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Université de Fribourg

The principle of equality in diverse states : reconciling autonomy with equal rights and opportunities

Belser, Eva Maria ; Bächler, Thea ; Egli, Sandra ; Zünd, Lawrence

Leiden : Brill, 2021

(Studies in territorial and cultural diversity governance ; 13)

ISBN: 9789004394612

This book examines different approaches by which states characterised by federal or decentralized arrangements reconcile equality and autonomy. In case studies from four continents, leading experts analyse the challenges of ensuring institutional, social and economic equality whilst respecting the competences of regions and the rights of groups.

Université de Fribourg

Public Diplomacy on Social Media : Analyzing Networks and Content

Sevin, Efe ; Ingenhoff, Diana

In: International Journal of Communication, 2018, vol. 12, p. 3663-3685

Measurement has been and still is a challenging issue in the practice and study of public diplomacy. In this article, we propose a model to assess the impacts of public diplomacy projects by creating a link between social media communication campaigns and the perception of nations by audiences—or nation brands. We demonstrate how the model can be used to analyze the digital communication...

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

"We the Scientists”: a Human Right to Citizen Science

Vayena, Effy ; Tasioulas, John

In: Philosophy & Technology, 2015, vol. 28, no. 3, p. 479-485

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

Missing Investment Treaties

Polanco Lazo, Rodrigo ; Desilvestro, Valentino ; Bazrafkan, Azernoosh

In: Journal of International Economic Law, 2018, vol. 21, no. 3, p. 703-731

Université de Fribourg

Cooperation and Mistrust in Relational Contracts

Herz, Holger ; Schmutzler, Armin ; Volk, André

In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2019, vol. 166, p. 366-380

Work and trade relationships are often governed by relational contracts, in which incentives for cooperative action today stem from the prospective future benefits of the relationship. In this paper, we study how a lack of hard information about the costs of providing quality, and therefore about the financial consequences of actions, affects relational contracts in buyer-seller...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Scaling blockchains

Fynn, Enrique ; Pedone, Fernando (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2021 ; 2021INFO003.

Blockchains are a new type of state machine replication that have raised interesting challenges. A replicated state machine (RSM) is a well-established approach to building fault-tolerant systems. Because each replica needs to execute the same set of instructions to transition through the same state changes, adding more replicas does not translate directly to an increase in performance. On top...

Haute école de gestion de Genève

How can distributed ledger technology systems accelerate the adoption of eHealth solutions by patients

Rattazi, Camille ; Herniman, John (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2020 ; TDIBM 72.

This report’s goal is to understand how distributed ledger technology systems, especially blockchain, are beneficial in terms of eHealth adoption and patients control of their health data. According to an executive in a multinational company of the health industry, “private data limits the growth of eHealth but also represent a better future. We must be inventive, or we will never get to...

Haute école de gestion de Genève

Partner selection process for a Swiss medical equipment start-up

Delacoste, Coralie ; Willson, Philip (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2020 ; TDIBM 74.

This Bachelor thesis intends to answer to the need of a medical equipment start-up company which has to select a partner to perform the role of integrator in its global supply chain. This is a typical partner selection problem that is addressed in this work through a linear weighting model integrating both qualitative and quantitative variables. The criteria are selected by reviewing the...