Associated National Partners

Campus02 -IWI

At the field Information Technology & Information Science at the University of Applied Science CAMPUS 02, the existing competence fields are bundled to research focus areas. The focal point lies at computer aided services and is found within three research- und development areas:

Service Engineering – Systematic model to structured service development: a) applied research for model optimization and for application development for small and medium sized companies; b) agile approach for the optimization of service developments; c) enhancement of the stage of maturity when (IT-)services are launched.
Smart Services – stand-alone systems for computer aided services
Development of computer aided services for small and medium-sized companies.

This research focus is worked on by an interdisciplinary team, which represents the following competence fields:

Business Administration and Marketing
Strategic Management
Process Management
Technology Management
Information Technology: Internet Technologies, Software Engineering and Security

Associated International Partners

TrendONE

TrendONE is Europe’s leading micro trend research company and does worldwide micro trend- and innovation research. With their worldwide network of 80 scouts, TrendONE carries out daily scans of relevant sources in 22 countries for innovations, trends and best practice cases from a variety of business fields. Above all, the Hamburg company founded by Nils Mueller, looks for intelligent marketing campaigns, new technology, media and online innovations, as well as new business models and products. Every month, TrendONE publishes the most pioneering and trendsetting of the explored innovations as micro-trends in compact Trendreports and in an online trenddatabase, the Trendexplorer. The company objective is to provide customers with a regular, comprehensive review of the latest developments on the market and to be the boost of inspiration and a networker for their clients.

City University of Hong Kong - Department of Information Systems

City University of Hong Kong is one of the leading universities in the Asia-Pacific region. It fosters a learning environment with different cultural backgrounds and pursued both a development with an international focus and a close relationship with Chinese culture. As a world-renowned researchers in the field of mobile business Prof. Douglas Vogel, Chair of Information Systems, and his team produce valuable contributions to the research projects from the Asian perspective, in particular the analysis of cross-cultural differences and the adoption of mobile Internet in different regions.

University of Maribor - Faculty of Organizational Sciences

null The Faculty of Organizational Sciences covers the theory and practice of organizing business and work systems, information systems, human resource and educational systems. The faculty's educational activities take place within the pedagogic unit, which includes various chairs, the Information Technology Centre, the library and the INDOK centre. The scientific research activities are organized within the Institute for Organization and Management, the Research Centre and the individual laboratories. In addition, the Faculty also comprises the Centre for Education and Counselling and the Moderna organizacija publishing house. The Faculty publishes the scientific journal Organizacija, as well as ten textbooks and professional books per year.

University of Rijeka - Faculty of Maritime Studies

Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka, is a maritime education and training institution specialized in marine-oriented programmes at the undergraduate and graduate levels, with particular emphasis on:

preparing officers for the seagoing career in nautical and marine engineering studies
shipping and transportation logistics/management
transport technology
maritime communications and marine electronics.

The mission of the Faculty is to provide an educational and scientific environment which stimulates intellectual curiosity and fosters professional competence. Furthermore, the Faculty prepares students for research in maritime transport, maritime education and training and in the protection in the marine environment.

University of Trieste - Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Due to its particular geographical position and to the very long tradition of Trieste as an "European integrator", the University of Trieste features a strong research and education & training of excellence in Information Society Technologies. It is a nucleus within the "Trieste System" with a continuous growing of national and international institutions and high-tech companies around the University and the Area Research Park.
In the last ten years, DEEI has launched and currently coordinates most of the e-society activities of the University of Trieste, from e-medicine to e-learning, e-government etc. DEEI and the University of Trieste have promoted many Consortia and European networks, as the Central and Eastern European University Network, the Alpe Adria Danube University Initiative (ALADIN), the INTERREG Italian-Slovenian Cooperative E-learning Space (ISCELS), the e-health Open-Three Consortium, which deals with the three dimensions of the "wellbeing" EU policy, and many others.

The last three universities, along with the Karl-Franzens-University Graz, are the founding members of the ALADIN (Alpe Adria Danube Initiative) network. Founded on 23 October 2002 as an international network that focuses on the exchange of ideas and knowledge ALADIN is involved in teaching and research, in the regional cooperation in exchange of students and professors, facilitates joint presentations, the building virtual teams of students at different universities, and is involved in international activities in the area of eCommerce.