Thèse de doctorat : Université de Fribourg, 2013.
Die vorliegende kumulative Dissertation handelt von Alterspolitik in Schweizer Gemeinden, im spezifischen von deren Akteure, Funktionsweisen, Planungsvorhaben und politische Prozesse. Im Kontext der demographischen Alterung werden Fragen, um die sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Konsequenzen einer alternden Gesellschaft und der politischen Handhabung betroffener Themen, aktuell. In dieser...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2019 ; 20019ECO002.
My PhD thesis consists of three papers which study how interest rate products' prices react to both the central bank's policy goals and communication. As tool I make use of various econometric techniques such as affine models, general method of moments or Haar like filtering. The first chapter studies government bond excess term premia. I show that their predictability is driven by monetary...
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Thèse de doctorat : Université de Fribourg, 2012.
Im Internetzeitalter ist der Webauftritt eines Unternehmens ein unverzichtbares Instrument der Information, Kommunikation und Transaktion geworden. Mit der stark steigenden Nutzung und der Abwicklung des Geschäfts über das Internet wird die Analyse und das Controlling der Website-Nutzung und des elektronischen Geschäfts – das Web Analytics – für Website-Betreiber eine wichtige Aufgabe....
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2017 ; 2017INFO006.
In finite element simulations, the handling of geometrical objects and their discrete representation is a critical aspect in both serial and parallel scientific software environments. The development of codes targeting such envinronments is subject to great development effort and man-hours invested. In this thesis we approach these issues from three fronts. First, stable and efficient ...
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Thèse de doctorat : Université de Fribourg, 2018.
Cette thèse vise à interroger le hackingcomme source de changement social, voire de subversion de l’ordre social. En mettant en jeu une forme d’autodidaxie et un décloisonnement social entre amateurs, professionnels et militants, il fait espérer des changements dans l’accès aux savoirs, ainsi que dans les manières de penser le rôle de la technologie au sein de nos sociétés. Dans le...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2019 ; 2019INFO006.
Interactive applications, such as mobile or web apps, have become essential in our lives and verifying their correctness is now a key issue. Automatic system test case generation can dramatically improve the testing process for these applications and has recently motivated researchers to work on this problem defining a wide range of different approaches. However, most state-of-the-art...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2006 ; 2006COM005.
This thesis, starting from the debate on museum’s roles and functions in modern society, raises some questions on the main issues museums have to face with the changes in contemporary society. The title of the research suggests the adoption of an alternative approach to the study and analysis of traditional museum’s activities, in fact the specific aim of this study is to present the museum...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2006 ; 2006ECO003.
Over the last two decades it has become increasingly important to promote the efficiency and improve the performance of natural monopolies operating within network industries. In line with this, different regulatory approaches have been designed aiming at preventing the abuse of monopoly power and at the same time enhancing the performance of regulated firms. The most widely adopted...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2014 ; 2014ECO011.
The dissertation is focusing on the demand side of tourism, in particular on tourists’ consumption of a destination and on the conceptualization of their decision process during visitation. Travel behaviour can be related to and motivated by several factors and the analysis of these factors allows a better understanding of tourists’ movements and activity participation. This information can...
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Thèse de doctorat : Université de Fribourg : 2003.
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