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Università della Svizzera italiana

The ABC of Deutsch–Hayden descriptors

Bédard, Charles Alexandre

In: Quantum reports, 2021, vol. 3, no. 2, p. 272-285

It has been more than 20 years since Deutsch and Hayden proved the locality of quantum theory, using the Heisenberg picture of quantum computational networks. Of course, locality holds even in the face of entanglement and Bell’s theorem. Today, most researchers in quantum foundations are still convinced not only that a local description of quantum systems has not yet been provided, but that...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Essays in empirical finance

Garzoli, Matteo ; Plazzi, Alberto (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2021 ; 2021ECO007.

I use empirical methods to forecast U.S. repeat-sales house price indices, to analyze Swiss long-run default rates and to investigate the role of country and industry effects on the downside risk of stock index returns.

Université de Fribourg

Evolution of a Field : Swiss Media and Communication Studies

Probst, Carole ; Buhmann, Alexander ; Ingenhoff, Diana ; Lepori, Benedetto

In: Studies in Communication Sciences, 2019, vol. 19, no. 1, p. 7-23

In this paper, we present the evolution of Swiss Media and Communication Studies over the last decade by summarizing the main results from a project funded by the Swiss University Conference (2008–2017). We give an overall picture of the growth in the field (in terms of student numbers, resources and activities), look at diversity in terms of topics (two clusters are identified and ...

Université de Fribourg

The Relationships Between Culture and Behavioral Intentions Toward Services

Liu, Ben Shaw-Ching ; Furrer, Olivier ; Sudharshan, D.

In: Journal of Service Research, 2001, vol. 4, no. 2, p. 118-129

Some recent studies have shown that culture influences how consumers perceive service quality. Others have shown the relationship between perceived service quality and behavioral intentions. In this article, the authors study how culture influences behavioral intentions toward services on the basis of services marketing and cross-cultural psychology literature. They tested and found that...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Conceptualizing the "corporate nervous net" : decentralized strategic communication based on a digital reporting indicator framework

Knebel, Sebastian ; Seele, Peter

In: International journal of strategic communication, 2019, vol. 13, no. 5, p. 23 p

The digital revolution challenges strategic communication. Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, and the Internet of Things (IoT) create a rapidly changing environment for organizations as well as system complexities. To fulfill its task in ensuring the long-lasting success of organizations strategic communication needs to continuously adopt to this revolution. This article approaches the...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Statistical solutions for regressions-type models with big spatial data

Ghiringhelli, Chiara ; Mira, Antonietta (Dir.) ; Arbia, Giuseppe (Codir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2020 ; 2020ECO011.

These last decades have witnessed an explosion of data collection and diffusion in all fields of human society. In many scientific fields researchers are becoming aware of a big data problem and of the need to manage it properly, combining the tools offered by statistics, computer, data science and informatics. This is particularly true for geo-located data, which can be collected in a...

Haute école de gestion de Genève

Multi-generational teams : the appropriate leadership style to achieve positive team dynamics : Which leadership style should leaders of multi-generational teams adopt to achieve positive team dynamics in medium-sized to big multinationals located in Geneva ?

Chikono, Charlene ; Walden, Dana (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2020 ; TDIBM 73.

Over the course of many decades, the level of importance attributed to generational dif-ferences has considerably increased. In recent years, the topic of generations has been the focus of numerous academic papers, books, articles, and blogs. Companies are faced with the pressure of how they acknowledge such age differences in the makeup of the workforce as part of the Diversity and Inclusion...

Haute école de gestion de Genève

Liquidity analysis in the LNG market, illustrating the stakes to become a mature commodity market

Millet, Ludovic ; Piller, Robert (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2020 ; TDIBM 89.

With the environmental considerations being at the heart of the decade, and the energy industry being regarded as a negative contributor, more environmentally friendly ways to power generation are being studied. However, fossil energies are still a major contributor to power generation, and greener substitutes face a hard time to be commercialised at big scale. Natural gas, a fossil energy...

Haute école de gestion de Genève

The effectiveness of the Swiss and Canadian antibiotic distribution system compared

Janett, Sophie ; Connerton, Timothy (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2020 ; TDIBM 104.

The aim of research paper was to explore the current antibiotic distribution system in Switzerland, as well as all the important players of this complex industry. In order to better understand how this industry functions. It is important to get a big picture by understanding the implication of pharmaceutical companies, health insurance companies, hospitals, doctors, pharmacies and drugstores, and...

Université de Fribourg

Availability - analysis of an effective pro-social attitude and application to the medical field

Malbois, Elodie ; Soldati, Gianfranco (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Université de Fribourg, 2020.

Short Abstract Sympathy is often considered to be a pro-attitude central to our social lives. I argue, however, that it is epistemically weak and thereby not effective on its own. We are in need of another attitude that combines the motivational aspect of sympathy with a more cognitive component that enables us to understand others. In this thesis, I argue that availability, a concept ...