Press & News

01.07.20

Survey on the Digital Push (COVID-19)

Implications for Swiss Businesses for the “New Normal”

18.06.20

Survey “Doing Business in the Arab World”

Are you or your company commercially active in Arab countries? Take part in our online survey and benefit from the experience of other companies!

02.06.20

Customer service in the digital age - between ambition and reality

Customer service is a central element for companies. Despite the wide acceptance of automation, most customer queries are still handled manually – negatively impacting both response times and efficiency levels. Some 80% of surveyed companies view the…

26.05.20

Swiss companies leaving potential of behavioural economics untapped

Companies in Switzerland are making little use of the findings generated in the field of behavioural economics. In particular, these findings could help make marketing more successful. The reason for the lack of use is the low level of knowledge in…

15.05.20

Business Projects MSc International Business

The Business Projects Spring 2020 in our Master International Business program were successfully completed! Despite the challenging environment and a completely virtual client exchange and research, our students mastered the challenge to high…

05.05.20

The Elective "Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Seminar" Introduces Students to the Topic of Plastic Pollution

Plastic pollution is a topic that resonates with students. Fridolin Brand covers it in his class and has told us more about it in an interview.

27.04.20

Outside in, Not Inside out: How Companies’ Perspective on Sustainability Is Reversing

For the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved, companies must change their way of thinking. In the current issue of the SML magazine COMPETENCE, Herbert Winistörfer talks about the change from an "inside-out perspective" to an…

23.04.20

Zoom In: Donny Hamilton

In an interview, Donny Hamilton, management member at Hamilton Bonaduz AG and IEMBA student at the ZHAW, gives exclusive insights into how Hamilton Bonaduz AG operates in the current corona situation.

19.04.20

ZHAW Managers Survey

COVID-19: Swiss companies in the Corona crisis

15.04.20

Setting up a Competence Area on Business and Human Rights

Five questions to Jörg Schmidt, Deputy Head of the Center for Corporate Responsibility and responsible for developing the competence focus on "Business and Human Rights" at the ZHAW School of Management and Law.

13.03.20

ZHAW discontinues classroom teaching until the end of May

Following a decision by the federal and cantonal governments, any attendance and classroom teaching at the ZHAW will be discontinued with immediate effect from Monday, March 16 until the end of May 2020. The university is operating at full capacity…

10.03.20

Publication in The Energy Journal

What is the role of banks in emissions trading? Johanna Cludius and Regina Betz revealed in their new study on the EU ETS that banks benefit from cheap interest rates and price arbitrage. They act as market makers but also increase the risk of fraud.…

20.02.20

PRME-related topics in our degree programs: Corporate Responsibility Business Projects

Five questions to Fridolin Brand, senior lecturer for the "Corporate Responsibility" module in the 5th semester of the BSc in International Management.

20.02.20

Zoom In: An interview with a student of the BSc International Management

The 22-year-old Bachelor student Saskia Bilang talks about the highlights of her studies, project work with companies and and what the future holds

19.02.20

ZHAW Senior Lecturer at the 2019 Kuala Lumpur Summit

At the invitation of Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, several heads of state and government met at the 2019 KL Summit last December. Among them were President Rouhani of Iran and President Erdogan of Turkey. Khaldoun Dia-Eddine, a senior…

19.02.20

SML Publishes Third PRME Progress Report

Every two years, the PRME progress report provides evidence of the activities and the commitment at the SML in the area of responsible management education.

17.02.20

SCEER-CREST Videointerview with Prof. Reto Schleiniger

SCCER-CREST publishes the first interview in a video series with Prof. Dr. Reto Schleiniger from the Center for Energy and Environment (CEE) about Swiss Climate Policy. The White Paper can be found here.

14.02.20

Handelszeitung Interview with Herbert Winistörfer

The Head of the Center for Corporate Responsibility (CCR) talks about companies respecting human rights and the results of a recently published study.

23.01.20

Zoom In: Dong Yang Meier

An interview with Dong Yang Meier of the International Management Institute about the recent meeting with a delegation from China.

19.12.19

International Business Projects

Our BSc International Management students have worked out proposals for companies in business projects. We present three projects in a video.