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SPECIAL PROJECTS

Country/regional reports, trainings and workshops

In addition to the WCY publication, we offer you a selection of customized services:
Special report Training module Workshop
Special country competitiveness report

Special country competitiveness report

Special country/regional competitiveness report (option A)

We offer customized reports for countries/regions not covered in the World Competitiveness Yearbook to analyze their competitiveness in the global environment. Benchmark your economy against the “World Competitiveness Yearbook” economies.

  • Analyze your economic performance on the basis of over 300 criteria
  • Evaluate the global environment in which nations compete
  • This report, containing more than 350 pages including an in-depth analysis (“competitiveness framework”) of the results by Prof. Stéphane Garelli, is a powerful tool for government & business leaders

This report helps you to better assess the competitiveness of your country or region and to pursue insightful decision-making.

IMD’s World Competitiveness Center is pleased to announce the release of “Kazakhstan in World Competitiveness”. This special report has been undertaken in collaboration with the Economic Research Institute of the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Download the press release

Advisory role for a special report (option B)

IMD WCC can also act as an advisor for a report based on WCY methodology, providing results & rankings in electronic format only, without any analysis.

For more information, please contact Anne-France Borgeaud Pierazzi (Tel. +41 21 618 0268).
Contact Anne-France Borgeaud Pierazzi

"It has been a great pleasure to cooperate with IMD on developing the special report: “Kazakhstan in World Competitiveness 2008”. I’d like to thank our IMD colleagues who conducted in-depth analysis of Kazakhstan’s economy and provided invaluable recommendations for further improvement. It was a privilege for us to work in the special project with such competent partners.

The special report for Kazakhstan is of great value for us as it helped us to assess the strengths and weaknesses of Kazakhstan’s economy in contrast to 55 of the most competitive countries of the world. The report provided us with a new perspective on Kazakhstan’s competitiveness and benefited both the Government and business leaders in pursuit of insightful policies and business decisions.

We are sincerely grateful for your cooperation and hope for further strengthening of our professional interactions. We strongly believe that the future of our country largely depends not only on the integration of Kazakhstan into the world economy but also on the effective cooperation of our research organizations with world institutes".

S. Nugerbekov, President
JSC Economic Research Institute under the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Training module example

Training module example

Training module on competitiveness

We can provide training sessions or workshops to complement special country/regional reports.

This allows further development of the conclusions of the report (generally linked to option A) and may help determine policies that can improve the competitiveness position of your economy.

Objectives of the training module:

Allow participants to have an in-depth understanding of:

  • Different definitions of competitiveness
  • How world competitiveness is analyzed and perceived
  • Various facets of the “IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook” methodology
  • The building of a business plan using competitiveness criteria

Keep participants informed on the latest research and information such as:

  • How would you describe “competitiveness” today?
  • How does the WCY measure competitiveness?
  • How can your country/economy become more attractive?
  • What are the success factors found in the most competitive environments?
  • What are the best practices to enhance competitiveness?

For more information, please contact Anne-France Borgeaud Pierazzi (Tel. +41 21 618 0268).
Contact Anne-France Borgeaud Pierazzi

"The Ministry of National Economy in the Sultanate of Oman’s experience with IMD started in 2000 with the introduction of Oman into world competitiveness. In 2004, IMD conducted for the Ministry a short course on competitiveness. The course was very valuable. The trainees were familiarized with the concept of competitiveness and with ways and means of measuring competitiveness and techniques of analyzing it. In addition, they were introduced to SWOT analysis. This course really improved the performance of our staff not only in competitiveness studies but also in economic analysis in general".

Mehdi Al-Abduwani, Director General of Development Planning
Ministry of National Economy, Sultanate of Oman

Workshop on competitiveness example

Workshop on competitiveness example

Workshop on competitiveness and presentations

We can propose a Competitiveness Policy Framework in the form of a short program to help define competitiveness policy options. IMD’s World Competitiveness Center also receives visiting delegations and gives presentations around the world on competitiveness issues.

For more information, please contact Suzanne Rosselet-McCauley (Tel. +41 21 618 0623).
Contact Suzanne Rosselet-McCauley

"Effects of IMD seminar on my work:

1- It crystallized many theoretical theories and academic perceptions, and made clear all the additives related to competitiveness.

2- It gave a functional meaning to competitiveness and case study provided me with wide scope and practical range for applications.

3- It provided logical replies to many questions, and clarified our vision towards the different angles from which everybody tends to look at facts."

Eng- Saad Bsata, Competitiveness team leader
UNDP project, Damascus, Syria

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