2022

In this impact chat, Marco Penazzi presented the social enterprise "Progetto Quid " to the TIM Group. Progetto Quid is a social enterprise that relies on a circular economy model developing new fashion items from textile leftovers of Italian fashion industry players. Likewise, the enterprise employs mainly women having a fragile social background. Thank you so much for this most interesting presentation Marco!   

The 30th of November, Xavi successfully presented his thesis with the title "Three Essays on Strategic Change and Ecosystem Evolution". Joining from outside the MTEC-Department was Prof. Dr. Mary Tripsas (University of California, Santa Barbara), co-examiner and co-author of Xavi. We wish him all the best for his future endeavors!

We are very happy to announce that the next year's CSOL conference (May 15th until May 17th) will take place in Switzerland! It will be hosted in the beautiful Kartause Ittingen, a former Carthusian monastery transformed into a Swiss World Heritage CO2-neutral social organization. Please check out the link below to learn more about this exciting opportunity.

In this paper, Ming and his supervisors present a review of discrete-time quantum walks (DTQW) as a potentially useful and rich formalism to model human decision-making. The title of the article is "On the use of discrete-time quantum walks in decision theory" and has been published in PLOS ONE. Congratulations Ming, very well done! Check out the article under https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273551

Today, ETH-News shared an article with the ETH-community outlining the research that the TIM Group conducts in collaboration with the Swiss Army. The objective of this research endeavor is to better understand the antecedents of flexible thought and action as well as our capacity to train these antecedents for better decision-making in organizational leaders. Please check out the link below for more information! 

Zorica participated in a virtual seminar at the University of San Andrés in Buenos Aires. She presented a paper on how business leaders frame problems with multiple goals that she co-authors with Axel, Ann, and Daniella. A number of professors, senior scholars, practitioners and Management students participated in the seminar.

Stefano, Daniella, Axel, David and Jan had the chance to take part in the this years Strategic Management Society Conference that took place in London. Apart from gaining new insights, there was also time for a common dinner at a nice Chinese restaurant:-) 

Today, Lorenz Lehmann, deputy head of training for the MP Spez Det, a unit of the Swiss Army Special Forces Command, shared with the TIM Group how he pushes his operators to the highest standards of military performance. We identified strong overlaps in teaching; for instance regarding his units and the TIM Group's reliance on self-reflection, feedback, and personal responsibility. We very much enjoyed this inspirational seminar and are looking forward to collaborating with Lorenz!

The Chair of Technology and Innovation Management at ETH Zurich is looking for two new student assistants (“Hilfsassistent/-in”). Please check out the link below for further information!

Start of September, Oguzhan joined the TIM Group as a new PhD student. Oguzhan holds a MSc in Behavioral Economics from the University of Zürich and a BSc in Economics from the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. We are very much looking forward to working with him and wish Oguzhan a very good start on this journey.