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Videos
10/09/19
Tobias Trütsch on the Global Competitiveness Report 2019

Global Competitiveness Report 2019

Research
10/09/19

Switzerland slips to 5th place among the most competitive countries in the world

Today, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has published the 2019 Global Competitiveness Report. In the Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 comprising the most competitive countries in the world, Switzerland is ranked 5th behind Singapore, the USA, Hong Kong and the Netherlands. The Executive School at the University of St.Gallen (ES-HSG) has once again carried out this year’s survey of business leaders of Swiss companies.
Background
10/07/19

History lesson: Paul Alther – alumnus, benefactor and honorary doctor

The annual award for the best Master's thesis in Legal and Political Sciences as well as the President’s chain goes back to Paul Alther. In the spring of 1907, he enrolled at the Commercial Academy in St.Gallen, which had only opened a few years earlier (1899).
Opinions
10/04/19

Switzerland - A trade policy island

Switzerland is strategically well positioned in an increasingly difficult trade policy environment through more than 30 free trade agreements. The policy aims to continue the successful strategy employed thus far. By Stefan Legge.
Videos
09/27/19
A robot as lecture assistant

A robot as lecture assistant
Background
09/26/19

How Vitali Klitschko is turning Kiev into a “smart city”

Administrative units are supposed to become more citizen-oriented and more innovative through the use of digital technology. On the occasion of the Swiss Smart Government Day, Kiev’s mayor Vitali Klitschko explained what such a smart city looks like in practice.
Research
09/24/19

Health as a key factor for success in entrepreneurship

If wanting to be more economically successful and satisfied, one has to invest in one's physical and mental health. For example, this can even compensate for a lack of education, as proven by the Swiss Research Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship at the HSG (SME-HSG).

Research
09/22/19

The 2019 Swiss Public Value Atlas: The Common Good is Shrinking

How do leading private and public organisations contribute to the common good? The University of St.Gallen’s Centre for Leadership and Values in Society (CLVS-HSG) interviewed almost 15,000 people in cooperation with Leipzig Graduate School of Management. This makes the "GemeinwohlAtlas" (Public Value Atlas) the most comprehensive survey on the common good in Switzerland.
Events
09/18/19

Networking, not administering: How public authorities get "smart"

A current study shows how leaders from politics and administration can promote "Smart Government”. The results will be presented at the Smart Government Day on 24 September 2019 at the Congress Hotel Einstein in St.Gallen. After the opening keynote, Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kiev, will give a talk on Smart City Kiev.
Campus
09/17/19

HSG wants to further improve the supervision of doctoral students

72.1 percent of doctoral students are glad or very glad that they decided to pursue a doctorate at the University of St.Gallen. 62 percent are also satisfied with their supervision. This was the result of a survey conducted by the Student Union and non-tenured faculty . However, the survey also revealed deficits: the requirements for a Ph.D. were unclear to many, the supervision quality, work conditions and the level of the fees were criticized. 38.4 percent of those surveyed stated they were aware of the power their supervisor wielded over them. The HSG has already taken various measures to improve the situation. More are planned for the autumn, or are to be implemented as part of discussions with various stakeholder groups.
Videos
09/16/19
Coal energy in Germany: Respondents support faster coal phase-out

Coal energy in Germany: Respondents support faster coal phase-out
Campus
09/16/19

60 Doctor’s degrees awarded

At the beginning of the autumn semester on 16 September 2019, the University of St.Gallen (HSG) awarded 60 Doctor’s degrees.