Global Leaders Must Adapt at Speed, and Bring Coherence to an Increasingly Unstable Environment

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As David Bach and Alarico Allegri say, "For the first time in decades, global business is operating under conditions it did not prepare for. Political forces now shape markets as much as economic ones, and the rules that once guided international business no longer hold.

To understand this moment, read the entire article, "The rules of global business are being rewritten.  Leadership must evolve to keep pace."

David Bach is President of IMD and Nestle Professor of Strategy and Political Economy.

Alarico Allegri is a Consultant at Egon Zehnder.

Is Global Trade Rewiring Without the United States?

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The fragmentation of the global trade system is leading to the rise of new trade coalitions and corridors, said economists in a joint IMD-Hinrich Foundation webinar. 

The webinar discussed three overriding questions:

• Question 1: What have we gained and what have we lost?
• Question 2: What strategies are being deployed by economies?
• Question 3: What policy dilemmas lie ahead?

Find out the answers here.

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