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Dec 10, 2024 | 
imd.org | Frederic Barge |Karl Schmedders
Corporate commitment to sustainability can boost a companyâs reputation and is generally regarded as the right thing to do for long-term performance, but some firms are finding that the positive effects of their green strategies do not carry over to the worldâs stock markets, where short-term returns still rule. From a corporate point of view, there are many good arguments for accepting a temporary dip in profits while transitioning to more sustainable operations.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
imd.org | Raphaël Grieco |Karl Schmedders
Over the past decade, American VCs have outraised their European counterparts by hundreds of billions of dollars. But why? Nathaniel Arnold and Jan-Martin Frie say several factors are at play, including fragmented markets, a disparity in private capital, and Europe’s comparative dearth of institutional investors. The result has been a “scale-up gap” pushing promising EU startups to seek foreign funding.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
globalbankingandfinance.com | Karl Schmedders |Jessica Weisman-Pitts
Published : 18 seconds ago, on 24/10/2024 Karl Schmedders, Professor of Finance at IMDBy Karl Schmedders, Professor of Finance at IMDCompanies that proactively address climate risks are better equipped to adapt to a rapidly evolving business environment, making them more attractive to investors seeking sustainable long-term returns.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
tribunecontentagency.com | José Parra-Moyano |Karl Schmedders |Maximilian Werner
José Parra-Moyano is a professor of digital strategy at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland. Karl Schmedders is a professor of finance at IMD in Lausanne. Maximilian Werner is an associate director and research fellow with IMD’s Venture Asset Management initiative in Lausanne. Nowadays, deploying artificial intelligence no longer guarantees a competitive edge.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
sloanreview.mit.edu | José Parra-Moyano |Karl Schmedders |Maximilian Werner
Sam Falconer/theispot.comNowadays, deploying artificial intelligence no longer guarantees a competitive edge. What truly sets companies apart is access to diverse, extensive, high-quality data that enhances their AI system’s performance compared with that of their competitors. But concerns over data privacy can limit the use of unique, relevant data for analysis. This problem can be alleviated by means of privacy-preserving federated learning.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
imd.org | Michael Wade |Amit M. Joshi |Jamie Woodruff |Karl Schmedders
Since the dawn of video games, there have been gaming competitions. But for decades, such contests were regarded as beneath the hallowed realm of ‘sports’. This began to change in 2003, when the first Esports World Cup was held, and over the last two decades, digital competition has gone from strength to strength. Where once it may have seemed odd to watch others play video games, sites like Twitch and YouTube have popularised spectatorship.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
imd.org | Karl Schmedders |Raphaël Grieco |Sarah Toms |Shelley Zalis
As technology advances and industries transform, venture capitalists face a critical decision: should they cast a wide net, or home in on a niche? To guide investors through this choice, Evgenia Plotnikova, General Partner at Dawn Capital, has sat down with IMD’s venture asset management team. As the youngest woman in Europe to be internally promoted to GP, Evgenia leads the company’s B2B SaaS (Software as a Service) deals from early stage to pre-IPO.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
imd.org | Amit M. Joshi |Michael Wade |Karl Schmedders
Whether in soccer, cricket or American football, superfans have always been interested in goals scored, passes caught or wickets taken. As such, there have always been statistics and data in professional sports. But the point at which the value of that data became apparent was the advent of “Moneyball”. The clever use of discreet data by the Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’ revolutionised baseball.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
imd.org | Mark J Greeven |Howard Yu |Raphaël Grieco |Karl Schmedders
AliExpress, BYD, vivo, and Alipay+ join truly global brands: adidas, booking.com and Coca-Cola Zero as official global sponsors for the tournament, which kicks off on 14 June, with the final on 14 July in Berlin. But what specifically do these Chinese companies expect to gain from their involvement in EURO 2024, and how do they expect their multi-million euro investment to pay dividends?
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May 16, 2024 | 
imd.org | Raphaël Grieco |Karl Schmedders |Amit M. Joshi |Michael Wade
With trillions in assets worldwide, pension funds play a dual role, acting as both asset and liability managers, influencing their exposure to venture capital. In this episode of Capital Conversations, Bertrand Mueller, a founding partner at DAA Capital, uncovers the strategies and dynamics behind this often-overlooked relationship.
