Open innovation - who can help?
Trust and fairness form the basis of open innovation processes. In this respect, it is very important to have trustworthy partners for specific project planning. For the first project, it is certainly an advantage to include external experts in the planning phase. They help with project planning, selecting methods and tools and contribute their experience.
The following expert organisations, platform providers and intermediaries support innovation processes and projects right from the start:
OI consultancy and intermediaries
- Directory of certified innovation experts: https://www.incite.at/de/expertinnen-mit-zertifikat/certified-innovation-experts/
- UBIT company directory of consultancy firms: https://firmen.wko.at/Web/SearchPartner.aspx?CID=cfdf258b-0a0a-4102-9683-2e584993bcb5
- Funded business consultancy in Vienna: https://www.wko.at/service/w/unternehmensfuehrung-finanzierung-foerderung/Gefoerderte_Unternehmensberatung.html
- Technology and innovation partners: https://www.wko.at/site/tip/TIP-Startseite.html
- Austrian Promotional Bank: https://www.aws.at
- FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency: https://www.ffg.at/
- ITG Salzburg, open innovation competence centre: https://www.itg-salzburg.at/
Crowdsourcing platforms and providers
German-language platform services
- Design proposals/evaluations: https://99designs.de
- Open Innovation Salzburg, https://www.openinnovation-salzburg.at/
- Hyve Crowd: https://www.hyvecrowd.com
- ISN - innovation service network: www.innovation.at
- Winnovation: https://www.winnovation.at/de
- Die Erfinder: www.die-erfinder.com (German and English)
- OpenInnovation Südtirol: www.openinnovation-suedtirol.it
English-language platform services
- InnoCentive: www2.innocentive.com
- IdeaConnection: www.ideaconnection.com
- Yet2com: www.yet2.com
- NineSigma: www.ninesigma.com
- Connect2ideas: www.connect2ideas.com
- Innovaro: www.innovaro.com
- Innoget: www.innoget.com
- Your Encore: www.yourencore.com
Crowdinvesting platforms
According to the WKO, the following Austrian platforms are currently active in the crowdinvesting sector (last updated 10.8.2019):
- www.1000x1000.at − specialised in innovation projects, SMEs and regions
- www.area2Invest.com − specialised in start-ups, SMEs, property and special projects
- www.beton-gold.at − specialised in property
- www.conda.eu − specialised in start-ups, SMEs, property and tourism projects
- www.crowd4climate.org − specialised in climate protection projects in developing countries
- www.crowd4energy.com − specialised in energy projects
- www.crowdfunding.at − specialised in reward projects
- www.dagobertinvest.at − specialised in established businesses
- www.dasertragreich.at − crowdinvesting for Austrian SMEs
- www.evercrowd.com − specialised in crowdinvesting and crowdfunding
- www.finnest.com − specialised in successful medium-sized enterprises
- www.firstcap.eu − crowdinvesting for the financing of start-ups and SMEs
- www.fundraizer.at − specialised in reward crowdfunding
- gemeinsam.noeregional.at − specialised in charitable projects
- www.gemeinwohlprojekte.at/crowdfunding-fuer-gemeinwohl/ − specialised in public welfare projects
- www.greenrocket.com − specialised in start-ups in the sustainability sector
- www.homerocket.com − specialised in property projects
- www.ibelieveinyou.at − specialised in charitable projects in sport
- www.lionrocket.com − specialised in established businesses
- mit.einander.at − specialised in charitable projects
- www.regionalfunding.at − specialised in regional projects in Lower Austria
- www.rendity.com − specialised in property projects
- www.respekt.net − specialised in charitable projects
- www.reval.co.at − specialised in property
An up-to-date list is available at: https://www.wko.at/service/unternehmensfuehrung-finanzierung-foerderungen/Crowdfunding_fuer_oesterreichische_Unternehmen.html
Maker spaces and labs
- Map of innovation labs specifically for SMEs: http://www.labs4smes.eu
- Industry Meets Makers platform, https://www.industrymeetsmakers.com
- Do LaB - Create Experience Inspire, Saalfelden, http://thedolab.com
- Fabrication lab, http://fablab.spielraumfueralle.at
- Innovationslabor Werkstättenhof, http://www.innovationslabor.at
- Grand Garage, Linz, https://grandgarage.eu/
- Happylab, Vienna-Salzburg-Berlin, https://happylab.at/de_vie/home
- Handwerkstadt Mödling, https://www.handwerkstadt.org
- Makerspace Carinthia, Kärnten, https://www.makerspace-carinthia.com
- Metalab, Vienna, https://metalab.at
- Maker Austria, Vienna, https://www.makeraustria.at
- Werkstätte Wattens, Tirol, https://www.werkstaette-wattens.at
Networks
- OpenInnovation.eu: www.openinnovation.eu/index.php
- OI initiative of the Federal Government of Austria: http://openinnovation.gv.at
- PFI - Plattform für Innovation: http://www.pfi.or.at/
- European Network of Living Labs: https://enoll.org/network/living-labs
- Erasmus network for training in OI methods: https://oi-net.eu
- Hyve: https://www.hyve.net/de/
Innovation management training
A number of universities, technical colleges and academies in Austria offer courses for innovation management (last updated 10/2019).
Vienna
- Vienna University of Economics and Business: https://www.wu.ac.at/en/programs/masters-programs/strategy-innovation-and-management-control/overview/
- TU Vienna: https://cec.tuwien.ac.at/programme/business_school/professional_mba_entrepreneurship_innovation/
- University of Applied Sciences, Vienna: https://www.technikum-wien.at/studium/master/innovations__und_technologiemanagement/
- BFI Wien: https://www.bfi.wien/kurs/6806/wirtschaft/innovationsmanagement/innovationsmanagement
Lower Austria
- Danube University Krems (DUK): https://www.donau-uni.ac.at/de/studium/innovationsmanagement.htm
- University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt: http://www.fhwn.ac.at/Studium/Wirtschaft/Master/Produktmarketing-und-Innovationsmanagement
- New Design University (NDU), St. Pölten: https://www.ndu.ac.at/studium/master-studiengaenge/entrepreneurship-innovation/
- Zukunftsakademie Mostviertel, Amstetten: https://smex12-5-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.zukunftsakademie.or.at%2fakademische%2dlehrgaenge%2finnovationsmanagement&umid=b26ff8b5-b4b3-4c5c-b449-7b07a939b986&auth=6fdaef2aa9fd882f70743bed07d821bd1395d083-88cde88a57a0ce980d790be333205750260760d4
- TUV Austria Academy, Brunn am Gebirge: https://www.tuv-akademie.at/kursprogramm/detail/back/13/p/110.103/Bereich/qualitaetsmanagement/event/ausbildung-zumr-zertifizierte-fb67dc19d5.html
Styria
- Karl-Franzens University Graz: http://www.uniforlife.at/de/weiterbildung/wirtschaft/
- FH CAMPUS 02, Graz: https://www.campus02.at/innovationsmanagement/
Upper Austria
- University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Wels: https://www.fh-ooe.at/campus-wels/studiengaenge/bachelor/innovations-und-produktmanagement/
https://www.fh-ooe.at/campus-wels/studiengaenge/master/innovation-and-product-management/ - LIMAK Austrian Business School, Linz: https://www.limak.at/programme/management-mba/mba-innovation-management/
Salzburg
- Salzburger Fachakademie für Management, Marketing & Design (SAFM): https://www.bildak.com/safm/safm-portfolio/zertifikats-praesenzlehrgaenge/innovationsmanagement/
- Salzburg University of Applied Sciences: https://www.fh-salzburg.ac.at/disziplinen/sozial-und-wirtschaftswissenschaften/bachelor-innovation-management-im-tourismus/beschreibung/
Tirol
- MCI Management Center Innsbruck: https://www.mci.edu/de/weiterbildung/zertifikats-lehrgaenge/innovationsmanagement
- WIFI Tirol Austrian Economic Chamber, Innsbruck: https://www.tirol.wifi.at/kurs/34770x-lehrgang-innovationsmanagement
Vorarlberg
- FH Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, Dornbirn: https://www.schlosshofen.at/bildung/wirtschaft-recht/innovation-und-produktmanagement-msc/