The company's purpose is to provide business consulting (particularly in the fields of technology, strategy, and innovation), training, research, teaching, personal assistance, personal consulting, knowledge dissemination, and the sale of products in these various fields. The company may grant loans to its associates or third parties, guarantee loans subscribed by its associates or third parties, secure these loans by issuing or pledging mortgage securities or by subscribing to any financial commitment, and pledge its assets to guarantee any claim. It may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, acquire or sell real estate, and carry out all operations and conclude all contracts that are suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it. All of this is subject to the activities prohibited by the LFAIE (Federal Act on Foreign Investment in Switzerland).