ESTT at the R&D Management Conference 2018

ESTT members contributed to the R&D Management Conference in Milan. They contributed with the following paper: The Role of Alliance Partners in Shaping Value Capture in Emerging Ecosystems, P. Belingheri, M. Carreras, N. Hampl, and M. Masucci Firms across industries are increasingly part of ecosystems of interconnected actors characterized by multidimensional and complex relationships. Among…

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SIMC Business Project Final Presentation

On June 26th 2018, the students from the Strategy, Innovation and Management Control (SIMC) master program presented their final assignments to the top management of corporate partners as part of the business project course The students spent a semester working with our partner companies to identify promising business opportunities beyond their current business, and turn…

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Workshop on Advanced Demand Modeling for Electromobility

ESTT member N. Hampl held a workshop on “Advanced Demand Modeling for Electromobility” together with colleagues from WU’s Department of Socioeconomics and the Department of Landscape, Spatial and Infrastructure Sciences of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna. Below is the abstract: The electrification of the transport system is a key factor forreducing…

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Master Thesis on Venture Capitalists’ Non-Financial Value-add in the European Union

This master thesis sheds light on the phenomenon of non-financial value-adds of venture capital investors in the European Union. Literature on the resource-based view and venture capital suggests that, besides providing funding to their portfolio companies, venture capitalists also add value in a non-financial way to them. However, most previous research is based on US…

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Master Thesis on Business Model Portfolio Management in the Logistics Industry

The business model concept has attracted considerable interest from researchers and practitioners alike. It is increasingly considered to be a major driver of innovation, inheriting the potential to create competitive advantage. More recent studies observed that a firm can operate multiple business models simultaneously, that is, business model portfolios. However, the unit of analysis when…

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Master Thesis on Business Model Portfolio Management in the Automotive Industry

This master thesis offers a novel view on business model portfolio management. Through an empirical case study with BMW AG this study extends the predominant resource- based view on business model relationships by a customer value proposition and profit  formula dimension. Through analysing secondary data and conducting interviews with  senior BMW managers, 17 different business…

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Innovation Talk “Opportunities in Energy Tech”

When partnering with young tech firms the question of financial return is an over stressed one. The real question comes much earlier: do you work with the right startup and team?” This was the core topic of the Innovation Talk featuring  i5invest’s Herwig Springer and Henry James Morley on opportunities in energy tech and how…

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About the ESTT

The Energy & Strategy Think Tank (ESTT) is a collaboration between Verbund, Wien Energie and the Institute for Strategic Management (ISM) at Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU). Aims of the ESTT: Megatrends such as digitalization, decentralization, and decarbonisation are reshaping the energy industry and adjacent capital-​intensive industries. To lead, navigate, and understand these disruptive…

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About the Team

The ESTT team at WU consists of experts on strategy, innovation, organization, and sustainability in and beyond the energy industry. Dr. Georg Reischauer  (Head) Christian Bruck Dr. Alexander Engelmann Dr. Nina Hampl  Dr. Patrick Holzmann Maryam Rassouli Dr. Christian Schumacher Dr. Melanie Wiener  

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