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In the Innosuisse project AI4Alps, the ZHAW is investigating how customer decisions and booking processes change when information is no longer primarily found via traditional search engines and websites, but increasingly via AI-based response systems and digital assistants. Current knowledge shows…

The European Union (EU) – an organization founded to secure peace and prosperity in Europe – has been grappling with major security challenges for at least a decade. When Russia attacked Ukraine in 2014, the EU's foreign and security policy was still in its infancy. However, Russia's invasion of…

Shelter spaces as social and digital infrastructure for learning and working in times of crisisThe SHAPE reimagines adaptive collaboration spaces for living, working, and learning in response to military conflict and its long-term impact on organizations and communities. These spaces are defined by…

A well-defined purpose allows organizations to align all company activities and drive strategy, organizational development, innovation, resilience and engagement. With a missing or misaligned purpose companies face conflicting priorities, inefficiencies, talent drain, the erosion of stakeholder…

Student teams from the MSc International Business program at the ZHAW School of Management and Law and from Stanford University’s renowned ME310 course collaborate in a unique format to generate substantial new domain knowledge and create multiple functional and business model prototypes. Their…

Alliance to Zero, a non-profit membership association for globally active pharma and biotech supply chain companies, aims to facilitate the transition of the global pharma sector to compliance with net zero emissions in line with the goal of the Paris Climate Agreement. As a working group with…

Institutional investors increasingly claim to integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles into their voting decisions, yet the degree to which these claims align with their actual proxy voting behavior remains unclear. This project seeks to identify and quantify discrepancies…

Logitech is the global leader in peripherals and is focused on innovation and quality. Logitech’s purpose is to extend human potential in work and play. To do this the company designs software-enabled hardware solutions that drive performance when gaming and superior productivity while at work. A…

All along the Cold War, Switzerland and the Soviet Union maintained commercial relations. And this despite many restrictions caused by the Iron Curtain and the climate of ideological confrontation and profound anti-communist sentiments in Swiss society. So how the trade relations between Switzerland…

This project investigates Ukraine's evolving foreign policy towards the EU following the 2022 Russian invasion, analyzing how Ukraine influenced the EU to adopt an unprecedentedly supportive stance.

iDPARC.ch specializes in smart digitization of administrative processes for banks, insurances, utilities, and governments, streamlining document processing with AI-driven solutions. A collaboration with ZHAW aims to develop AI-enhanced tools to automate process improvements for dynamic scalability,…

How a newly developed stress test can provide Swiss companies with guidance and support in turbulent times of economic fragmentation.

The EcoLink project addresses the urgent challenge of standardization and interoperability of ESG data (Environment, Social, Governance) in the ABH region, which will affect a large number of companies for the first time in 2024 due to regulatory requirements in the EU, Germany, Austria, and…

The project, undertaken by the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) School of Management and Law for IMD – International Institute for Management Development, aims to pioneer the development of an "AI Index." This endeavor addresses a significant gap in the current understanding and…

The digital transformation of business globally, accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, has disrupted traditional organisational processes. At the same time, the advent of new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and natural language processing have the potential to revolutionise the…

The project team conducted a life cycle assessment (LCA) to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions of a battery rack made from B-grade cell lithium-ion batteries for energy storage systems. This is being compared to an energy storage system using new batteries (A-grade cells). This assessment will…

Ranking asset managers' ESG impact orientation revealed by their proxy votes

Pelt8 offers a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform for firms to automatically create sustainability reports. The platform enables firms to collect and manage all their sustainability-related data in one place accessible to suppliers, customers, and affiliated firms. In this study, Pelt8 and the…

Cyber-attacks are an increasingly significant safety and risk issue for companies of any size and many organizations have already been attacked. Preparing for such an event is imperative for every organization – besides up-to-date technological infrastructure, employee awareness, and alert online…