infonet-economy

Wie bereitet man Manager auf die Anforderungen einer VUCA-Welt vor? Was muss sich aufgrund steigender Komplexität und Unsicherheit ändern an der Art und Weise, wie wir Studierende und Praktiker für ihre Arbeit qualifizieren? Wie trainiert man dabei Fertigkeiten wie Resilienz, Agilität oder Empathie und was können Manager dabei von Informatikern lernen?

We study a model of growth and mass production. Firms undertake either product innovations that introduce new luxury goods for the rich; or process innovations that transform existing luxuries into mass products for the poor. A prototypical example for such a product cycle is the automobile. Initially, an exclusive product for the very rich, the automobile became affordable to the...

This paper explores the impact of rankings on individual performance in a setting of professional athletes competing for high stakes. We use data on World Cup alpine skiing for the period of 1992-2013 and exploit arguably random differences in race times to identify the causal effect of ranking positions. Our results document a significant decrease in subsequent performance among...

Seit 2002 gilt auf dem Schweizer Arbeitsmarkt die Personenfreizügigkeit. Das letzte Jahrzehnt war durch ein starkes Bevölkerungs- und Beschäftigungswachstum gekennzeichnet, so wanderten netto rund 70 000 Personen in die Schweiz ein.

Access to the fast-growing Chinese economy is prized by policymakers and business people. Concerns that European firms are missing out on the Chinese boom have caused soul-searching in Europe about "competitiveness" and led to accusations of Chinese protectionism. For the first 15 members to join the European Union this paper estimates the determinants of the share of each...

In this paper, state and kinetic parameters estimation based on extended Kalman filter (EKF) is proposed. Experimental data from alcoholic fermentation process with immobilized cells is used. The measurements of glucose and ethanol concentration are used as on-line measurements for observers design and biomass concentration is used for results verification. Biomass, substrate and...