All projects from the School of Management and Law
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Study on the implementation of the new own risk and solvency assessment ORSA, public disclosure for Swiss insurers
The ORSA study examines the implementation progress of the ORSA at Swiss direct-, re- and health insurance companies. The findings from expert interviews and anonymized questionnaires show that ORSA has been established as a planning tool and is used as a reporting tool for the management and the Board of Directors. ...
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The state of health of the elderly in Switzerland
Together with SHARE Switzerland, based at the University of Lausanne, and FORS, we are carrying out a study on the health of the elderly population in Switzerland on behalf of the Federal Office of Public Health. Based on data from the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) prevalences of ...
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Professional development options for banking professionals
The study analyses how the framework conditions for the careers of professionals (+/- 45 years) will change. On the basis of the findings on the changed framework conditions, action models for employees (+/- 45 years) as well as line and HR managers in the finance industry and a guideline with concrete instructions ...
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Digital Health: Scientific process-cost-analysis in hematological diagnostics
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The burden of smoking in Switzerland: Estimate for 2015 and Prognosis up to 2050
In this study we estimated the burden of smoking in Switzerland for 2015. We estimated mortality, YLL, DALYs, direct medical costs and productivity losses. We also forecasted mortality attributable to smoking up to 2050. We calculated smoking attributable fractions and extracted DALYs from the GBD study. The direct ...
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Review, outlook, foresight: Working World 4.0 in the Swiss MEM sector
Swissmem has commissioned the ZHAW to investigate the transformation of the world of work through digitalization along the value chain of Swiss equipment, machinery and plant construction companies. This work is intended to increase the awareness of those responsible for decision-making in companies for the ...
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Analysis of Inter-Municipal Collaboration in Service Delivery in the Austrian Federal State Vorarlberg
The Vorarlberg Association of Municipalities commissioned the IVM to analyse the current situation of cooperation between the Vorarlberg municipalities and to develop suitable strategies for the future of inter-municipal cooperation in Vorarlberg. The study starts with an analysis of the current situation of ...
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Co-development pf a participation platform, innovation network and living lab for the digital transformation of a canton / region
We support a canton in the development of an innovation network around the question of how technology can add value for the entire region. The project consists of three elements : 1. Digital and analogue participation platforms with stakeholders from business, administration, science and civil society 2. Developing ...
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Smart Government
Development of a working paper / study on the factors influencing smart government. The following steps were carried out: Comprehensive literature analysis in scientific and practice-oriented Sources Definition and explanation of the term "Smart Government" a rough description of the relevant trends influencing the ...
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Stocktaking of Public Sector Accounting and Reporting Environment in PULSAR Countries
This study analyzes the Public Sector Accounting (PSA) systems in the PULSAR region, which consists of fourteen jurisdictions of the Western Balkan and Eastern Partnership, including, in alphabetical order Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic of Srpska, Croatia, Federation of Bosnia ...
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Digital Insurance Broking
The goal of the research project is to develop an application that enables the statistical comparison of risk- and insurance profiles. With this information at hand, users of the e-Broker platform can compare themselves against peers and identify coverage gaps and unnecessary insurance coverages. ...
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Seamless Writing: Expanding Technologies to Support Thesis Writing
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3rd European COST Conference on Mathematics for Industry in Switzerland
The aim of this conference is to bring together European academics, young researchers, students and industrial practitioners to discuss the application of Artificial Intelligence in Industry and Finance within the COST research network. We have two thematic workshops, focusing on Artificial Intelligence challenges ...
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Iron therapy for iron deficiency without anaemia: Cost-comparison and budget impact analysis
Our role in this project was to perform a health economic evaluation of parenteral versus oral iron therapy in populations identified with iron deficiency non anaemia (IDNA) in the Swiss population. The economic evaluation was restricted to a cost-comparison analysis and a budget impact analysis from a health care ...
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Digital Transformation in Arts and Culture
A study will show how digitization has changed the framework conditions and production processes in the cultural sector. From this, it is derived which state support measures would be possible for the development of the cultural sector and individual sectors (film, design, game). In addition to Switzerland, current ...
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Needs assessment: Digital service portfolio of Zurich’s municipalities
In order to assess the needs of the population regarding the digital services of Zurich's municipalities, an online survey will be conducted. For this purpose, the following topics will be examined: - Most common uses of digital services of the municipality - Perceived problems in the use of these services - ...
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Component-based Tendering
Focus: Building Information Modeling (BIM) is fundamentally changing the way we work in the construction industry. The object of this applied research project was to test and specify an innovation idea for a data-based service in the field of tendering for its relevance to end users. ZHAW supported CRB in collecting ...
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CyberComp
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Health Technology Assessment: Self-measurement of blood glucose in patients with non-insulin treated diabetes mellitus type 2
Self-measurement of blood glucose (SMBG) by means of glucose test strips is a cornerstone of diabetes management. However, the clinical benefit of SMBG in non-insulin treated patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is under debate. In Switzerland, these patients are currently reimbursed a maximum of 400 test ...
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Development of LOA V
The association of Swiss pharmacies pharmaSuisse and the Swiss health insurance associations curafutura and santésuisse wish to replace the current prospective payment system for pharmacy services in Switzerland LOA IV with an improved version LOA V. The goal is to achieve a better fit between the reimbursement of ...
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Evaluation eID+
The canton of Schaffhausen offers their citizens the option, with immediate effect, to easily and swiftly access eServices of their canton through the means of a digital identity. As a pilot user you have the possibility to shape the digital future of your canton. Wishes and concerns of the users will be taken ...
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From Forms to Dialogues: New Ways of Order Placement in Financial Institutions
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Swiss Know-how and Technology Transfer for Wastewater Treatment in Colombia
The ZHAW Center for Business in the Americas established a comprehensive training program for Colombian environmental engineers. Swiss experts in wastewater treatment and management from organizations (e.g. Wabag and EAWAG) located in the Canton of Zurich and its surrounding areas transferred the know-how and ...
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Seamless Writing: Expanding Technologies to Support Thesis Writing
Processing final papers (theses) is a big challenge for universities. Depending on student numbers, educational establishments have to supervise hundreds, if not thousands, of papers each year. Students on short Bachelor's study programs often have insufficient personal resources for the autonomous writing of ...
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PhD Network in Data Science
Swissuniversities project to promote PhD programs at ZHAW in the field of Data Science.