3.9 million in Europe by 2027. Doubling the number of women in the field is a major part of the solution. Sarah E. Toms suggests ways tackle the alarming gender disparity.
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5 Things to Know - Energy Transition - 2025
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Despite policy and market headwinds, the clean energy transition is accelerating. Here are five key insights business leaders need to know in 2025.
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Detroit Entrepreneurship - Motor City Innovation
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Regional developers have tried and failed to emulate Silicon Valley’s VC-driven model for innovation. Detroit Entrepreneurship is following an alternative route.
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Climate Risk - CFO Horizons - Financial Imperative
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CFOs must drive a financially disciplined way to manage environmental risks amid growing pushback against environmental sustainability efforts, explains IMD’s Karl Schmedders.
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Easter egg hunt: How Trump’s trade policy has businesses scrambling for loopholes
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“You don’t exit China, you hide it—like colorful eggs.” That’s what a top executive at a European multinational told me, just days after President Trump’s April 2025 bombshell: a new national economic emergency order that slapped a 10 percent tari...
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Repairing reputational damage: don’t go the way of Boeing
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All organizations should have a plan to secure trust during, after (and even before) a crisis hits. Here are a host of examples, good and bad, to learn from.
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How does sustainable leadership work?
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This episode takes you behind the scenes of a recent gathering led by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development together with IMD, where David Bach sat down with two sustainability leaders.
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The price of innovation: Will Medacta compromise its DNA by embracing robotics?
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Medacta Group SA is a rising star in the orthopedics market, achieving global success through innovative products and techniques, with a particular emphasis on minimally invasive techniques that bring meaningful value to its patients. With its approaches such as Anterior Minimally Invasive Surgery (AMIS) for hip replacement and Kinematic Alignment for knees, Medacta offers high-quality techniques, supporting tools and cutting-edge implants. It also offers personalized surgeon education through the Medacta Orthopedic Research and Education (M.O.R.E.) Institute. Medacta is situated in an evolving landscape, with competitors including Stryker and Zimmer Biomet investing heavily in robotic technologies. Technological advances are being made in data-driven planning tools – including augmented reality – and research institutes are looking for the most advanced solutions as demanded by many hospitals and surgeons. Despite these trends in the industry, Medacta's CEO, Francesco Siccardi has concerns regarding the value of existing robotic systems, noting their lack of proven benefits in patient outcomes or cost reductions, especially in a context of increasing emphasis on value-based care and sustainability. The case explores the opportunities and challenges confronting Medacta as they decide whether to enter the orthopedic robotics market. The company wants to continue to differentiate itself and drive growth in line with its foundational principles of patient care, operational excellence and sustainable innovation. Today, Francesco faces a critical decision around whether now is the time to enter the robotics market and, if so, how Medacta should do so to preserve its culture and stay true to its DNA.
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Medacta Group
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Healthcare, Medical Device
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Efficient Green Transition - 4 Effective Strategies
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Discover four proven strategies for sustainable and efficient green transition. Split operations with ring fencing to fast-track your green goals.
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