Competitiveness

Israel has moved up two places in this year’s World Competitiveness Rankings published by the Swiss-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD). Israel is ranked 23rd among 64 developed countries, after…

Imagine you are the boss of a bank financed only by debt and next to no equity. Much of this debt serves as the money used by the public to pay their bills, while the bank’s assets are both illiquid and risky. This, you might assert,…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The mock of lithium-ion battery is displayed during a news conference at Asahi Kasei Corporation's Tokyo headquarters in Tokyo, Japan October 9, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan needs over $24…

Samsung Electronics has reassured markets over the competitiveness of its semiconductor business, after a series of warnings from investors, analysts, and employees that the Korean company is losing its technological edge.The South…

Every year, the International Institute for Management Development—best known as IMD—releases a World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY).  The yearbook serves as a report that analyses and ranks countries according to how they manage their…

Swiss-based business school The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) publishes an annual ranking of the business competitiveness of 63 countries, measuring their ability to attract businesses and…

  The ACCESS Act, detailed in IHE on Monday, is a positive development.  It has bipartisan support -- already unusual these days -- and it’s designed to support credit-bearing workforce programs that work with incumbent employees.     That…

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday was on the brink of passing expansive legislation to ramp up research and development into scientific innovation, advancing what would be the government’s first significant foray into industrial policy in…