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Université de Fribourg

Does Decentralization of Decisions Increase the Stability of Large Groups?

Bjedov, Tjaša ; Lapointe, Simon ; Madiès, Thierry ; Villeval, Marie Claire

In: Social Choice and Welfare, 2018, vol. 51, p. 681-716

Using a laboratory experiment with nested local and global public goods, we analyze the stability of global groups when individuals have the option to separate, according to the degree of decentralization of decision-making. We show that increasing the number of decisions made at the local level within a smaller group reduces the likelihood that individuals vote in favor of a configuration...

Haute école de gestion de Genève

How can the city of Querétaro in Mexico adopt a more sustainable solid waste management system from an economical and environmental standpoint ?

Essaidi, Laura ; Depetris Chauvin, Nicolas (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2020 ; TDIBM 85.

This report analyses the solid waste management system of the city of Querétaro, a medium size city in the center of Mexico. It investigates economic and environmental sustainability in the solid waste management sector and addresses the following question: “How can the city of Querétaro adopt a more sustainable solid waste management system from an economical and environmental...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Microclimates and the city : towards an architectural theory of thermal diversity

Roesler, Sascha ; Kobi, Madlen

In: The urban microclimate as artifact : towards an architectural theory of thermal diversity, 2018, p. 12-24

The term “microclimate” was coined by German and British meteorologists and geographers in the first half of the 20th century. Rudolf Geiger and Albert Kratzer realized that the climate in the air layer “two meters above the ground” differs considerably between rural and urban sites. W.G.V. Balchin and Norman Pye proved that the urban climate within one city, Bath, was not homogenous,...

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

Urban Health Challenges in Europe

Lawrence, Roderick

In: Journal of Urban Health, 2013, vol. 90, p. 23-36

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

Discussion of "decentralized capacity management and internal pricing”

Göx, Robert

In: Review of Accounting Studies, 2010, vol. 15, no. 3, p. 479-502