In: Journal of Insect Conservation, 2011, vol. 15, no. 1-2, p. 301-309
The objective of this study was to compare butterfly abundances and diversity between wildflower strips and extensively used meadows to identify which butterfly species can be supported by establishing wildflower strips. Butterflies were recorded along transects during one season in twenty-five sown wildflower strips and eleven extensively used meadows in a Swiss lowland agricultural landscape...
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In: Cretaceous Research, 2010, vol. 31, no. 5, p. 500-514
Upper Cenomanian pelagic sediments from the northern Alpine Helvetic fold-and-thrust belt (northern Tethyan margin) coeval with Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE) 2 are characterized by the temporal persistence of micrite sedimentation and lack of organic carbon-rich layers. We studied an expanded section in the Chrummflueschlucht (east of Euthal, Switzerland), which encompasses the OAE 2 time interval....
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Theoretical and empirical research suggests a connection between the presence of role models and the emergence of entrepreneurs. Existing entrepreneurs may act as role models for self-employment candidates by providing successful examples. By explicitly considering the self- employment rates of the natives, which may influence locally the decisions of immigrants towards entrepreneurship, we...
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In: The journal of product and brand management, 2010, vol. 19, no. 5, p. 356-366
This contribution aims to shed light on the specificity of branding approaches for young companies for the reason that branding is a crucial activity for the survival and success of a newly established firm as it facilitates finding and maintain customers. We analyze fifteen of the largest and most successful start-up companies of Switzerland, adopting a case study methodology, mainly...
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This paper proposes a comprehensive tool for analyzing online recruitment messages, drawing upon dimensions of employers’ online communication effectiveness developed in the literature. A codebook is developed to analyze the content of corporate career websites, including the dimensions identified by Cober, Brown and Levy (2004), in order to evaluate employment websites. This is integrated...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2009.
Die vorliegende Dissertation geht hypothesengeleitet der Frage nach, wie die Deutschschweizer Presse über Übergewicht berichtet. Übergewicht ist ein Thema, das in den hiesigen Printmedien vor allem in den letzten Jahren steigende Beachtung fand. Aufgekommen ist das gesellschaftliche Bewusstsein für die Übergewichtsthematik in der Schweiz seit Mitte der 1980er Jahre. In der...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2009.
Das Doktorat als Ausbildungsstufe wurde in den letzten Jahrzehnten von Entwicklungen in der Gesellschaft, aber auch im Hochschulbereich, beeinflusst. Die internationale Literatur anerkennt Unterschiede zwischen Fächern, aber auch zwischen nationalen Kontexten. In einigen Kontexten sind neue Formen des Doktorates, darunter auch das professional doctorate, entstanden. Die vorliegende...
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In: Catena, 2008, vol. 72, no. 2, p. 248-258
Due to the effect of global change, the potential risk of natural hazards occurring in alpine areas is expected to increase to an even higher risk-level than has been recorded during the last century. These global changes potentially also have distinct influences on fluvial processes in torrents causing erosion on slopes and riverbanks in forested areas. Dating the time of root exposure along...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2007 ; 2007ECO006.
In Switzerland, relatively little effort has been put into assessing the role and potential of market information and market discipline in banking regulation and supervision. This thesis represents the first attempt to address the issue in a comprehensive way. The first two papers explore to what degree the market disciplines Swiss banks, both directly and indirectly. The empirical results...
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In: Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2006, vol. 7, no. 4, p. 286-300
Fifty crucible fragments and 10 fragments of the melting furnace of the forest glassworks of Südel (1723–1741, Ct. Luzern), were analyzed by petrographic, mineralogical and chemical techniques in order to assess the temperature reached in the melting chamber and to find out which raw materials were used to make the crucibles and the melting furnace. Since the crucibles were used in the melting...
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