The thesis entitled “Key Performance Indicators and Success Factors for Innovation in the Energy Industry” was just finished under the supervision of ESTT members. Even despite substantial research in the field, numerous differences across companies, industries and countries do not allow to identify the universal KPIs and success factors for innovation. Therefore, widespread and deep…
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Master Thesis on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in the Energy Industry
The master thesis “Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in the Energy Industry” was recently finished under the supervision of ESTT members. Here the abstract: The nature of entrepreneurial ecosystems has been actively explored by academics in recent years. The topics of entrepreneurial ecosystems and new venture creation are of significance for regional policymakers, entrepreneurs, incumbents from various industries,…
Master Thesis on Customer Engagement in the Energy Innovation Process
ESTT members finished the supervsion of the master thesis “The role of customer engagement in the innovation process with a special regard to the energy industry”. Here is the abstract: This thesis aims at investigating the role of customer engagement in the innovation process of companies with a special regard to the energy industry. A…
Innovation Talk “The Road Ahead – The Future of Mobility”
The third Innovation Talk in 2018 centered the future of mobility. Mobility is a highly debated topic in theory and practice, as trends such as sharing economy business models, vehicle automation and electric mobility intersect to paint diverse scenarios about the future. The four high-level panelists were Martin Essl, Head of Uber Austria, Vinzenz Karall,…
Paper in Energy Policy on the Predictors of Electric Vehicle Adoption
N. Hampl published a paper in Energy Policy on the adoption of electric vehicles in Austria together with Alfons Priessner and Robert Sposato from the University of Klagenfurt. Abstract: Although barriers to the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), such as purchase price, range limitation, and charging infrastructure are diminishing, sales growth has still fallen short…
Innovation Talk “Blockchain Solutions for the Energy Industry”
The second Innovation Talk in 2018 put the blockchain technology center stage. A panel discussion was held on the topic of Blockchain Solutions for the Energy Industry that was attended by more than 60 managers from ESTT partners. It was moderated by W. H. Hoffmann and featured four panelists from Wien Energie, Grid Singularity, Riddle…
ESTT at the SMS Annual Conference 2018
ESTT members contributed to the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Conference in Paris. They presented the following paper: Bound to Last? Alliance Persistence in the Presence of Alternative Partnering Options, N. Hampl, W. H. Hoffmann, T. Knoll Only recently research has begun to depart from a failure-driven perspective to explain alliance dissolution, to also incorporate…
ESTT at the AOM Meeting 2018
ESTT members contributed to the Academy of Management Conference in Chicago. They presented the following papers: Business Model Portfolio Evolution, W. Sachsenhofer, N. Hampl, W. H. Hoffmann Incumbent firms typically operate a portfolio of business models. However, we still know little about how business model portfolios emerge and develop over time. We build on longitudinal…
Book Chapter on Open Strategy and Open Innovation
The book chapter entitled “Open(ing up) for the Future: Practising Open strategy and Open Innovation to Cope with Unicertainty” was published in the edited volume “How Organisations Manage the Future”. Abstract: A common assumption in management studies is that organizations try to reduce the uncertainty of the future by accurate prediction and planning. This assumption…
Innovation Talk “Seeing Around Corners – The World of Emerging Technologies in 2020”
The first Innovaiton Talk in 2018 centerd future technologies. The talk was held by by Dr Chris Brauer, Director of Innovation at Goldsmiths University. He talked about the world of emerging digital technologies and associated pressures and opportunities on companies and institutions. He explained in detail why consciousness about the empirical S-curve model or technology…
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