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The Social Status of Vocational Education and Training in Switzerland

Bolli, Thomas; Rageth, Ladina; Renold, Ursula

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English, Deutsch / 01/02/2019

Investigating Intervention Components and Exploring States of Receptivity for a Smartphone App to Promote Physical Activity: Study Protocol of the ALLY Micro-Randomized Trial

Kramer, Jan-Niklas; Künzler, Florian; Mishra, Varun; Presset, Bastien; Kotz, David; Smith, Shawna; Scholz, Urte; Kowatsch, Tobias

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English, Deutsch / 31/01/2019

Ambos, Björn; Leicht-Deobald, Ulrich & Leinemann, Alexander (2019) Understanding the formation of psychic distance perceptions: Are country-level or individual-level factors more important? International Business Review, 28 660-671. ISSN 0969-5931

This study investigates individual managers’ formation of psychic distance perceptions to foreign countries. Adopting a social psychological perspective, we propose three social-cognitive mechanisms - social comparison, mere exposure, and social learning - to help explain why and how country- and individual-level characteristics affect the formation of such perceptions. Based on an...

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/ 23/01/2019

Gender-inclusive governance for e-commerce

United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Goals' SDG 5 places gender equality front and centre for sustainable development. The Joint Declaration on Trade and Women's Economic Empowerment on the Occasion of the WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires in December 2017 brings gender equality to the forefront of trade policy. In the intersection of trade policy and digital...

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/ 17/01/2019

Global value chains and technology transfer: new evidence from developing countries

This paper uses the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys as a sample of 18 developing and emerging economies to investigate the causal relationship between global value chains and the transfer of technology to manufacturing firms in developing nations. It focuses on one specific channel for technology transfer, namely the licensing of foreign technology. By using a propensity score...

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/ 17/01/2019

Devenir et être musicien d’orchestre

Soucieuse de mieux comprendre les dynamiques de carrière du métier de musicien d’orchestre, la Haute école de musique de Genève a mené une enquête auprès de ses Alumnis afin de mieux comprendre leurs trajectoires professionnelles. Cet article reprend les grandes lignes des résultats obtenus.

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Haute Ecole de Gestion de Genève

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Français / 15/01/2019

Prevalence of nocturnal cough in asthma and its potential as a marker for asthma control (MAC) in combination with sleep quality: protocol of a smartphone-based, multicentre, longitudinal observational study with two stages

Tinschert, Peter; Rassouli, Frank; Barata, Filipe; Steurer-Stey, Claudia; Fleisch, Elgar; Puhan, Milo A.; Brutsche, Martin; Kowatsch, Tobias

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English, Deutsch / 08/01/2019

Decomposing the Margins of Transfer Pricing

Lassmann, Andrea; Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt Marian Maximilian

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English, Deutsch / 01/01/2019

Index insurances for grasslands – A review for Europe and North-America

Vroege, Willemijn; Dalhaus, Tobias; Finger, Robert

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English, Deutsch / 01/01/2019

Negotiating with frictions

Britz, Volker

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English, Deutsch / 01/01/2019

On Banking Regulation and Lobbying

Gersbach, Hans; Papageorgiou, Stylianos

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English, Deutsch / 01/01/2019

Buffering Volatility: Storage Investments and Technology-Specific Renewable Energy Support

Abrell, Jan; Rausch, Sebastian; Streitberger, Clemens

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English, Deutsch / 01/01/2019

Pricing climate change risks: CAPM with rare disasters and stochastic probabilities

Karydas, Christos; Xepapadeas, Anastasios

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English, Deutsch / 01/01/2019

External Evaluation: National Vocational Qualifications System Project

Caves, Katherine M.; Renold, Ursula

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English, Deutsch / 01/01/2019

Policy networks and the roles of public administrations

This chapter applies the methodological tools of formal social network analysis tbNelË illustraæ the mdtifk functions currently performed by puUiic aàmi*stration(s) in steering public policy.

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Université de Genève

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Français / 01/01/2019

How MPs' ties to interest groups matter for legislative co-sponsorship

This article investigates whether linkages between members of parliament (MPs) and interest groups matter for MPs' activities of co-sponsoring legislative proposals. Based on statistical models for network data, the study builds on classical explanations of co-sponsorships highlighting the role of similar ties between MPs, such as party membership, legislative committee...

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Université de Genève

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Français / 01/01/2019

Economic outcomes of social movements

Economic outcomes have long been neglected by students of social movements. However, recently a number of studies have emerged addressing this topic. This chapter reviews works on economic outcomes of social movements. Economic impacts of social movements are defined here as pertaining to the economic sphere either in terms of government actions to regulate the economy/impose...

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Université de Genève

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English / 01/01/2019

Who gets lost, and what difference does it make? Mixed modes, nonresponse follow-up surveys and the estimation of turnout

This article assesses whether—and to what extent—turnout bias in postelection surveys is reduced by adding a short nonresponse follow-up (NRFU) survey to a mixed-mode survey. Specifically, we examine how the NRFU survey influences response propensities across demographic groups and political factors and whether this affects data quality. We use a rich dataset on validated voter...

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Université de Genève

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Français / 01/01/2019

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