EDMT Published theses

2023

Quantitative Methods for Omnichannel Decision-Making

A. Vasilyev / R. Seifert (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Economic Effect of Patents and the Patent System: Insights from Linked Patent-Product Data

G. Abi Younes / G. J. A. de Rassenfosse (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Optimizing Sales Forecasting, Inventory, Pricing and Sourcing Decisions

Y. Kayyali El Alem / R. Seifert (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Entrepreneurial Opportunities and Threats in the Era of Grand Societal Challenges

E. Bergamini / M. Gruber (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

2022

Technology Strategy in Dynamic Environments: A Computational Analysis of the Automation of Routines, the Organization of AI, and the Evaluation of Technology Risk

M. W. Hofer / K. Younge (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

A Theory of Value for Service Ecosystems

B. H. Kostova / A. Wegmann (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Vehicle-to-Grid for Reliable Frequency Regulation

D. Lauinger / D. Kuhn; F. R. Vuille (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Essays on the Role of Policy and Venture Financing in Clean Technology Innovation

M. D. van den Heuvel / G. J. A. de Rassenfosse (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Self-Exciting Point Processes: Identification and Control

M. Mark / T. A. Weber (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

2021

Immigration, Innovation, and Knowledge Diffusion

G. Cristelli / D. Foray; F. Lissoni (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Essays on Mortgage Supply in a Low Rate Environment and Gender Effects of Covid-19

Y. Wu / L. Lambertini (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Scrutinizing the Circular Economy concept applied at the urban level: A contribution based on the analysis of urban circularity indicators, the categorization of Circular Economy interventions, and the identification of factors fostering the adoption of circular innovation.

V. Superti / C. R. Binder Signer; I. P. Baur (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Essays on the Economics of Innovation: Incentives, Diffusion, and Disparity

L. Zhou / G. J. A. de Rassenfosse (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Seeking methods for improving sustainability in the extractive sector

F. Eslamishoar / C. Tucci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Industry 4.0 Technologies and Customer-centricity for Digital Supply Chains

R. A. L. R. M. Lacroix / R. Seifert (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Modeling Supply Chain Disruptions: A Network Flow Approach

R. Y. Glogg / R. Seifert (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Exploring policy change through agent-based simulation

R. Klein / M. Finger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

2020

Entrepreneurship across Sociocultural Contexts: Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives

S. E. Foy / M. Gruber (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

The shaping effects of innovation and technology: from micro business model evolution to macro environment sustainability

Q. Lu / C. Tucci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Assessing Technology Adoption in the European Air Traffic Management: The Cases of Virtual Centre and Flight-Centric Operations

E. Zeki / M. Finger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Institutions and Incentives in Knowledge Production and Diffusion: From Science to Innovation

C. C. Ayoubi / D. Foray (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Metropolitan Innovation Systems: Inquiry into the co-evolving relations between Industry, University and Government

J. Shen / M. Finger; M. Gruber (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Scalable Stochastic Optimization: Scenario Reduction with Guarantees

K. Schindler / D. Kuhn (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

The organisation of science: topics, incentives and funding.

O. Ballester Gonzalez / G. J. A. de Rassenfosse (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Distributional Robustness in Mechanism Design

C. Kocyigit / D. Kuhn (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Wasserstein Distributionally Robust Learning

S. Shafieezadeh Abadeh / D. Kuhn (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

The triangular value of patents

A. Neklyudova-Khairullina / C. Tucci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Financing Biomedical Ventures – Myths and Realities

J. S. Behrens / C. Tucci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

2019

Policy analysis during socio-technical energy transitions: three essays on the Swiss electricity sector

P. A. Van Baal / M. Finger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

A Digital Platform connecting Academia and Small Businesses: An opportunity for Knowledge Management Experiments

Q. A. Cavillier / P. Wieser (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Adversarial Analytics

V. A. Nguyen / D. Kuhn (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Die multiplen Rechenschaftspflichten von öffentlichen Unternehmen gegenüber dem Staat – Eine empirische Typologie der Entstehung und des Managements inkohärenter Erwartungen

F. Liechti / M. Finger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Towards Mobility-as-a-Service: a cross-case analysis of public authorities’ roles in the development of ICT-supported integrated mobility schemes

M. U. J. Audouin / M. Finger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Innovation capacity of the agricultural sector: network of productive interactions, knowledge transfer and differentiation mechanisms

C. M. Aouinait / D. Foray (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

2018

IT Investment and its impacts

S. Hasan / C. Tucci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Financial Stability and the Macroeconomy

C. Dubois / L. Lambertini (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

For Their Own Good and For the Good of Others: Identity Duality in New Venture Evaluation and Investor Decision-Making

N. D. Pan / M. Gruber (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

The Intellectual Organisation of History

G. Colavizza / F. Kaplan; M. Franceschet (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Routines and Practices in Cross-boundary Creative Projects

G. Baldessarelli / C. Tucci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Three methodological contributions towards modelling endogenous policy-emergence in societal transitions

R. Verhoog / M. Finger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

2017

Analyse multi-échelle de n-grammes sur 200 années d’archives de presse

V. Buntinx / F. Kaplan; A. Xanthos (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Environmental innovation, policy and economic performance

C. Pellegrin / D. Foray (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Three Essays on Collective Forms of Organizing for Production and Innovation

J. Rodrigues Pereira / C. Tucci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Fluid Dynamics and Outliers

B. A. V. Calisti / P. Wieser (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

The Economics of Sharing Markets

M. Razeghian Jahromi / T. A. Weber (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Improving firm performance through sustainable operations

M. Kirci / R. Seifert (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Three Essays on Methodologies for Dynamic Modeling of Emerging Socio-technical Systems

M. A. Dehdarian / C. Tucci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Sustainable Food Supply

S. L. Voldrich / P. Wieser (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Narrative Recomposition in the Context of Digital Reading

C. A. M. Bornet / F. Kaplan (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Diving into the dynamics of product evolution

O. Waeber / C. Tucci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Digital transformation, business models and the postal industry

N. H. Kollara / M. Finger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Einsatz von Nichtmarktstrategien durch oeffentliche Unternehmen gegenueber dem Staat

C. J. I. Rentsch / M. Finger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

2016

Supply Chain Disruption Risk Management

F. C. M. Lücker / R. Seifert (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Credit Supply and the Macroeconomy

A. Mukherjee / L. Lambertini (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Innovation dynamics in the medical device sector

M. Coffano / D. Foray (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

An Action Research Inquiry into Professional Training and Development for Addressing Complex Urban Problems

M. Razaghi / M. Finger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Dimensionality Reduction in Dynamic Optimization under Uncertainty

N. Rujeerapaiboon / D. Kuhn; W. Wiesemann (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Signaling and Self-regulation in Venture Capital

G. Liotta / C. Tucci; A. Wadhwa (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Supply Chain Management in Process Industries: Empirical Investigations for Commodity Markets

P. U. Moser / R. Seifert (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

The Beacon: A New Framework for Business Model Reconfiguration for Complex Enterprises

D. R. Parekh / C. Tucci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Financing rail infrastructure by multi-annual performance contracts

D. A. Greinus / M. Finger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

2015

Energy Efficiency Valuation and Mortgage’s Implicit Insurance

P. Bélanger / P. Thalmann (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Human-centered Innovation Processes

A. Cabello / C. Tucci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Institutions, Innovation and Public Health

V. C. Muñoz Tellez de Kieffer / D. Foray (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Mitigating Crime Risks in the International Logistics Network

T. A. Männistö / M. Finger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Three essays on the role of proximity in science and innovation

S. H. Baruffaldi / D. Foray (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Building Capabilities for Service Innovation

A. F. von Vangerow / C. Tucci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

2014

Energy Strategy Formation in the Middle East and North Africa Using a Technology-Driven Energy Planning Approach

R. M. Dyllick-Brenzinger / M. Finger; H. B. Püttgen (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Aggregating information from the crowd

F. F. Garcin / B. Faltings (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Financial Frictions within the Macroeconomy

V. Nuguer / L. Lambertini (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

A Situated and Embodied Approach to Service-oriented Modeling

A. B. Saxena / A. Wegmann (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Art of the possible

T. Peters / C. Tucci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

Diversity, knowledge transfers and economic outcomes

M. Marino / D. Foray (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

2013

Operational Decisions and Supply Chain Dynamics

O. Isaksson / R. Seifert (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Corporate Science and Voluntary Disclosure

M. Simeth / D. Foray (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

An Integrated Strategy for Sustainable Underground Urbanization

H. Li / P. Thalmann; A. Parriaux (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Necessity Entrepreneurship

M. Haas / M. Gruber (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Entrepreneurship & the Unemployed

P. Vogel / M. Gruber (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Problem Structuring with the Systemic Enterprise Architecture Method

A. Golnam / A. Wegmann (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Variable Product Portfolio Management in Retail Operations

A. Katsifou / R. Seifert (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Inventory Management with Working Capital Restrictions

C. A. Zeballos Avila / R. Seifert (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

2012

Creative-Learning Innovation Cycle – CLIC

V. Nassar / C. L. Tucci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Social Entrepreneurship

J. D. Thompson / M. Gruber (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Assessing ICT-enabled Innovation for Governance and Policy Making

G. C. Misuraca / P. Rossel (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Regulatory Institutions and Governance Costs

M. Maegli / M. Finger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Transformation of Water Governance and Legitimacy

E. Lieberherr / M. Finger; A. Klinke (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Corporate Environmental Strategies

J. M. Comas Martí / R. W. Seifert (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

A Network- and Performance-based Zonal Configuration Algorithm for Electricity Systems

C. L. Duthaler / M. Finger; H. B. Püttgen (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

The Facilitation of Mini and Small Hydropower in Switzerland

N. Crettenand / M. Finger; H. B. Püttgen (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Three Essays on Navigating the Stages in New Venture Creation

J. Thiel / M. Gruber (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

2011

Demystifying Rational Financial Decision-Making

A. Nursimulu / P. Bossaerts (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

Managing Electricity Sourcing in Europe’s Energy Intensive Industry

L. Treviño Villarreal / M. Finger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

Regulatory Uncertainty and Nonmarket Capabilities

B. W. Schwark / M. Finger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

Co-opetition: strategy and performance of firms in standard setting organizations

F. Abdallah / M. Finger; A. Wadhwa (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. 

2010

Collaborative working capital management in supply networks

D. Seifert / R. W. Seifert (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2010. 

2009

Three essays on university-industry technology transfer and the economics of science

A. Conti / D. Foray (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

Impact de la communication voco-visuelle dans le management sur la motivation des collaborateurs

C. Monnin / F-L. Perret (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

Three essays on access to knowledge

P. Gaulé / D. Foray (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009.