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Campus
10/16/19

HSG entrepreneurs breathe in the Silicon Valley air

Thanks to an initiative by Startup@HSG, five young company founders took a trip to Silicon Valley, where they were introduced to a startup mentality that is not always replicable even for young entrepreneurs.

Background
10/14/19

SHSS-Conference: The religious side of money

Creative learning, money and religion as well as the reorientation of management training: These and other subject matters were the object of discussion over the course of two days by social sciences and humanities students at the University of St. Gallen (HSG). At the University of St. Gallen, the inclusion of seemingly unrelated areas such as psychology, philosophy and history are part and parcel of the set programme for all students.
People
10/11/19

On the award of the Nobel Prize to Peter Handke: literature and management

On 10 October 2019, Peter Handke (*1942) received the Nobel Prize for literature. Since the 1960s, he has dealt intensively in his work with the role of language as a means of communication in society and art. By Serge Honegger.
Videos
10/10/19
Defusing Firestorms on the Internet

Defusing Firestorms on the Internet
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.