All projects from the School of Management and Law
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Technology-supported stress management training for professionals in the nursing profession
A high level of stress is documented among nursing students, which has a negative impact on their health, satisfaction and ability to remain in the profession. Problematic interactions that place high demands on emotional self-control are considered to be a major stressor. Measures to promote competence in dealing ...
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Decentralised Decision-Making in DAOs: Learnings for Digital Democracy
Blockchain technology has enabled decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), which are self-governing communities that use smart contracts on a blockchain. DAOs make decisions about day-to-day operations and structural changes through community voting, generating a wealth of data in the process. This data ...
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Inno Booster Blockchain Breezing
Breezing wants to create a crypto accounting software for accountants who manage crypto business clients. The software integrates more than 12 blockchains and 90+ exchanges. All transaction data should be pulled automatically from the respective chain.
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E-Commerce Strategy Workshop
Description of the target group, product range policy, pricing policy, analysis of the competition and collection of ideas for the branding of the new online store.
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Digitising Environmental Impacts using Geospatial Analytics
Biodiversity loss and water scarcity are increasing at an unprecedented rate. Small and large companies in agriculture, extractive and other industrial sectors have the greatest negative impact on ecosystems and water. Governments, international regulators, trade associations, non-governmental organizations and the ...
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Product Market Fit for MIROS: Redefining Living Spaces
This Innosuisse Innovation Cheque aims to sharpen the Product Market Fit of MIROS to redefine living spaces.
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When the Dust Doesn't Settle: Scandal Re-activation and Re-framing
Scandals are ubiquitous social phenomena that can have disastrous consequences for the actors involved, their associates, and society in general since they can undermine trust in the institutions that link society. Well-known scandals like Enron, Parmalat, FIFA, and the recent fall of Credit Suisse resulted in a ...
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Aligning the teaching of academic writing and academic work with the latest generations of mind-enhancing technologies: A Design-Based Research approach
Advances in digital technologies have reshaped research activities, writing, and scholarly work into a new, seamlessly interconnected field of intellectual practices. This project asks what consequences this has for teaching and offers a complete redesign of a traditional course on academic work. ...
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Geopolitical risks in a fragmented economy
The project investigates scenarios for the fragmentation of the global economy, particularly focusing on the geopolitical risks stemming from the increasingly complex relationship between China and the United States. It analyzes the impact of these scenarios on the international operations of Swiss companies and ...
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Medzie - Medical Staffing made Easy
Medzie - Medical Staffing made Easy
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Pain Education and Graded Sensorimotor Relearning
The Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning is involved in this major international project on low back pain. CITL's main role is to design and implement an app to support the treatment of patients and the interaction between patients and therapists. CITL will also support the creation of educational content. ...
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Product-Market Fit Evaluation for an AI-based Dental Imaging Software
Hypnosis-based evaluation of the product-market fit for an AI-based dental diagnostics software. Review of the product strategy and product requirements.
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Use of ChatGPT and Co. in teaching and research at the ZHAW
In a pilot study in summer 2023, we investigated the use of AI in the preparation of Bachelor's theses at four ZHAW departments. In this project, we want to refine the study, carry it out in as many departments as possible and expand it to include the lecturers' perspective.
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Multimodal Anonymization of Gameplay Data
Gameplay data research gained popularity in the last decade across several disciplines (e.g. linguistic, pedagogy, psychology) as very precious way to analyse behavioural patterns and interactions among humans.One of the main limitations currently faced in gameplay research is the lack of open data. Gameplay data ...
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Product-market fit for innovative seat cushions for wheelchair users from Reliyoo
The startup “Reliyoo" has developed a revolutionary seating solution for pressure ulcer prevention. Pressure ulcers are a major problem for all people with limited sensitivity in the sitting area who have to sit in a wheelchair all the time, including paraplegics. Reliyoo's solution is a unique seat cushion that has ...
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Technology Affordances of the Industrial Metaverse
The metaverse is considered the “next big thing” after the internet in its current form. For the industrial sector, the metaverse holds the possibility to advance physical-digital approaches such as the Industrial Internet of Things, and enables the transition from Industry 4.0 to 5.0. This SNF Spark project aims to ...
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Transforming clinical assessments: Explicitly articulating implicit clinical decision-making to train AI
We are currently creating an AI algorithm using modern computer vision methods to assess movement quality in people after stroke. Our project, as many others, depends on therapist’s manual movement quality rating to create the ground truth. While therapists are trained to reliably assess movement quality in person ...
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AI Index Machine Learning Algorithms
The project, undertaken by the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) School of Management and Law for IMD – International Institute for Management Development, aims to pioneer the development of an "AI Index." This endeavor addresses a significant gap in the current understanding and measurement of Artificial ...
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An interactive tool for Community Interpreter training
Community interpreters interpret conversations in the health, social, education or asylum sectors and thus make a significant contribution to giving people without sufficient knowledge of the national language access to public services. Despite this responsible task, they rarely have the opportunity to practise in ...
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Beyond Coalitions: Small States in Climate Negotiations (BeCoSS Climate)
Small states are often taken to be rule-takers rather than rule-makers in international affairs. Yet, small states can punch above their weight, notably when working through coalitions. While coalitions are key to understanding multilateral negotiations such as those on climate change, they mask important ...
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Cost and Benefits of Physiotherapy
The project explores the rising utilization of physiotherapy services under basic health insurance, pinpointing the factors driving this increase. It will scrutinize the demographics and treatment timelines of patients resorting to physiotherapy. The objective is to discern where the expansion of physiotherapy ...
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Design Thinking Projects 2024
The design thinking projects are carried out as part of the elective modules "Design Thinking" in the Master in Business Administration with specialization in Marketing and "Customer Centric Innovation" in the Master in Business Administration with specialization in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The projects aim ...
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DICLIS - Surveying the ZHAW Diversity Climate for students at the ZHAW
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Effect and Perception of Green Patterns in the Energy Sector
The aim of this EKT Energiestiftung innovation project is to investigate the effect and perception of "Green Patterns" in the energy sector. Similar to "Dark Patterns", which often lead to undesirable behavior in digital user interfaces (e.g., accepting all cookies), these "Green Patterns" are intended to encourage ...
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Fiscal data pipeline for local government research in Indonesia
As part of the Public Finance and Development Planning (DEVPFIN), the Institute for Economic and Social Research (LPEM) at the University of Indonesia is conducting research on the financial situation of local governments in Indonesia. The data used for this purpose shall be enhanced with additional financial data ...