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Campus
11/24/22

HSG opens new Center for Financial Services Innovation

What role does sustainability play in the financial industry? What innovations are shaping the banking world and financial market law? How are digital platforms changing the way we handle money and the work of financial institutions in general? The new research Center for Financial Services Innovation at the University of St.Gallen (FSI-HSG) is investigating questions and it is made possible by a strategic partnership with Credit Suisse.

Background
11/22/22

Chair swap or taster for advanced learners

"Walk a hundred steps in someone else's shoes if you want to understand them", goes a proverb. Translated to the modern working world, it would mean: Swap chairs with another person so you can stay agile and try new ways of doing things. Armchair swapping has become a trend in the transformation-driven world of work. On 21 November 2022, HSG mobility researcher Andreas Herrmann and BCG management consultant Nikolaus Lang swapped chairs and tasks.

People
11/22/22

HSG professor Caspar Hirschi joins Swiss Scientific Advisory Panel COVID-19

In order to support the cantons and the federal government with scientific expertise even after the dissolution of the Swiss National Covid-19 Science Task Force, a new scientific advisory panel for the Covid-19 pandemic will be established. Caspar Hirschi, Professor of History at the University of St.Gallen, is a new member.
Research
11/18/22

To bid or not to bid – on the value and price of art

What is the financial value of a work of art? This matter is often settled at auctions, where the extent of the bids that are made seems inexplicable and arbitrary to many outsiders. Dr Laura Johanna Noll from the Institute of Marketing and Customer Insight at HSG (IMC-HSG) has dedicated her doctoral thesis to the question of which influencing factors determine the value of art and how it translates into auction prices.

Research
11/17/22

Julian Kölbel receives SNSF Starting Grant for research on "Sustainable Finance"

HSG Assistant Professor Julian Kölbel has secured an SNSF Starting Grant for his research project on sustainable investing. This grant will enable him to conduct in-depth scientific work on the topic over a period of five years with a maximum budget of CHF 1.8 million.
Opinions
11/15/22

World Cup boycott - What kind of boycott, please?

A FIFA World Cup that nobody wants. Calls for a boycott in the media. The real problems of the now taking place mega event in Qatar lie deeper. An opinion piece by Thomas Beschorner.
Campus
11/14/22

“Algorithms determine our world”: how the HSG trains students in complex data analysis

Terms such as AI, machine learning and big data have become part of everyday life. Yet what technologies are really behind them? In a special course on data science, HSG students learn how algorithms work and how they are programmed. These skills are in high demand on the labour market.
Research
11/11/22

Study on retail trade: importance of shopping tourism declining

According to the results of the study "Shopping tourism", the Swiss retail trade will lose CHF 8.45 billion from shopping tourism this year. In 2017, this was still CHF 9.07 billion. Online shopping tourism admittedly increased markedly, but the decline in bricks-and-mortar outlets abroad was much higher.
Opinions
11/10/22

HSG professor James Davis: Trump comes out of this election weaker than expected

On Tuesday November 8, 2022, Americans went to the polls in the midterm elections. In an indirect way, because they take place halfway through a president’s term, this vote is often seen as a report card on the current administration and looks forward to the Presidential Election in 2024.
Opinions
11/10/22

COP-27: Climate summits used to be crucial

Once again, all eyes are on the climate talks, this time at COP-27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. However, while such talks were crucial in the past, they no longer matter in the same way. In fact, the continued media focus on them fails to reflect how climate negotiations have changed under the Paris Agreement. By Klaus Dingwerth.
Campus
11/10/22

Artists perform in the HSG SQUARE

In the new “Artists in Residence” format, artists use the HSG SQUARE as a place for exhibiting and creativity. As its début, it features the Canadian art and research project “Speculative Energy Futures” (SEF).
Opinions
11/09/22

Iran – Regime of hypocrisy and people of hope

Since the death of Mahsa Amini on 16, September, the Islamic regime in Iran has been experiencing the largest civil protests since coming to power. A personal perspective from Omid Ghavibazoo, an Iranian citizen and recent doctoral graduate of the University of St.Gallen (HSG).