Examination of the contents of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as well as Analysis with regard to the (normative) significance of the Convention for the Swiss legal system. Publication of a legal commentary with various authors, targeting lawyers, Judges, administrative lawyers and ...

With this project we contribute to the improved integration of vulnerable groups into the healthcare system, which constitutes a central component of social participation and social security. The aim of the project is to identify the extent of systematic inequalities in health status and inadequate healthcare use in ...

This study on the societal costs of cystic fibrosis (CF) in Switzerland aimed to estimate the different dimensions of CF disease burden, which are not generated by direct medical costs.  CF has a high morbidity and mortality, as a consequence there is loss of quality of life as well as years of life. We thus ...

The materiality assessment and matrices were updated for a Swiss bank, based on an internal and an external Survey.

Development of a participatory loan instrument as a new form of growth financing for SME by a Crowdlending platform. The project includes a credit risk and pricing model as well as a contract model. The project is intended to create a new financing segment.

The study assessed publicly available information of 20 German companies based on core indicators from the «Corporate Human Rights Benchmark» (CHRB) method, applicable across all sectors. The indicators cover three areas: «governance and policy commitments», «embedding respect for human rights and human rights due ...

The Big Data Analytics Research Platform work package focuses on the creation of new knowledge, about theoretical approaches, methodological novelties and predictive accuracy in the application of big data analytics to finance. Specifically, the platform comprises the research work which all partners of the project ...

Concept Development for the Implementation of Smart Cities for Liveable and Sustainable Urban Areas

Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, has the potential to transform international value and supply chains. New business models are emerging with opportunities for the Alpenrhein-Bodensee-Hochrhein border region. The newly launched Interreg-funded project aims to help local SMEs to successfully ...

Many fields of Economics, Management, Finance or Entrepreneurship study decisions involving interdependencies between decision-makers, and make predictions on how these interactions such unfold, or how they should vary with a changing economic environment. In such a context, the idea of Gamification is to provide ...

Analysis of Liquidity Terms in Alternative Investment Space

The aim of this project is to develop effective carbon market regulations at international, national and regional level. We investigate the occurrence of abuses in existing markets and identify the gaps in market oversight that have led to these abuses. We derive new rules and principles for effective carbon market ...

Corporate Innovation Mgmt. and R&D Mgmt. Project with Focus on Business Model Innovation with an international team Setup.

Development of a Modular All-in-One System for the Optimized Use of Flat Roofs

The municipal council of Risch stipulated several actions in light of the strategy 2017 to 2019 within the first goal of a «citizen-centric municipality». This goal includes the strategic actions “communications orientation toward transparency and trust» and «action plan to promote a supportive and open ...

Conception of an Accommodation Platform to Combat the Vacancy Rate in Switzerland.

Many small farmers in Africa suffer from soil infertility and dependence on chemical fertilizers. However, no method shows how bad the situation is and to what extent the farmers are prepared for such problems. The aim of this project is to develop criticality indicators for agricultural livelihood systems (ALS) ...

Swiss corporates and pensions funds have been exposed to substantial currency risks in the last few years. We will build a new open-source innovation for currency trading strategies, that will be incorporated into a new product which can be used as protection against currency fluctuations.  ...

Intelligent IoT Solution to Increase Efficiency in Outpatient and Inpatient (Geriatric) Care

The ZHAW Institute of Public Management has been involved with operational numbers of libraries for several years. Next to the yearly libraries benchmarking, the institute does research on controlling tools, or performance measurement systems respectively. Operational numbers are rarely interpreted according to ...

The project «The influence of market structure and regulation on carbon markets» analyzes the impact of different market structures and regulatory approaches on carbon markets. This includes the market structure and regulation of the carbon market itself as well as of product, in particular energy, and financial ...

An interdisciplinary research team (Department of Banking, Finance, Insurance and Center for Corporate and Tax Law) headed by the Institute for Public Management is currently conducting a regulatory impact assessment of FINMA Circulars. The aim is to identify the costs for banks and insurance companies through ...