Our team, which consists of experts from various disciplines with extensive experience, conducts research on current and practice-relevant issues. Below you will find some of our current research projects:

• Geopolitical risks in a fragmented economy
  How a newly developed stress test can provide Swiss companies with guidance and support in turbulent times of economic fragmentation.
• Bauen 4.0
  The "Bauen 4.0" project aims to investigate the impact of the use of new technologies on CO2 emissions in the construction industry.
• Evaluation and Testing of new cross-boarder cooperation in additive manufacturing
  Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, has the potential to fundamentally change international value and supply chains. The Interreg-funded project is about helping local SMEs successfully participate in the emerging global market.
• The Economic Reconstruction of Belarus / Deputy project leader / Project completed
  The economic performance of Belarus has been unimpressive ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, due mainly to the country’s lack of serious structural reforms. This study examines the consequences of this benign neglect should a democratic transition occur and attempts to understand the assistance that may be required to help Belarus successfully transform.
• Business Models of a Dentistry Network
  In rural areas it is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain dental practices. ASAM & Partners want to offer an innovative solution by means of a dental practice network.
• Insurance Tokens
  In the public opinion blockchain technology is usually associated with financial speculation. However, the technology has many other application which allow to reduce costs, automate complex processes, and establish legal certainty for all kind of transactions. In this project we assess the potential of blockchain or distributed ledger technologies in the insurance sector.
• Nearshoring Study
  The Center for Geopolitics and Competitiveness has been working intensively on nearshoring projects in the IT sector since 2019 and has developed a quantitative Nearshoring Index that evaluates the attractiveness of more than 100 regions within Europe. The index enables companies to narrow down their location choices and make better location decisions.
• Parliamentary Friendship Group Switzerland-Japan / Project leader / Project ongoing 
  The purpose of the parliamentary friendship group Switzerland-Japan is to promote contacts between parliamentarians of the two states.
• Pelt8 Scale Up / Project leader / Project completed
  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.
• Swiss-Japanese Chamber of Commerce (SJCC) / Project leader / Project completed 
  The focus of the project was the digitalization of the office, as well as an intensification of public relations for Swiss-Japanese business concerns.

All research projects at a glance