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Oliver Gassmann
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Prof. Dr.
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Gassmann
First name
Oliver
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oliver.gassmann@unisg.ch
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+41 71 224 72 21
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PublicationSwiss Re: Global Intellectual Property Management in the Financial Services Industry Sector(Springer, 2008)
;Frank Cuypers ;Frank Cuypers ;Roman BoutellierThe Swiss Reinsurance Company (Swiss Re) is one of the leading reinsurance organizations, and the world’s largest life reinsurer. Swiss Re was founded in 1863 in Zurich. Today, the company has more than 70 offices in 30 countries worldwide. Swiss Re has maintained the highest official security rating, “AAA”, for decades. The reinsurance business is about insuring primary insurance companies, and therefore a business-to-business activity. The insurance business is based on managing the volatility of risks, i.e. to decrease probability of ruin, decrease tax burdens and cost of capital, and to secure returns to shareholders. Traditional reinsurance products therefore cover the entire spectrum of underwriting risk in the life and non-life areas. Examples of such products include accident, property, third party, car, and travel insurance. In addition, Swiss Re offers insurance-based solutions for enterprise financing and support services for risk management (Swiss Re 2004b). To absorb risk volatility without endangering itself as a reinsurance company, Swiss Re has to be big, diversified and — most importantly — has to understand the insured risks. These three aspects drive globalization. Swiss Re runs three divisions: Property & Casualty, Life & Health, and Financial Services, offering a wide variety of products and services to help manage capital and risk. The business group Property & Casualty offers “non-life” reinsurance products as they are termed, Life & Health contains products related to human life, and Financial Services is responsible for investments, credit and art. There is also a Corporate Center that hosts an IT group, a finance group and the Group Intellectual Property Department.Type: book sectionVolume: 3rd ed. -
PublicationSAP: Global Intellectual Property Management in the Software Industry Sector(Springer, 2008)
;Lutz Heuser ;Roman BoutellierMax Von ZedtwitzSAP was founded in 1972 by five former IBM systems engineers. SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software solutions. Today, more than 36,200 customers in over 120 countries run more than 96,400 installations of SAP® software — from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small and midsize enterprises to suite solutions for global organizations. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver® platform to drive innovation and enable business change, mySAP™ Business Suite solutions are helping enterprises around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations.Type: book sectionVolume: 3rd ed. -