All projects from the School of Management and Law
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Intelligent IoT Solution to Increase Efficiency in Outpatient and Inpatient (Geriatric) Care
Intelligent IoT Solution to Increase Efficiency in Outpatient and Inpatient (Geriatric) Care
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Managing tool for libraries
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 ...
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The influence of market structure and regulation on carbon markets
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 ...
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Regulatory impact assessment of FINMA Circulars
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 ...
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Health Communication
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Feasibility and cost description of intensive rehabilitation involving new technologies in patients with sub-acute stroke: A multicenter single arm trial of the Swiss RehabTech Initiative
The objective of the current study is to develop and investigate training concepts involving rehabilitation technology, which aim at exploiting the potential for regaining the ability to perform skilled movements by maximizing training intensity and keeping the motivation of patients high. The evaluation focuses on ...
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Ad Fraud Detection Tools Plattform
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Big Data, individualization and the principle of solidarity in insurance
With the help of sensors, trackers and mobile technologies, more and more data is available to customers for self-measurement and self-monitoring. Big data and changes in demand behavior are also affecting the insurance industry. With more behavioral and personal information at their disposal, insurers can assess ...
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Swiss Payment Monitor 2019
While the Swiss payment market has developed only slowly over the years and cash has been the main means of payment for many, there has been some movement in recent times – partly due to the increasing internationali- zation and digitization of the means of payment market. As a result, new providers are constantly ...
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Digital communication strategies for the cultural sector in the Lake Constance region
This research project will investigate how a communication strategy for the marketing and communication of the diverse cultural activities and sites in the Lake Constance region could be shaped. For a sustainable strategy development the digitization of the communication, by which also the cultural sector has ...
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Study on the implementation of the new own risk and solvency assessment ORSA, public disclosure for Swiss insurers
The ORSA study examines the implementation progress of the ORSA at Swiss direct-, re- and health insurance companies. The findings from expert interviews and anonymized questionnaires show that ORSA has been established as a planning tool and is used as a reporting tool for the management and the Board of Directors. ...
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The state of health of the elderly in Switzerland
Together with SHARE Switzerland, based at the University of Lausanne, and FORS, we are carrying out a study on the health of the elderly population in Switzerland on behalf of the Federal Office of Public Health. Based on data from the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) prevalences of ...
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Professional development options for banking professionals
The study analyses how the framework conditions for the careers of professionals (+/- 45 years) will change. On the basis of the findings on the changed framework conditions, action models for employees (+/- 45 years) as well as line and HR managers in the finance industry and a guideline with concrete instructions ...
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Digital Health: Scientific process-cost-analysis in hematological diagnostics
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The burden of smoking in Switzerland: Estimate for 2015 and Prognosis up to 2050
In this study we estimated the burden of smoking in Switzerland for 2015. We estimated mortality, YLL, DALYs, direct medical costs and productivity losses. We also forecasted mortality attributable to smoking up to 2050. We calculated smoking attributable fractions and extracted DALYs from the GBD study. The direct ...
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Review, outlook, foresight: Working World 4.0 in the Swiss MEM sector
Swissmem has commissioned the ZHAW to investigate the transformation of the world of work through digitalization along the value chain of Swiss equipment, machinery and plant construction companies. This work is intended to increase the awareness of those responsible for decision-making in companies for the ...
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Analysis of Inter-Municipal Collaboration in Service Delivery in the Austrian Federal State Vorarlberg
The Vorarlberg Association of Municipalities commissioned the IVM to analyse the current situation of cooperation between the Vorarlberg municipalities and to develop suitable strategies for the future of inter-municipal cooperation in Vorarlberg. The study starts with an analysis of the current situation of ...
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Co-development pf a participation platform, innovation network and living lab for the digital transformation of a canton / region
We support a canton in the development of an innovation network around the question of how technology can add value for the entire region. The project consists of three elements : 1. Digital and analogue participation platforms with stakeholders from business, administration, science and civil society 2. Developing ...
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Smart Government
Development of a working paper / study on the factors influencing smart government. The following steps were carried out: Comprehensive literature analysis in scientific and practice-oriented Sources Definition and explanation of the term "Smart Government" a rough description of the relevant trends influencing the ...
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Stocktaking of Public Sector Accounting and Reporting Environment in PULSAR Countries
This study analyzes the Public Sector Accounting (PSA) systems in the PULSAR region, which consists of fourteen jurisdictions of the Western Balkan and Eastern Partnership, including, in alphabetical order Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic of Srpska, Croatia, Federation of Bosnia ...
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Digital Insurance Broking
The goal of the research project is to develop an application that enables the statistical comparison of risk- and insurance profiles. With this information at hand, users of the e-Broker platform can compare themselves against peers and identify coverage gaps and unnecessary insurance coverages. ...
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Seamless Writing: Expanding Technologies to Support Thesis Writing
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3rd European COST Conference on Mathematics for Industry in Switzerland
The aim of this conference is to bring together European academics, young researchers, students and industrial practitioners to discuss the application of Artificial Intelligence in Industry and Finance within the COST research network. We have two thematic workshops, focusing on Artificial Intelligence challenges ...
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Iron therapy for iron deficiency without anaemia: Cost-comparison and budget impact analysis
Our role in this project was to perform a health economic evaluation of parenteral versus oral iron therapy in populations identified with iron deficiency non anaemia (IDNA) in the Swiss population. The economic evaluation was restricted to a cost-comparison analysis and a budget impact analysis from a health care ...
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Digital Transformation in Arts and Culture
A study will show how digitization has changed the framework conditions and production processes in the cultural sector. From this, it is derived which state support measures would be possible for the development of the cultural sector and individual sectors (film, design, game). In addition to Switzerland, current ...