Dr. Esther Kaiser
Dr. Esther Kaiser
ZHAW
School of Management and Law
Department of Banking, Finance, Insurance
Gertrudstrasse 8
8400 Winterthur
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
- Wu, J., Wang, D., Schnauss, M., Kaiser, E., & Plaschnick, B. (2025). The global pursuit : how Chinese MNEs leverage acquisitions to achieve strategic intent. Abhigyan, 43(3), 292–307. https://doi.org/10.1177/09702385251344383
- Gächter, S., Kaiser, E., & Königstein, M. (2025). Incentives crowd out voluntary cooperation : evidence from gift-exchange experiments. Experimental Economics, 28(1), 75–106. https://doi.org/10.1017/eec.2024.14
- Kaartinen, M., Puura, K., Pispa, P., Helminen, M., Salmelin, R., Pelkonen, E., Juujärvi, P., Kessler, E. B., & Skuse, D. H. (2017). Associations between cooperation, reactive aggression and social impairments among boys with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 23(1), 154–166. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361317726417
- Kessler, E., Prandini, M., & Wu, J. (2014). Chinese companies in Switzerland. Central European Business Review, 3(3), 23–30. https://doi.org/10.18267/j.cebr.90
- Sikavica, K., & Kessler, E. (2013). Do market participants perceive blockholders’ power and preferences? : locus of control, preference heterogeneity, and firm valuation in the Swiss context. Corporate Ownership and Control, 10(4), 31–46. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv10i4art3
Books, peer-reviewed
Kessler, E., Capaul, R., & Caduff, C. (2012). Die Volkswirtschaft : volkswirtschaftliches Grundwissen mit wirtschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Vernetzungen (15. Auflage). Verlag Fuchs.
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
Wu, J., Kaiser, E., & Ziegler, S. (2022). The west knows better? : a case study of the dynamic evolution of knowledge transfer between a Swiss subsidiary and its Chinese parent company. 22nd EURAM Annual Conference, Winterthur, Switzerland, 15-17 June 2022.
Other publications
- Wu, J., Schnauss, M., Kaiser, E., & Barthelmess, P. (2025). Exportschlager Textilmaschine: Das war einmal. Wird sie es wieder? Die Volkswirtschaft. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-32852
- Braun, M., Kessler, E., & Affolter, B. (2019). Renminbi-Hub Schweiz: enttäuschte Hoffnungen? Die Volkswirtschaft, 2019(1-2), 26–29. https://dievolkswirtschaft.ch/content/uploads/2018/12/DV_12-2019_DE_low-1.pdf
- Braun, M., Kessler, E., & Affolter, B. (2019). Renminbi-Hub Switzerland : dashed hopes? Swiss-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 1–4. http://cn.swisscham.org/sites/default/files/RMB%20Hub%20in%20Switzerland.pdf
- Kessler, E., Fuchs, J., Caduff, C., & Capaul, R. (2017). Die Volkswirtschaft : Lehrerhandbuch : Lösungen (6. überarb. Auflage). Orell Füssli.
- Kessler, E. (2017). Die Volkswirtschaft : Übungsbuch (6. überarb. Auflage). Orell Füssli.
- Kessler, E., Fuchs, J., Caduff, C., Zeller, T., & Capaul, R. (2017). Die Volkswirtschaft : Grundlagenbuch inkl. E-Book (18. überarb. Auflage). Orell Füssli.
- Sikavica, K., & Kessler, E. (2013). Sinkt Managerlohn mit stärkeren Aktionären? Finanz und Wirtschaft, 2013(73), 16.
- Smith-Collins, A. P. R., Fiorentini, C., Kessler, E., Boyd, H., Roberts, F., & Skuse, D. H. (2012). Specific neural correlates of successful learning and adaptation during social exchanges. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 8(8), 887–896. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nss079
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
Kessler, E. (2011). Genetic basis of cooperation : using an economic approach. Research Seminar at Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Richmond VA, USA, 2011.