Technologies
In addition to the fields of media and communication, we work for diverse companies involved in advanced technologies as well as for public institutions and intermediaries with a focus on technology and innovation promotion. A common challenge in all of our assignments here is the dynamic environment, in which new technologies are evolving.Examples of projects are:
- Organisation and methods of technology foresight
- Evaluation of R&D project portfolios
- Strategic evaluation of a research programme for telematics applications
- Multi-client study on the business potential of new technologies at the intersection of bio-sciences and IT
- Electronic paper - technology alternatives and application scenarios
- Development of a process to evaluate technology oriented start-ups in a collaboration with three major European banks
- Specific requirements of technology-oriented companies regarding to inter-cultural communication in multi-cultural teams and international projects
- Realisation of an Internet and CD-ROM based technology database (e.g. allowing searches for companies providing specific technologies)
- Derivation of key technology areas on the basis of a Delphi study for a supplier in the automotive industry
- Consulting of a government agency in East Asia to set-up an organisation for applied research
- Conception and realisation of "incubator" and "technology centres" for young companies
- Development of organisational concepts for technology centres
- Technology marketing and identification of technology suppliers as well as technology customers
- Evaluation of the research and technology landscape and derivation of activities to strengthen the national innovation system for a research and technology ministry in Southeast Asia
- New concepts for the promotion of technology transfer and evaluation of R&D results for the government of a new EU member state