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Innovation through engagement
Studienreise zur Exploration der koreanischen Industriepolitik zu alternativen Proteinen
Europa wartet, Korea baut:
Advanced Empirical Research
Utilizing state-of-the-art techniques and methodologies including Natural Language Processing (NLP) and AI, we conduct in-depth research to evaluate public policies and understand emerging trends in various sectors. Our expertise lies in innovation, digitalization, and entrepreneurship, with a strong focus on addressing sectoral issues in regulation, life sciences, and sustainable food systems. Our goal is to provide comprehensive insights that drive informed decision-making and foster sustainable development in both the enterprise and public sectors.
Comprehensive Stakeholder Engagement and Participation
Designing processes that involve stake-holders, customers and the crowd. We use innovative offline and online formats to understand stakeholder and use their knowledge to arrive at solution that workWe design and implement inclusive processes that actively involve stakeholders, customers, and the community. Using innovative offline and online formats, including our proprietary participation platform, Discuto.io, we gather valuable insights and leverage stakeholder knowledge to develop practical and effective solutions. Our approach includes open innovation and lean startup practices.
Selected projects
We mapped the alternative protein sector — startups, research institutions, investors, and incumbents — through the lens of disruptive innovation theory. The ecosystem is at a critical inflection point: the early promise of rapid disruption has collided with the realities of technological scaling, consumer acceptance, pandemic disruption, and financial sustainability (supported by funds of the Austrian Central Bank, Anniversary Fund, project number: 18757).
Does the Bass model help forecasting demand for meat Substitutes?
Bass-model forecasts of the Austrian and German meat-substitute market suggest an implausible decline through 2040; alternative parameterisations overshoot. Better data — individual purchase histories, surveys, longer time series — are needed. Word-of-mouth dominates, so policy and marketing should prioritise trial, retention, and ongoing innovation, treating today’s plateau as a pause in a decades-long diffusion (supported by funds of the Austrian Central Bank, Anniversary Fund, project number: 18757)
An Agenda for rapidly scaling enterprises needed
European innovation policies fund entrepreneurs who start as motivated “Hotspurs” but drift into cautious “Sober Bores”. The flaw: assuming innovation alone drives scaling, while overlooking the business model fit between market offerings and customer preferences. We identify the pain points, propose scaling-oriented policy actions, and outline a research agenda for evidence-based policy (together with Daniela Maresch and Steven T. Walsh).
Developing a Social Sciences support programme for WWTF
To design a new social sciences funding call, WWTF sought a comprehensive view of Vienna’s research landscape: emerging topics and trends on the rise or decline, their distribution across the research community, and the activities of other funders. The goal: identify where a new call can add distinct value rather than duplicate existing programmes.
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DGA and DA Implementation in austria
The Vienna University of Economics and Business and cbased are providing science-based support for the ongoing implementation of the European Data Governance Act (DGA) and Data Act (DA), and the elaboration of an Austrian Data Strategy. This research was commissioned by the Ministry of Finance and is organised in an open and participatory way.
WU and cbased successfully secure framework contract
The Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) and cbased were awarded a 4-year framework contract for research cooperation with public sector institutions, encompassing all aspects of digitization. The contract will be overseen by the Ministry of Finance.
STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS FOR EIT HEALTH AUSTRIA
EIT Health Austria is a recent addition to the Austrian life sciences ecosystem. While rolling out EIT Health services for local clients, cbased’s stakeholder analysis will help in developing additional services that are not yet provided. cbased is using Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques to position the Austrian branch vis-à-vis all other ecosystem players.
CEU
STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
The Central European University involved faculty and students in the elaboration of the CEU strategy. A mixed online and offline process was designed and executed. Participants were asked to contribute ideas for the strategy in various online and offline ideation processes that focused on particular topics. The resulting draft strategy was commented on and voted by more than 1200 participants.
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Discussing SK Rapid's Statutes
The new Executive Committee of SK Rapid, a renowned Austrian Bundesliga football club, started its term with the aim of improving the efficiency of the club’s committee structure. A new version of the statutes, which proposes a new setup, was discussed on Discuto with more than 1600 members joining the discussion.
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The Viennese Food System
Food systems do significantly impact on climate change, health, land use and biodiversity loss. Food system innovation is essential to tackle these challenges and cities are major players in this field.
Who is disrupting the food value chain (RISC)?
Is it Regulators, Incumbents, Startups or Consumers (RISC)? Or all of them? The food value chain is being redefined and many forces are at play right now. Major disruption are ahead.
Popuphub II
Round two for the Popuphub of the Ministry for Climate Protection. The focus is on public interventions in view of the change process ahead. Are traditional policies still delivering or is a radical departure necessary?
The Future of Regulation
(Covid-Popuphub)
Climate change, raw material shortages, and social inequalities are collateral damages of our economic system not addressed by regulations.
Boosting the Slovak Startup Ecosystem
Solving pertinent issues in the Slovakian startup ecosystem as part of a EU PSF (Policy Support Facility) project.
Digitization in the public sector
The study analyses the state of the art in reporting and visualisation across public administrations in Europe.
Specific support to tunisia
Helping Tunisia with ongoing restructuring of the national R&I system as part of a EU PSF team of experts.
Digital Agenda Vienna
Supporting the City of Vienna to develop its digital strategy by designing and executing a process that mixes offline and online engagement processes.
Supporting the Telekom and mobilkom merger
Facilitating the merger process through online tools that increase interaction across governance layers and enable innovative strategy building and validation.
Big Data, Innovation and privacy
Analysing the General Data Protection Directive (GDPR) from a legal, technical and innovation and industrial policy perspective.