Dimitrij Nabatov, Momentum in Aktienpreisen und Momentum in Nachrichten - Vergleichsanalyse für den S&P 500, University of Zurich, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology, 2010. (Bachelor's Thesis)
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Renato Angelico, Quantifizierung des Nutzenverlustes wegen Nichtdurchhalten einer Strategie anhand von langfristigen historischen Daten, University of Zurich, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology, 2010. (Bachelor's Thesis)
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Xian Song, Media Coverage and Stock Returns in Hong Kong, University of Zurich, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology, 2010. (Bachelor's Thesis)
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Akkio Mettler, Pricing Sustainability in a DCF-Framework, University of Zurich, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology, 2010. (Bachelor's Thesis)
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Matthias Zannantonio, Experimentelle Untersuchung zur Anlageberatung, University of Zurich, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology, 2010. (Bachelor's Thesis)
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Roger Küng, An welchem kalendertag soll ein Momentumportfolio rebalanciert werden?, University of Zurich, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology, 2010. (Bachelor's Thesis)
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Christos Iossifidis, Country risk management of microfinance investment vehicles, University of Zurich, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology, 2010. (Master's Thesis)
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Hotz Simon, Corporate Valuation and Factor Models, University of Zurich, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology, 2010. (Bachelor's Thesis)
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Fabian Wiederkehr, Home bias and the international mobility of capital - the influence of the European Economic and Monetary union on the degree of capital mobility, University of Zurich, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology, 2010. (Master's Thesis)
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David Hausheer, Economic and Scalable Peer-to-Peer Management, In: SnT Research Seminar. 2010. (Conference Presentation)
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Bruno Frey, Glück ist ein Nebeneffekt, In: Der Drogistenstern, 9/10, p. 15 - 17, 1 September 2010. (Newspaper Article)
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P Jarzabkowski, S A Mohrman, Andreas Scherer, Organization studies as applied science: the generation and use of academic knowledge about organizations introduction to the special issue, Organization Studies, Vol. 31 (9-10), 2010. (Journal Article)
The relationship between theory and practice has been discussed in the social sciences for generations. Academics from management and organization studies regularly lament the divide between theory and practice. They regret the insufficient academic knowledge of managerial problems and their solutions, and criticize the scholarly production of theories that are not relevant for organizational practice (Hambrick 1994). Despite the prevalence of this topic in academic discourse, we do not know much about what kind of academic knowledge would be useful to practice, how it would be produced and how the transfer of knowledge between theory and practice actually works. In short, we do not know how we can make academic work more relevant for practice or even whether this would be desirable. In this introduction to the Special Issue, we apply philosophical, theoretical and empirical perspectives to examine the challenges of studying the generation and use of academic knowledge. We then briefly describe the contribution of the seven papers that were selected for this Special Issue. Finally, we discuss issues that still need to be addressed, and make some proposals for future avenues of research. |
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N A Nadershahi, E S Salmon, N Fathi, Karl Schmedders, J Hargis, Review of Outcomes from a Change in Faculty Clinic Management in a U.S. Dental School, Journal of Dental Education, Vol. 74 (9), 2010. (Journal Article)
Dental schools use a variety of clinic management models with the goals of promoting patient care, student education, and fiscal responsibility. In 2004, the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry transitioned to a more generalist model with these goals in mind. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of this clinic model change relative to the quantity of specific procedures completed by students. The quantity of procedures completed by each student from the classes of 1995 through 2009 were compiled from our electronic clinic management system and analyzed. The post-transition group (2004–09) showed a greater number of completed oral diagnosis and treatment planning and root planing procedures per student compared to the pre-transition group (1995–2003), but fewer crowns, root canals, operative procedures, and dentures. Because the higher procedure numbers were for low-cost procedures, our transition to a generalist model did not necessarily enhance clinic income but may support student learning and enhanced patient care. |
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C Fleig, Dieter Pfaff, Swiss GAAP FER 41 für Krankenversicherer, Audit Commitee News (31), 2010. (Journal Article)
Per 1.1.2012 tritt «Swiss GAAP FER 41: Rechnungslegung für Gebäudeversicherer und Krankenversicherer» in Kraft. Der vorliegende Artikel beleuchtet die wichtigsten Elemente der Swiss GAAP FER 41 für Krankenversicherer und erläutert die Ergebnisse der Studie zur Einführung dieser Fachempfehlung, welche KPMG in Zusammenarbeit mit der Universität Zürich durchgeführt hat. |
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Frank Stephan Somogyi, Essays in political economy and fiscal policy, University of Zurich, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology, 2010. (Dissertation)
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R McKay, C Efferson, The subtleties of error management, Evolution and Human Behavior, Vol. 31 (5), 2010. (Journal Article)
Error management theory is a theory of considerable scope and emerging influence. The theory claims that cognitive biases do not necessarily reflect flaws in evolutionary design, but that they may be best conceived as design features. Unfortunately, existing accounts are vague with respect to the key concept of bias. The result is that it is unclear that the cognitive biases that the theory seeks to defend are not simply a form of behavioral bias, in which case the theory reduces to a version of expected utility theory. We propose some clarifications and refinements of error management theory by emphasizing important distinctions between different forms of behavioral and cognitive bias. We also highlight a key assumption, that the capacity for Bayesian beliefs is subject to constraints. This assumption is necessary for
what we see as error management theory’s genuinely novel claim: that behavioral tendencies to avoid costly errors can rest on systematic departures from Bayesian beliefs, and that the latter can be adaptive insofar as they generate the former. |
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Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, Rachel Griffith, Fabrizio Zilibotti, Vertical integration and technology: theory and evidence, Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 8 (5), 2010. (Journal Article)
We study the determinants of vertical integration. We first derive a number of predictions regarding the relationship between technology intensity and vertical integration from a simple incomplete contracts model. Then, we investigate these predictions using plant-level data for the UK manufacturing sector. Most importantly, and consistent with the theoretical predictions, we find that the technology intensity of downstream (producer) industries is positively correlated with the likelihood of integration whereas the intensity of upstream (supplier) industries is negatively correlated with it. Also consistent with theory, both correlations are stronger when the supplying industry accounts for a large fraction of the producer's costs. These results are generally robust and hold with alternative measures of technology intensity, with alternative estimation strategies, and with or without controlling for a number of firm- and industry-level characteristics. (JEL: L22, L23, L24, L60) |
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Carlos Alos-Ferrer, Georg Kirchsteiger, General equilibrium and the emergence of (non)market clearing trading institutions, Economic Theory, Vol. 44 (3), 2010. (Journal Article)
We consider a pure exchange economy, where for each good several trading institutions are available, only one of which is market-clearing. The other feasible trading institutions lead to rationing. To learn on which trading institutions to coordinate, traders follow behavioral rules of thumb that are based on the past performances of the trading institutions. Given the choice of institutions, market outcomes are determined by an equilibrium concept that allows for rationing. We find that full coordination on the market-clearing institutions without any rationing is a stochastically stable outcome, independently of the characteristics of the alternative available institutions. We also find, though, that coordination on certain other, non-market-clearing institutions with rationing can be stochastically stable. |
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David Vonplon, Reto Eberle, Reto Eberle zitiert im Tages-Anzeiger in: Schweizer Multis sollen ihre Gewinne für jedes Land einzeln ausweisen, In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 31 August 2010. (Media Coverage)
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Erich Walter Farkas, Elise Gourier, Les aléas de l’évaluation des risques, In: Le Temps, p. online, 25 August 2010. (Newspaper Article)
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