In this paper we analyzed the violations of UIP for the Swiss Franc against the Dollar, the Euro, the Yen, thePound and the Canadian Dollar using recent data up to fall 2008. This exercise provides the following mainresults : first the Swiss interest rate puzzle disappeared, i.e. mean returns on...

A framework is proposed for organizing phenomena related to the (mis)predictionof utility, in particular neglecting adaptation. A categorization is introduced that accounts forasymmetries in misprediction. In decision-making, goods and activities satisfying extrinsicdesires are more salient than...

In Medien und Öffentlichkeit ist die Meinung, dass die infolge von Globalisierung und Strukturwandel frei- gesetzten Arbeitskräfte zu den Verlierern der Globalisierung gehörten, weit verbreitet. Gemäss Handelsthe- orie muss dem allerdings nicht so sein. Schliesslich führt die Globalisierung...

We present a regression-based generalization of the calendar time portfolio approach which allowsfor the inclusion of continuous and multivariate investor or firm characteristics in the analysis. Ourmethod is simple to apply and it ensures that the statistical results are heteroscedasticity...

Since several decades, information and communication technologies (ICT)  as well as new organizational designs change the working life in firms.  Using nationally representative Swiss firm-level panel data, the present paper analyzes the relationship between these developments and examines,...

<span lang="DE">Forschungsgegenstand des Projekts sind so genannte Kundenerfahrungen. Ziel des Projekts war es aus einer Perspektive des Marketing Verständnis darüber zu erlangen, wie Erfahrungen von Kunden beim Konsum von Produkten oder Dienstleistungen sowie aus der Interaktion mit einem konkreten Anbieter...</span>

The allocation of decision-making authorities may be seen as the last link in a causalrelationship starting from changes in environment and continuing to business strategy.Changes in task complexity, which can be measured by the introduction of a diversica-tion or an outsourcing strategy, are...