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Program understanding models: an historical overview and a classification
During the last three decades several hundred papers have been published on the broad topic of “program comprehension”. The goal was always the same: to develop models and tools to help developers with program understanding during program maintenance. However few authors targeted the more fundamental question: “what is program understanding” or, other words, proposed a model of…
Institution partenaire
English / 18/09/2017
On the efficiency of school tracking: a perspective from outcomes in dual VET in Switzerland
In this paper, we examine the efficiency of the sort done by the Swiss lower secondary school tracking system, looking at students’ outcomes in dual vocational education and training (VET)—the most common education type at the upper secondary level in the country. We discuss a simple Ricardian model about the process of school tracking based on the absolute advantage (i.e., the…
Institution partenaire
English / 18/09/2017
Innovation et entrepreneuriat
Introduction au dossier spécial : Innovation & Entrepreneuriat
Institution partenaire
Français / 11/09/2017
Indebtedness for young companies: effects on survival
Based on data from 7 , 350 Cameroonian companies created between 19 90 and 2008, we study the link between the characteristics of indebtedness for young companies during their creation and survival period of up to three years, from three to five years , and beyond five years. We complement our quantitative analysis with semi - dire ctive interviews of Cameroonian entrepreneurs to…
Institution partenaire
English / 11/09/2017
Governance and performance of MFIs: the Cameroon governance case
The main challenge of microfinance institutions and social economy firms remains their survival, and to meet this challenge, MFIs need to be compet-itive. The poor performance of MFIs is usually attributed to their decision-making and operational processes. The governance of MFIs is therefore identified as one of their main risks. Despite this, governance is still little explored in…
Institution partenaire
English / 11/09/2017
Business model innovation: a theoretical perspective and its implications for entrepreneurship research
The business model innovation construct is gaining substantive attention in management literature, emphasizing its role for creating and sustaining a firm’s competitive advantage in rapidly changing business environments. However, little advancement has been made toward a holistic, theory-based understanding of the nature of business model innovation, along with its context-specific…
Institution partenaire
English / 11/09/2017
De la complexité de la notion de gamification à la complexité de sa mise en œuvre: : une étude exploratoire dans un contexte d’application mobile touristique
Afin d’appréhender la complexité inhérente à la gamification, nous avons mené une étude exploratoire en deux phases dans le contexte d’une application mobile touristique suisse. Dans la première phase, nous avons mesuré de manière quantitative et qualitative l’expérience vécue par les utilisateurs après un parcours touristique avec une application mobile peu gamifiée. Dans la…
Institution partenaire
Français / 19/06/2017
Students’ perception of the flipped classroom: teaching consumer behavior and market research classes in two swiss universities
Marketing instructors have traditionally sought to use experiential and active learning methods in their teaching. The flipped classroom is a learner-centered innovative pedagogical approach that moves the delivery of class material outside the classroom to focus on collaborative activities during class sessions. This qualitative exploratory research aims at understanding how…
Institution partenaire
English / 09/06/2017
Die Rolle der Banken beim "Going International"
Institution partenaire
Deutsch / 02/06/2017
Construction d’une marque forte dans l’industrie horlogère suisse de luxe
Le but de cet article est d’explorer et de ressembler les éléments essentiels de la construction d’une marque forte dans le luxe. Cette étude se base sur les interviews semi-directives auprès des experts de l’industrie horlogère suisse de luxe. Contribution de cet article dans la discussion académique est dans l’approche «industriel» du développement du cadre conceptuel. Le résultat…
Institution partenaire
Français / 24/03/2017
La visite d'entreprise rend-elle l'entreprise hospitalière: : expérience d'accueil et dimension culturelle au-travers de visites d'entreprises suisses et françaises
L'objectif de cet article est de caractériser la visite d'entreprise comme une situation d'hospitalité et de comprendre en quoi elle peut représenter un facteur de différenciation et ainsi répondre à des préoccupations managériales de transmission de savoir-faire et de relation avec les visiteurs. Ce travail, de nature exploratoire, répond à deux buts : il est tout d…
Institution partenaire
Français / 24/03/2017
Mindfulness,a way to metamorphose work into a self-fulfillment process: : an anthropological approach
Institution partenaire
English / 16/03/2017
Perception des risques ; déterminants de la perception des risques, effet sur le comportement pro-social et la satisfaction au travail: : une analyse empirique au sein d’un corps de police de suisse romande
Le métier de policier est reconnu pour être un métier difficile, ou le collaborateur qui l’exerce peut être exposé à toute une série de risques divers dans l’exercice de sa profession (Monjardet 1996). L’exposition à ces risques peut générer un stress qui aura un impact sur la satisfaction au travail, la motivation, le comportement des collaborateurs, et, in fine, la performance de…
Institution partenaire
Français / 02/03/2017
Potenzielle Start-up-Gründer haben andere Karrierepläne
Institution partenaire
Deutsch / 24/02/2017
Organizational responses to uncertainty in the airline industry: : changes in patterns of communication networks
Changing environmental conditions introduce uncertainty into organizational operations, and airlines respond in various ways. Scholars traditionally explore responses to environmental uncertainty by drawing upon theories of communication networks, coordination, organizational resilience, and high reliability organizing. Yet, the research has competing communication predictions, which…
Institution partenaire
English / 20/02/2017
Nursing homes: : how can residents' experience be improved?
This study aims to analyze whether nursing homes residents are satisfied with the services and support they receive. Twenty-five semi-structured interviews with residents, families, and staff were conducted in Switzerland. The results indicate that the majority of the residents entered nursing homes due to a decrease in autonomy but also following a decision made by their relatives.…
Institution partenaire
English / 14/02/2017
Firm boundaries, transaction costs economics, and capabilities of lodging corporations: : a conceptual model for the adoption of the asset light model
Why did lodging corporations opt for the asset light model in the first place and why did they adopt it at different times? The answer to such questions could not only help further explore the fundamental question in strategy of why do firms’ strategy differ, but also provide insights to managers as to the implications of such strategic choices on corporate performance. Built around…
Institution partenaire
English / 14/02/2017
Operator splitting algorithms for free surface flows: application to extrusion processes
We explore the benefits of operator splitting algorithms in the context of computational fluid dynamics. In particular, we exploit their capacity in handling free surface flows and a large variety of physical phenomena in a flexible way. A mathematical and computational framework is presented for the numerical simulation of free surface flows, where the operator splitting strategy…
Institution partenaire
English / 13/02/2017
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