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D-MTEC experts engage with issues that affect society, the economy and business. The D-MTEC Media Update provides links to recent articles, interviews and commentaries. The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs underestimates the level of unemployment as young people often do not register at the employment office, says Michael Siegenthaler of the KOF Swiss Economic Institute. Since they are affected by the COVID-19 crisis more than others, it would be especially important to know the exact figures.

D-MTEC experts engage with issues that affect society, the economy and business. The D-MTEC Media Update provides links to recent articles, interviews and commentaries. Swiss firms expect to hold final apprenticeship examinations in a regular fashion, finds a survey of the LehrstellenPuls project, co-managed by the Chair of Education Systems. The companies are worried about equal opportunities, since some apprentices need more time and help to catch up on what they have missed because of COVID-19.

When shopping online, consumers value how their orders are delivered. In his Master’s thesis, Fabian Alber examined how last-mile logistics services influence consumers’ purchasing decisions. His work, supervised by Professor Stephan Wagner and Felix Bergmann at the Chair of Logistics Management, has won the “Wissenschaftspreis” awarded by GS1 Germany and the EHI Foundation.

D-MTEC experts engage with issues that affect society, the economy and business. The D-MTEC Media Update provides links to recent articles, interviews and commentaries. Creativity in companies can suffer as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Brainstorming via Zoom doesn’t work as well as when people sit together. This means that a clear distinction must be made between meetings dealing with strategic and operational issues, says Georg von Krogh, Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation.