Dossier on the topic of "Trade" in HSG Focus

09/15/17

German and Swiss flag, relations between Germany and Switzerland

2017 Bundestag elections: Swiss-German relations

What impact will the election result have on German-Swiss relations? What are the most urgent issues from a Swiss perspective? And what challenges will characterise the coming years? By Casper Selg.

Financial Times Ranking: SIM-HSG #1 for seventh consecutive year

Annual global university ranking by the Financial Times recognises innovation and quality.

Newsroom

Find all our news at a glance.

09/12/17

Miriam Meckel on the Revenge of the Future Digital Prekariate; photo: photocase / zettberlin

2017 Bundestag elections: Revenge of the future digital precariat

Miriam Meckel on election campaign promises and the revolution of work.

Events

09/21/17

IOC President Thomas Bach at the HSG

Bach will be speaking about the Olympic movement and student sports.

04/13/17

Degree course news

09/08/17

Bundestag elections 2017: Merkel – the sempiternal chancellor?; Copyright: Keystone

2017 Bundestag elections: Merkel – the sempiternal chancellor?

Unless the heavens fall in by 24 September, the German chancellor will continue to govern after the Bundestag elections. What is the secret of her permanent success? A guest commentary by Ludwig Greven.

09/05/17

Russian-German relations, Kremlin in Moscow

2017 Bundestag elections: Russia-Germany relations

Ulrich Schmid on the political parties’ diverging perspectives on Russia.

09/14/17

Diversity and inclusion conference, coloured pencils

First Diversity & Inclusion Conference at the HSG

Dana Sindermann reports.

Annual Media Conference 2017

The University of St.Gallen has made investments in basic research, in the promotion of young academics, but also in start-up consultancy. By 2019, the HSG will additionally establish five new chairs in order to be able to make a contribution towards meeting the challenges of digitisation.

St.Gallen Museum Night 2017

Once a year, St.Gallen’s museums turn their opening hours upside down and open for the evening. By Dana Sindermann.

James Davis on America’s strategy towards North Korea on CNN

08/24/17

Joint Medical Master, Laptop and stethoscope

Milestone for the Joint Medical Master St.Gallen

At its meeting of last Tuesday, the Government of the Canton of St.Gallen adopted the bill concerning the Joint Medical Master St.Gallen (JMM-SG).

09/05/17

The strategy so far has been to threaten North Korea, to try and isolate North Korea and try to convince the North Korean dictator that his behaviour is leading to more isolation.

Simon Evenett on BBC

08/21/17

The recent surge in 'beggar-thy-neighbour' activity predates Trump and Brexit, suggesting that populist pressures are likely to exacerbate protectionism.

08/29/17

E-commerce trends

Online shops cannot replace retail outlets, says a study by the IRM-HSG.

08/25/17

Study: perceived inequality and voting behaviour

2017 Bundestag election: perceived inequality and voting behaviour

Results of a study conducted by the ICI-HSG.

08/03/17

Unisport: self-defence for women

The HSG’s Unisport offers a self-defence course for women every semester. An article by student reporter Sophie Kwisda.

Klaus Dingwerth on "Reuters"

06/29/17

The terror of London – and why war is the wrong answer

By HSG lecturer Martin Booms.

06/14/17

The Rio Earth Summit reminds us of the force of political visions as well as of their shortcomings.

08/07/17

The campus in pictures

The official Instagram-Account of the University of St.Gallen (HSG).

Rolf Wüstenhagen on "swissinfo.ch"

05/11/17

HSG increases its contribution to the region's value creation

This is shown in a recently published report on HSG's regional effects.

05/26/17

The Swiss energy strategy is the first, which was been directly approved by the people. Therein lies its value.

The University of St.Gallen (HSG) is connected to 200 reputable universities worldwide.

05/26/17

200

In 2016, the number of start-up consultations rose to more than 400.

05/30/17

400

J. Davis on Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign on "DW"

05/18/17

It's a very dangerous situation if the president has something to hide.

People

07/18/17

Art Penalba in front of the main building

Thomas Bieger on the EFMD Board of Trustees

On the occasion of the Annual General Meeting of the EFMD Global Network, HSG President Thomas Bieger was elected a member of the Board of Trustees of the international quality and accreditation organisation.

05/15/17

HSG and Helvetia Insurance establish joint Innovation Lab

The University of St.Gallen and Helvetia Insurance are committed to the research of new business models and eco systems in the insurance sector. To support their activities in this area, they are setting up the Helvetia Innovation Lab.

Events

05/05/17

"We have to fight for freedom of speech in a self-critical way"

Timothy Garton Ash on free speech and populism.

04/28/17

Freiheitsstatue hinter Mauer: 100 days of Donald Trump. Kommentar von Wirtschaftsethik-Professor Florian Wettstein.

First 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency

Florian Wettstein comments.

03/07/17

Study: Swiss online trade and internet use in 2017

How has mobile use and shopping behaviour in Switzerland changed?

06/07/17

HSG-Forschende im Gespräch. Foto: Anna-Tina Eberhard

Competition between universities and consulting firms

Who offers qualitatively superior expertise? An article by Wolfgang Stölzle.

People

03/24/17

HSG Founder of the Year 2017

On the occasion of the Entrepreneurship Day on Friday, 24 March 2017, Lea von Bidder was nominated HSG Founder of the Year 2017 as the representative of the Ava company.

Publications

02/24/17

St.Gallen’s "food for thought" about flight and migration

01/06/17

EU flag Opinion future Christoph Frei 2017

Project Europe: Halfway to maturity

In Europe, many nation states have become member states. Ten, thirty or even sixty years of peaceful coexistence, however, do not suffice to bring forth a European people. A column by Professor Christoph Frei.

12/22/16

Argentina: One year with Macri

N. Matthieu and A. Rotondaro comment on the political and economic situation one year after the presidential elections.

11/17/16

Klaus Dingwerth on the US climate policy

New scenarios for climate policy

Does the newly-elected US President endanger international climate cooperation? An opinion piece from political scientist Klaus Dingwerth.

11/10/16

"State of Disunion": waking up to Trump

Contrary to all forecasts, Donald J. Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States. An opinion piece by Dr. Claudia Franziska Brühwiler.

Events

10/31/16

The 2016 Swiss SME Day

The 2016 Swiss SME Day was devoted to the topic of "Change of perspectives – right in the middle and yet outside".

11/04/16

Sports Economics Day 2016

Are sports a suitable tool for integrating refugees into our society? And what exactly is integration? On the 4th Sports Economics Day of the University of St.Gallen, academics and practitioners presented their perspectives and results. By student reporter Thomas Tarantini.

10/06/16

Four key tasks for a coherent US foreign policy

An opinion piece by James W. Davis.

09/12/16

HSG programme ranked #1

The Master in Strategy in International Management programme (SIM-HSG) was selected as the best overall programme in the 2016 annual Financial Times global ranking of Masters in Management (MiM) programmes.

09/16/16

Writing workshops at the HSG

How to write academic texts? Coaching for Students. By Dana Sindermann.

09/08/16

Survey on energy transition

About one in two Germans is willing to financially participate in solar photovoltaic or wind power capacity.

09/01/16

Brazil: Marathon out of the crisis?

What follows the dismissal of President Dilma Rousseff? An opinion piece.

08/19/16

Regulations on civilian drones

What will these new regulations entail? An op-ed by Silvio Hänsenberger and Isabelle Wildhaber.

07/29/16

Hillary Clinton's stage win in the US elections 2016

US elections 2016: Clinton’s stage win

An op-ed by Dr. Claudia Franziska Brühwiler.

07/22/16

United States presidential election 2016. Republican National Convention

US elections 2016: Dreaming of Reagan – waking up with Trump

The Republican Party crowned the political newcomer and reality TV star Donald J. Trump as its official presidential candidate. An opinion piece by Dr. Claudia Franziska Brühwiler.

09/06/16

Procrastinate better

How can we best deal with procrastinitis? An article by Dana Sindermann.

Background

09/23/16

Corinne and Cristian from Café des Signes

Café des Signes at the HSG

Deaf baristas serve coffee and provide information about sign language.

07/20/16

Why leaving the EU would be complicated for the UK

A withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union would ultimately end up frustrating certain legitimate expectations of EU citizens, writes Thomas Burri. He is professor of international and European law at the University of St.Gallen.

08/24/16

German soccer Bundesliga

Home advantage only works at weekends, says a study by the SEW-HSG.

Background

08/08/16

Olympic Games - Christo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro

Experiencing the Olympic City: Rio de Janeiro’s infrastructure changes

07/11/16

Three Challenges for NATO

An opinion piece by James W. Davis on the ever-changing role of NATO.

07/18/16

Start-up week in Pyongyang

How is it like to teach Entrepreneurship in Pyongyang?

07/13/16

Challenges in the Swiss health sector

Demographic change, increasing regulation and deficient institutional structures are the biggest building sites in Switzerland’s health sector, says a survey conducted by the I.VW-HSG.

04/26/16

30 years after Chernobyl

A comment by Prof. Dr. Rolf Wüstenhagen.

Background

04/26/16

Chernobyl 2014 – Credits: Marc Abächerli

Gallery Chernobyl

These pictures depict the situation on the reactor site of Chernobyl in 2014.

03/23/16

Digital maturity; Copyright: www.photocase.com / FaroNK

Digital maturity of companies

The Institute of Information Management at the University of St.Gallen (HSG) examined the digital maturity of 550 companies. The Digital Transformation Report is available online. The survey suggests that digitally mature companies see the digital transformation as a positive.