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Research
10/21/21

11th Consumer Barometer of Renewable Energy

On 3 November 2021, the results of the 11th Consumer Barometer of Renewable Energy will be presented in a livestreaming.
Research
10/20/21

The power of workplace humor in the wake of #MeToo

New research reveals interviewer anxiety in mixed-gender job interviews in post-#MeToo organizations; while women’s humor reduces this interviewer anxiety and its downstream consequences, men’s humor (surprisingly) increases it.
Videos
10/15/21
The means of tax avoidance made measurable

Identifying tax avoidance blind spots
Videos
10/13/21
Future Organization Report 2021

Future Organization Report 2021: What distinguishes excellent organizations
People
10/13/21

Prof. Martin Brown to become new Director at Study Center Gerzensee

As of 1 April 2022, Martin Brown will be taking over as the Director of the Study Center Gerzensee, a foundation of the Swiss National Bank. He succeeds Dirk Niepelt, who has held the position for the past 12 years.
People
10/11/21

Hearing and playing overtones

Professor Elgar Fleisch is a director at the Institute of Technology Management at the University of St.Gallen. The scientist, who hails from the Austrian Vorarlberg, and his brother constitute the duo Fleisch & Fleisch and play dialect music made in their native land. Fleisch does not only appreciate polyphony in music – different worlds also enrich his research.
People
10/11/21

Nobel Prize in Economics for two HSG honorary doctorates

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics goes to the three US-based economists David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens. Angrist received an honorary doctorate from the University of St.Gallen (HSG) in 2007 already, and Imbens in 2014.
Background
10/08/21

Studying without a professional perspective: the first women students at the HSG

How did the first women students experience their time at the St.Gallen Commercial Academy, the later HSG? A look at the University’s archives reveals that many obstacles had to be overcome although the admission of women to universities was basically no longer questioned in the Switzerland of 1898. The greatest drawback at the time was the fact that women graduates hardly had any professional perspectives.
Videos
10/07/21
A tool for controlling manufacturing networks

A tool for controlling manufacturing networks
Research
10/05/21

New Code of Conduct Taxation 2021 – For respectful interaction between the private sector and public authorities

The Federal Tax Administration (FTA), the Swiss Taxation Conference (SSK/CSI) and EXPERTsuisse in cooperation with the Institute of Public Finance, Fiscal Law and Law and Economics (IFF-HSG) as their academic partner have drawn up a code for professionals in the field of taxation. The Code of Conduct Taxation 2021 provides recommendations and is intended to sustainably reinforce the historically grown relationship of respect and trust between taxpayers, tax representatives and tax administrations. The effectiveness of the Code depends on the number of parties that will apply its principles and rules of conduct.
Events
10/04/21

Pride Month 2021

From 4 - 27 October, the second Pride Month will take place at the University of St.Gallen.
Campus
10/04/21

566 Master's diplomas presented at the HSG

On October 2, 2021, 566 graduates received their Master of Arts (M.A. HSG) diplomas at the University of St.Gallen. President Bernhard Ehrenzeller congratulated the graduates on their degrees and dedicated his speech to the theme of resilience.