Archive Economics and Informatics 2017

Article list Economics and Informatics

• 20.12.2017 Economics

  Teure Kinder

  Well-to-do couples in developed countries are having fewer and fewer children. While this may be good in terms of global overpopulation, it has unsettling consequences for living together.

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• 23.11.2017 Social Entrepreneurship

  Concrete Solutions for Real Problems

  For the first time, the University of Zurich offered a seminar in which students could acquire first-hand knowledge of what it means to become a Social Entrepreneur and develop a business plan to solve a concrete social problem. In their final pitch last Monday, six teams competed in front of a jury for an award of CHF 10,000 to kick-start their business.

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• 17.11.2017 Legal Tech

  “Take dictation please, machine!”

  Digitalization and technology are revolutionizing the practice of law. The legal profession is rapidly changing, and the new technologies also lead to new legal questions. The UZH Faculty of Law has its finger on the pulse of these new developments.

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• 16.11.2017

  When Your Profile Comes Back to Haunt You

  The traces we leave behind each day through our computers and mobile telephones have a very long life. This can lead to unpleasant surprises when data is combined and abused, explains professor of business administration at UZH, René Algesheimer.

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• 16.10.2017 Banking and Finance

  Sustainable Investing

  The UN Development Program is now working with the University of Zurich. Economist Marc Chesney and his team are helping the United Nations reach its sustainable development goals.

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• 05.10.2017 Fintech

  Digital Change in the Financial Sector

  With algorithms providing investment advice and private individuals giving loans, digital transformation is sweeping the financial sector. The Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab at the University of Zurich is looking into the potential of new technologies for financial services and insurance.

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• 21.02.2017 Economics and IT

  “What’s happening here with us affects everyone.”

  For almost five years the UZH Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics has been headed by Harald Gall. In this interview he explains how the faculty is sharpening its profile, why last year the offering of degree programs was redesigned, and why economics and IT make such a powerful combination.

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• 13.01.2017 FINEXUS Conference

  “We need to talk about values, not prices”

  How can the financial system operate more sustainably? This question was the focus of a conference that took place last week at UZH. Those attending included Nobel Laureate Joseph. E. Stiglitz.

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