Memento Management of Technology

20FEB

CONFERENCE & ROUND TABLE: Which Diversity Initiatives Work? Thirty Years of Evidence from U.S. Employers

Frank Dobbin is a professor of Sociology at Harvard. He is chair of the Organizational Behavior Ph.D. Program and coordinator (Harvard) for the MIT-Harvard Economic Sociology Seminar. Frank Dobbin has long standing experience in analysing the impact of institutional strategies and actions to promote gender and diversity and is currently completing research on major diversity ... Read more about "CONFERENCE & ROUND TABLE: Which Diversity Initiatives Work? Thirty Years of Evidence from U.S. Employers"

By Prof. Frank Dobbin Round table with:
Prof. Franciska Krings, Professor ...

21FEB

12:00-13:30 ODY -1 0020

Seminar by Prof. Frank Dobbin, Harvard University

Seminar organized in collaboration with UNIL-HEC "Does Diversity Management Increase Diversity? Evidence from Industry and Academia " Abstract U.S. companies and universities have been building elaborate diversity management programs since the 1980s. Have their innovations increased diversity among corporate managers and academic faculty? Data from hundreds of companies and universities, over several decades, provide answers. ... Read more about "Seminar by Prof. Frank Dobbin, Harvard University"

By Prof. Frank Dobbin, Harvard University

21FEB

17:10-20:00 CO 2

IMAGINE IF! Local Finals

IMAGINE IF! is a fantastic opportunity to accelerate a scientific idea towards a business and unlike other competitions, it is the first truly global competition for healthcare science ventures. On December 12th we had announced the Swiss 10 finalists who entered the accelerator program. Since then, they have been working with their mentors to go ... Read more about "IMAGINE IF! Local Finals"

By Marc Gruber - Vice President for Innovation at EPFL Diego Dupouy ...

22FEB

10:30-12:00 Unil, Extranef building, room 126

Innovation and informed trading: Evidence from industry ETFs

We hypothesize that industry exchange traded funds (ETFs) encourage informed trading on underlying firms through facilitating hedging of industry-specific risks. We show that short interest on industry ETFs, reflecting part of the “long-the-stock/short-the-ETF” strategy, positively predicts returns on these ETFs and the percentage of positive earnings announcements of underlying stocks. We also show that hedge ... Read more about "Innovation and informed trading: Evidence from industry ETFs"

By Maureen O'HARA, Cornell University

28FEB

12:00-13:45 ODY 4 03

"Research Talks on Science Funding" with Professors Paula Stephen & Fabiana Visentin

Abstract TBC Read more about ""Research Talks on Science Funding" with Professors Paula Stephen & Fabiana Visentin"

By Prof. Fabiana Visentin, University of Maastricht & Prof. Paula Stephan ...

05MAR

12:00-13:00 Extranef building, room 126

Dominant Currency Debt

Why is the dollar the dominant currency for debt contracts and what are its macroeconomic implications? We develop an international general equilibrium model where firms optimally choose the currency composition of their debt. We show that there always exists a dominant currency debt equilibrium, in which all firms borrow in a single dominant currency. It ... Read more about "Dominant Currency Debt"

By Egemen EREN ( Bank for International Settlements (BIS) )

06MAR

18:00-19:30 CO 2

Find your internship in 180 seconds

Students from all sections, come and see us, be curious, all these companies are likely to engage you! To EPFL master's students looking for an internship for 2019 - 4 to 6 months available from July to September 2019 - you will be able to discover at a glance a choice of internships in 180 ... Read more about "Find your internship in 180 seconds"

08MAR

10:30-12:00 Unil, Extranef building, room 126

Finance Research Seminar Unigestion

By José-luis PEYDRÓ, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

12MAR

12:00-18:00 SG 094.11

Specialized Master's Day 2019

EPFL organizes every year a Specialized Master’s Day to present these programs more specifically to interested students. In 2019 this day will be organized on Tuesday March 12th, in the SG Hall. After each presentation, a snack will be offered to the participants. Program: From 12:00 to 18:00, presentations and information booths will give you ... Read more about "Specialized Master's Day 2019"

13MAR