All projects from the School of Management and Law
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Energy Policy Analysis Group / SCCER CREST
The Energy Policy Analysis Group was set up by the Center for Public Commercial Law as an interdisciplinary research team affiliated with the Swiss Competence Center for Research in Energy, Society and Transition (CREST). It deals with economic and legal aspects of energy provision at a domestic and an international ...
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Modelling the operative costs of a new ICU
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Public Financial Management Reforms in Colombia
Supporting the World Bank (WB) in evaluating Public Financial Management and the current accounting policy in Colombia in strong cooperation with the "Contaduria General de la Nación" (CGN). Analysis of current financial management software and accounting processes, as well international comparative studies on ...
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SCCER CREST
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SCCER-FURIES PHASE I
The main research challenge is to build a realistic technical model of the Swiss energy system including the transmission systems, which model can be used for planning, operation, and economic evaluation of the system. This model must comprise: location of renewable generation and the limited predictability of ...
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Backward participation in global value chains and exchange rate driven adjustments Swiss exports
The sharp appreciation of the Swiss Franc and its ongoing strength despite the exchange rate peg that the Swiss National Bank introduced in 2011 (and lifted in 2015) have raised fears about negative export growth and resulting losses for Swiss exporters. From an economic perspective, a temporary currency ...
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Job-Stress-Index
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Social Media for Education
In our research [www.somecat.org] we analysed how students and instructors use social media for teaching, learning and research. Social media use is ubiquitous in most students’ everyday live; many also use it for learning purposes. It is obvious that study behaviour/ habits/manners of today’s students – most of ...
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Thesis Writer: A Web-based Learning Environment to Support Dissertation Projects (BA, MA and Doctoral Theses)
Scientific writing is a, and perhaps the key competence one acquires during tertiary education. Not only students who acquire this skill, but also lecturers who teach writing for higher education are confronted with a series of challenges. A new web-based learning environment, based on applied research, is ...
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Cost of non communicable diseases in Switzerland
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Costs of physical inactivity in Switzerland
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EU FP7 Era.NET RUS: Social Media as a Catalyser for Cross National Learning (SoMeCat)
EU FP7 Era.NET RUS: Social Media as a Catalyser for Cross National Learning (SoMeCat) Social Media is currently one of the hot research areas. The EU FP7 Era.NET RUS (http://www.eranet-rus.eu/en/175.php) project SoMeCat (www.somecat.org), a joint project with partners in Russia, Turkey and Germany focuses on two ...
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Fortified condiments - Evidence of Effectiveness
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The internationalization of arts and cultural management
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Enabling and Supporting Creative, Collaborative Team Work
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Strategische Optionen für die Professionalisierung der Kulturförderung für Gemeinden
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Better Discover than Search
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Needs Analysis Budget Consultancy Thurgau (BENEFO Foundation)
The Center for Cultural Management of the ZHAW School of Management & Law has been commissioned to provide a needs analysis as evidence for the maintenance of the budget consultancy Thurgau. An analysis of the current situation was carried out by means of document analysis, interviews with employees, and written ...
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The Cultural and Creative Industries in the City and Region of Winterthur - Empirical Study of Potential and Development
PROJECT DESCRIPTION The empirical potential and development is commissioned by the urban development department of the City of Winterthur, the Economic Promotion of the City and Region of Winterthur, the Office for Economic Affairs and Labor of the Canton of Zurich and the ZHAW School of Management & Law. For the ...
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ABB Corporate University
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PPS Paraplegiology
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Valuation Intellectual Property
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Health Technology Assessment: Interspinous dynamic stabilization of the lumbar spine
‘Interspinous dynamic stabilization’ has been conditionally reimbursed in Switzerland since 2007 under the determination “Yes, in evaluation”. This temporary status is limited until the end of 2013. Further evidence has to be presented until then so that a new decision can be taken on the future reimbursement status ...
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Customer-centric improvement of a video on demand application based on behavioral insights
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Inpatient hospital costs of febrile neutropenia as a consequence of chemotherapy for breast cancer and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in Switzerland
Febrile neutropenia (FN) can be a serious complication of chemotherapy (CHT), increasing mortality risk and healthcare costs. Incidence and inpatient hospital costs of FN in Switzerland are currently not reported. The study aims to: 1. Estimate the number of CHT induced FN-related hospitalizations. 2. Assess ...