Institute of Retail Management (IRM-HSG): Thomas Rudolph and his research team devote themselves to questions in the fields of retail management and consumer behaviour. The competence centres E-Commerce and Retail Branding boost academic efficiency and practice orientation. Research results are integrated in teaching. The Retail Lab and the Gottlieb Duttweiler Chair (GDL) are important components of the IRM-HSG. In the long term, they strengthen retail teaching and research at the HSG. Major events include the 2011 Swiss Retail Study with five industrial profiles, the 2011 Discount Study, the study “More profile through customer inspiration”, the 5th St. Gallen Retail Day 2012, and the receipt of the HSG’s 2012 Managerial Impact Award. www.irm.unisg.ch | handelsmanagement@unisg.ch
Institute for Legal Studies and Legal Practice (IRP-HSG): The Institute for Legal Studies and Legal Practice was the first institute of the University of St. Gallen to be established; it was set up in 1938. As a leading provider of legal education for members of the community, the legal profession, corporate legal departments and other interested circles, it also runs CAS courses on mediation in enterprises and public administration, HR, liability and insurance law, litigation and criminal procedural law. At the same time, Institute staff conduct research in public and private law. www.irp.unisg.ch | irp@unisg.ch
Institute of Technology Management (ITEM-HSG): The ITEM-HSG with its divisions of Entrepreneurship (Prof. Dr. Dietmar Grichnik), Innovation Management (Prof. Dr. Oliver Gassmann), Operations Management (Prof. Dr. Elgar Fleisch) and Production Management (Prof. Dr. Thomas Friedli) can look back on a year that was a success in terms of research strategy, human resources and economic considerations. The establishment of the HSG Founder Lab as the ITEM-HSG’s
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independent contact point for the research- and technology-based business ideas of HSG students and researchers is intended to put the HSG’s entrepreneurial potential to better use and support innovative start-ups at the HSG. www.item.unisg.ch | contactitem@unisg.ch
Institute of Insurance Economics (I.VW-HSG): With its 24 members of staff, the I.VW-HSG positions itself as the leading institute for research, teaching and executive education in the field of insurance economics and risk management. This is confirmed both in basic research with more than 20 publications in international journals and numerous conference papers and in application-oriented research with about ten projects and studies. Thanks to the commitment of eight leading Swiss insurance companies and the Swiss Insurance Association SVV, a second chair was installed at the I.VW-HSG, to which Martin Eling was successfully appointed. An important field of activities of the I.VW-HSG is executive education with its intercompany and company-specific courses for managers – united under the logo of CIM (Competence in Insurance Management – the executive education platform of the I.VW-HSG). www.ivw.unisg.ch
Institute for Business Ethics (IWE-HSG): Since 2011, the IWE-HSG has had two new Directors: Prof. Dr. Thomas Beschorner and Prof. Dr. Florian Wettstein. The “new” IWE-HSG has its offices at Tannenstrasse 19, where it took up its work with an extended team. A new website and several international research projects are illustrative of the new beginning. The IWE-HSG’s teaching concept includes several courses in the Assessment Year and at the Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral Levels. The Institute is also active in several executive education programmes and offers a certificate programme in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR-HSG). www.iwe.unisg.ch | ethik@unisg.ch