Prof. Gugler met the academic, economic and diplomatic community of Bangkok during the Forum "President Donald J. Trump: Meanings and Consequences for Southeast Asia and Thailand" at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok on February the 3rd, 2017.
Prof. Dr. T. Pongsudhirak, Director of ISIS Thailand, President of the Forum, Prof. Dr. P. Pananond co-organizor of the Forum (Thammasat University) and Prof. Dr. P. Gugler
Lectures on Competitiveness delivered by Prof. Gugler at NIDA in Bangkok (February 2017)
Prof. Gugler delivered several lectures on competitiveness at the National Institute for development Agency (NIDA) in Bangkok.
Prof. Gugler and a group of his Students at NIDA
The students who won the second price for the best 2016 MOC project presented their report to the 2017MOC class (March 2017)
Sabine Baeriswyl, Timeja Veresinska, Tram Dang and Romain Ducret presented their report on the marine engineering cluster in Singapore
Prof. Gugler with Tram Dang, Timeja Veresinska, Sabine Baeriswyl and Romain Ducret
Prof. Gugler published a new paper on Emerging countries' country-specific advantages (CSAs) - (March 2017)
Prof. Gugler published a literature review on emerging countries' country-specific advantages (CSAs): "Emerging countries' country-specific advantages (CSAs) and competitiveness of emerging market multinational enterprises (EMNEs)", Competitiveness Review, Vol. 27, Issue 3, 2017.
The Columbia University (New York, USA) released a video of Prof. Gugler presenting the results of his study on investment incentives in the EU (May 2017)
Prof. Gugler's study is published in the book "Rethinking Investment Incentives: Trends and Policy Options" edited by Ana Teresa Tavares-Lehmann, Perrine Toledano, Lise Johnson, and Lisa Sachs (Columbia University Press, New York, 2016).
The Center for Competitiveness published a report on the status of cluster development with a focus on Bioeconomy in the canton of Fribourg (June 2017)
The report, ordered by the Interreg-Alpine project, focuses on the status of cluster development in the canton of Fribourg with an in-depth analysis of the potential offered by the bioeconomy (Gugler, P., Bliesener, J. (2017). Regional Status Report, "Status of cluster development with focus on Bioeconomy": Canton of Fribourg (Switzerland).
Center for Competitiveness, University of Fribourg) . The Center for Competitiveness released a report on the economic performance of the canton of Fribourg (June 2017)
The report, ordered by the Interreg-Alpine Space project, concentrates on the analysis 1) of the economic performance, 2) of the structure, and 3) of the comparative advantages of the Canton of Fribourg (Gugler, P., Lepori, D., Resbeut, M. (2017). Economic Performance, Structure ans Comparative Advantages of the Canton of Fribourg (CH). Center for Competitiveness, University of Fribourg).
Prof. Gugler has published a new article in the Competitiveness Review (June 2017)
Prof. Gugler has published a new article in the Competitiveness Review (Gugler, P. (2017) Emerging countries' country-specific advantages (CSAs) and competitiveness of emerging market multinational enterprises (EMNEs). Competitiveness Review, Vol. 27, Iss. 3, pp. 194-207).
An affiliate member to the Center for Competitiveness appointed Secretary of State (July 2017)
The Center for Competitiveness is proud to announce that Prof. Dr. Ana Teresa Tavares (University of Porto), affiliate member to the Center for Competitiveness of the University of Fribourg (CH) has been appointed Secretary of State (Minister) of Industry of Portugal in July 2017.
Prof. Philippe Gugler and Prof. Ana Teresa Tavares
Prof. Philippe Gugler chaired a panel at the AIB Conference in Dubai (July 2017)
Panel members: John Cantwell (USA), Erkko Autio (UK), Philippe Gugler (Switzerland), Lucia Piscitello (Italy), Ram Mudambi (USA)
Prof. Philippe Gugler presented the results of the Center's studies on the economic competitiveness of the Canton of Fribourg and on the potential of the bio-economy (September 2017)
Prof. Philippe Gugler presented the results of the Center's study on the economic competitiveness of the Canton of Fribourg and on the potential of the bio-economy in the Canton at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Canton of Fribourg (CFCI).
Prof. Philippe Gugler took part in a panel on the threats and challenges of the Sharing Economy at the University of Economics in Prague (October 2017)
