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Determinants of PhD holders' use of social networking sites: An analysis based on LinkedIn
Social networking sites are an increasingly important tool for career development, especially for highly skilled individuals. Moreover, they may constitute valuable sources of data for scholars and policy makers. However, little research has been conducted ...
Elsevier2017Method and device for fabrication of 3d multi - material (composite) parts by selective laser melting combined with laser welding and cutting
The method of manufacturing objects made of a first primary material such as ceramic, metallic or polymer materials on at least one workstation by selective laser melting (SLM) comprises the addition of at least a secondary material different from the prim ...
2017Fabrication-Aware Design of Timber Folded Plate Shells with Double Through Tenon Joints
Yves Weinand, Christopher Werner Matthias Robeller
Integral attachment, the joining of parts through their form rather than additional connectors or adhesives, is a common technique in many industry sectors. Following a renaissance of integral joints for timber frame structures, recent research investigate ...
Springer International Publishing2016Integral Mechanical Attachment for Timber Folded Plate Structures
Christopher Werner Matthias Robeller
Timber folded plate Structures combine the advantages of timber as a construction material, such as its carbon-dioxide storage, low energy production and favorable weight-to-strength ratio, with the structural efficiency and elegance of folded surface stru ...
EPFL2015Euclidean distance versus travel time in business location: A probabilistic mixture of hurdle-Poisson models
Matthieu Marie Cochon de Lapparent
While the question of the specification of spatial weight matrix is now largely discussed in the spatial econometrics literature, the definition of distance has attracted less attention. The choice of the distance measure is often glossed over, with the ul ...
2014Exploring barriers to climate change adaptation in the Swiss tourism sector
Philippe Thalmann, Cecilia Matasci
Increasingly, various sectors are affected by climate change and need to find ways to adapt with much public guidance and support. This paper examines the adaptation process of a sector that started it some time ago - Swiss Alpine tourism. It identifies ba ...
Springer Verlag2014Adapting to Socioeconomic Developments by Changing Rules in the Governance of Common Property Pastures in the Swiss Alps
Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer, Ivo Philippe Baur
The common property meadows in the Swiss Alps have been managed by local self-organized governance systems since the Middle Ages, thus preventing their overuse. During the past century, socioeconomic developments, such as industrialization and rapid nonagr ...
Resilience Alliance2013Considering the normative, systemic and procedural dimensions in indicator-based sustainability assessments in agriculture
This paper develops a framework for evaluating sustainability assessment methods by separately analyzing their normative, systemic and procedural dimensions as suggested by Wiek and Binder [Wiek, A, Binder, C. Solution spaces for decision-making – a sustai ...
2010"A Movement of Subsidized Capitalists ? The Multi-level Influence of the Bharatiya Kisan Union in India"
This paper investigates the relationship between the state and India's rural informal sector by focusing on the collective mobilizations of middle-sized agricultural producers in Western Uttar Pradesh. These cultivators are involved in an economic sector w ...
2010Linking business interest to climate policy making in Switzerland
The influence of firms on the elaboration of climate policy in a democratic system is quite controversial. Firms do not form a solid bloc of opponents to environmental regulation. Some firms even expect to gain from such regulation, either because they off ...
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