5/9/2012. Swiss executives are watching their country’s economic development with some concern. 200 interviewees perceived their companies’ future with more optimism, however, as a survey conducted by GfK and the HSG reveals.
4/18/2012. The newly established Center for Health Care (CHC-HSG) at the University of St.Gallen aims to be an innovative and integrative dialogue platform for an advantageous further development of the health system.
2/29/2012. The Bosch Group and the HSG have founded the “Bosch internet of things & services lab”. The think tank is to work on developing web-based products and services and new business models.
2/15/2012. The HSG’s new Entrepreneurship Campus pools forces at the University which address the manifold aspects of start-ups and entrepreneurship in depth.
2/14/2012. The HSG is establishing a permanent institute in the Asian city to globalize the educational experience and help build a bridge between European and Asian business leaders.
2/9/2012. “Swissness” remains a valuable trademark, also in Poland. This is revealed by a new edition of the Swissness study. Only the image of Switzerland`s innovative power needs to be improved.
12/14/2011. Shopping tourism has put the Swiss retail trade under pressure. The Institute of Retail Management (IRM-HSG) interviewed 1,000 shoppers in pedestrian precincts in German- and French-speaking Switzerland.
11/24/2011. Insurers are currently being confronted by a profusion of regulatory alterations. A study reveals that these are having an impact on the core business and will necessitate adjustments to the business model.
10/28/2011. Bank secrecy tempts not only foreigners but also Swiss citizens to evade tax liability. A study by Prof. Dr. Manfred Gärtner shows that the dividend tax is only partially effective.
10/27/2011. On 27 October 2005, Aldi opened its first four stores in Switzerland. At the time, the hard discount concept was regarded as highly unlikely to be successful – wrongly, as a study by the IRM-HSG reveals.
10/11/2011. For Switzerland, multilingualism is one of its defining characteristics – and a big challenge. This also applies to the country’s legal system, as a recently published study reveals.
10/5/2011. HSG’s Institute for Business Ethics supports the sustainable development of business responsibility in small and medium-sized enterprises in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.