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18/01/2022

WU x Festo LX Vision Workshop

Last week, our colleague Caroline Fabian (E&I researcher and lecturer) was invited to the Festo Didactic Headquarter in Stuttgart, Germany to support the team in developing the strategic positioning…

12/01/2022

Linn Kretzschmar awarded Research Grant

Linn Kretzschmar, Ph.D. candidate at the E&I Institute, has been awarded a Junior Faculty Grant by WU.

[Translate to English:] Christmas gift and snow

23/12/2021

Merry Christmas from the E&I Team

The whole team of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation wishes all of our students, project partners, coaches, and friends of our institute a Merry Christmas and all the best for the New…

13/12/2021

E&I at WOIC 2021

E&I faculty members Shtefi Mladenovska, Jakob Pohlisch and Sophie Quach presented their research at the World Open Innovation Conference.

10/12/2021

E&I Lead Student Meeting

In this year’s Winter edition of the E&I lead student meeting on Friday, December 10th, the E&I institute under the lead of Prof. Nikolaus Franke invited 15 high-performing students from our SBWL to…

22/11/2021

E&I faculty received WU awards for outstanding research achievements

WU awards bonuses to its researchers for publications in internationally renowned journals and other outstanding academic achievements. At the “WU Awards 2021”, E&I faculty Peter Keinz and Klaus…

19/11/2021

Calling the power of the E&I Community to find: The Sound of E&I

Calling the power of the community, E&I is looking for the sound of E&I. Join the fun and make your contribution!

19/11/2021

E&I's Teaching Impact

With a new publication, WU makes the diverse impacts of university teaching on the economy and society visible.

04/11/2021

E&I Stammtisch: Microsoft for Startups

On October 28, the E&I Club organized the first workshop of the E&I Stammtisch series at WU Gründungszentrum, featuring Microsoft for Startups and the start-up Circly.

04/11/2021

E&I meets industry

Last week, our E&I Consulting students visited their project partner’s production site to gain first-hand knowledge about their processes and products.

[Translate to English:] Klaus Marhold and Jan Fell

27/10/2021

Klaus Marhold and Jan Fell presented at the 3rd CIE Symposium

E&I faculty Klaus Marhold and Jan Fell presented initial findings from their ongoing project on success factors of reward-based crowdfunding at the 3rd Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship…

27/10/2021

E&I at Sport&Fun

Basketball, badminton, table tennis and table soccer were on the E&I faculty's agenda in their after-work hours.

21/10/2021

Research on Standard Setting under Extreme Time Pressure Published

Klaus Marhold and Jan Fell published their research on how standards are set under extreme time pressure in the renowned journal R&D Management. In their work, they investigate the case of COVID-19…

[Translate to English:] Klaus Marhold presenting the research results

20/10/2021

Successful Conclusion of the Research Project on Fostering Academic and Corporate Spinoffs

On October 13th, E&I faculty Klaus Marhold presented the results of the joint research with Rudolf Doemoetoer (WU Entrepreneurship Centre) and Jan Fell (E&I) on “Fostering Academic and Corporate…

[Translate to English:] Sophie Quach DRUID

19/10/2021

E&I at DRUID 2021

Sophie Quach (E&I researcher and lecturer) is currently in Copenhagen, Denmark to present her research at the DRUID 2021.

07/10/2021

Congratulations Class of 2021!

Last week, students from the PMBA Entrepreneurship & Innovation 2019-2021 have graduated.

05/10/2021

Welcome Tina Monelyon

Tina Marie Monelyon joins the E&I team as a Research & Teaching Associate.

04/10/2021

Welcome to 90 new E&I students

On Friday, E&I welcomed 90 new students to the specialization.

04/10/2021

20 Years of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at WU

Almost 1,000 projects with start-ups, SMEs and multinationals, 3,500 entrepreneurial graduates and more than 500 academic publications with over 30,000 citations, 120 awards in research & teaching -…

29/09/2021

E&I connects with international top universities at the GATE I roundtable!

On Sep 23rd, the WU Entrepreneurship Center (WU Gründungszentrum) hosted the GATE I roundtable, an international, Europe-wide network bringing together universities with the aim to foster…

13/09/2021

We are hiring: Student assistant

E&I is looking for a student assistant to support us especially with in research.

[Translate to English:] admission to the specialisation

08/09/2021

Announcement of successful applications to the specialization

Applicants to the E&I specialization in the winter semester 2021/22 have been informed about the outcome of their application today via e-mail to their WU student account.

06/09/2021

Conference conversation: The impact of customization and co-creation on customer experience

Join the MSI* community, when leaders in industry and academia discuss the impact of customization and co-creation on customer experience.

06/09/2021

Annual E&I Institute Strategy Workshop

Once every year the whole E&I Team dedicates some days to reflect the past year and strategically plan the next one ahead.

31/08/2021

Prof. Karl Besel visited E&I

Prof. Karl Besel from Indiana University Northwest visited the E&I institue and gave a talk about entrepreneurship in new urbanist communities.

25/08/2021

Admission to the E&I specialization is open

As of today, applications for the specialization at the E&I Institute will be accepted again. The application deadline is September 5, 2021 at 23:59.

28/07/2021

E&I Gipfelstürmer (summiteers)

Let's bring E&I onto the tops of the world! We challenge everyone to climb as many summits as possible and to leave an E&I trace.

07/07/2021

E&I Semester Closing

The summer semester has ended and it is time to take a well-deserved break and to recharge.

01/07/2021

Changemaker program nominated for the MEGA Bildungsmillion

We are happy to announce that WU Gründungszentrum's Changemaker program has been selected as one of the top 8 educational projects by MEGA Bildungsstiftung for the MEGA Bildungsmillion.

01/07/2021

We are hiring: PhD Student / Teaching and Research Associate

Do you want to pursue your PhD in the field of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, while teaching at one of Europe’s largest and most modern business and economics universities?

29/06/2021

The CASH Trade Forum is the largest and most important information, contact and discussion platform for the top decision-makers and market makers from industry and trade in the German-speaking region.

28/06/2021

Jakob Pohlisch was awarded second place in the ISPIM Dissertation Award 2021

ISPIM is the International Society for Professional Innovation Management. Each year the community awards outstanding PhDs with the Innovation Dissertation Award.

24/06/2021

Goodbye Prof. Carol Reeves

After one semester at WU, it is time to say goodbye to Prof. Reeves.

21/06/2021

E&I at the Open and User Innovation Conference 2021

The Open and User Innovation Conference (OUI) is widely regarded as the most important conference in the field of user innovation and brings together more than 200 researchers from universities…

[Translate to English:] e and i touchdown

18/06/2021

E&I Touchdown: Unraveling the DNA of the entrepreneur

Is an entrepreneurial mindset given from nature or can you acquire it? This semester’s E&I Touchdown, hosted by the Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the Vienna University of Economics…

5 student assistants for the institute of Entrepreneurship & Innovation

05/06/2021

Meet our E&I student assistants

Get a glimpse into what this semester's student assistants are working on.

01/06/2021

Welcome Monique Schlömmer

We welcome Monique Schlömmer as a Research Associate at E&I

2 glasses of wine and food on a wooden plate as a background image in a virtual meeting

27/05/2021

E&I Alumni Network Aperitivo

How are founders, startups and their employees impacted by working from home? What are pitfalls and what are possible opportunities?

18/05/2021

Choose your project course: The E&I Course-O-Meter

The E&I institute once again lives up to its name and has just launched a novel tool to help our Bachelor students to choose their project courses.

Students sit at a table with their notebooks and study

05/05/2021

E&I Lead Student Meeting - Spring edition 2021

On May 4th, the E&I Institute invited eight motivated and diligent E&I students to participate in the third virtual E&I lead student meeting.

30/04/2021

Meet our E&I Club managers: Thomas and Dominik

The E&I Club offers the opportunity for networking among your peer E&I students.

Prof. Carol Reeves is standing at the Prater

27/04/2021

Welcome Prof. Carol Reeves!

Prof. Carol Reeves has been granted the Fulbright - Kathryn and Craig Hall Distinguished Chair for Entrepreneurship in Central Europe at WU in 2021

An ÖBB promotional picture of a train station with photos of participants in a panel discussion

21/04/2021

bahnbrechend. ÖBB TS and E&I discuss the impact of the Corona crisis

In the new discussion format "bahnbrechend", ÖBB-Technische Services (ÖBB TS) and the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at WU Vienna reflect on current topics from different perspectives.

Cover picture of the research- and project report

13/04/2021

New E&I research and edited special issue

Special issue (Guest editor Peter Keinz) and published research on the intersection of open/user innovation and project management.

Laptop with a picture of a bachelor thesis and the hands of a student who is currently writing

12/04/2021

Write your Bachelor thesis in a new and innovative thesis format

The E&I Institute is introducing two new Bachelor thesis formats that demand less written text but include video creation or coding! Yes, you read that well!

12 portrait photos of people wearing a Covid mask releated to the topic of distance teaching

29/03/2021

Stronger Together: Distance Teaching 3.0

All E&I courses have successfully started despite the ongoing challenge of distance teaching.

A hand holding a smartphone with a Covid app on it

04/03/2021

E&I Research on COVID-19 is highlighted in Nature Medicine

Klaus Marhold and Jan Fell recently published on the need for standardization in technological responses to COVID-19, specifically the recent push for electronic vaccination certificates.

25/02/2021

Workshop: Rethinking the concept of Entrepreneurship

When we think of the “typical entrepreneur”, we have certain necessary characteristics in mind: loud, strong, hard-working, ambitious. These are all factors that favor a certain type of person.…

10/02/2021

Bachelor Thesis Opportunities as Part of an Ongoing Project

As part of an ongoing project on the topic of educational technologies and new ways of learning, we are looking for students who want to write their bachelor thesis in one of the following fields: …

A text about the successful admission of students to a specialization subject at WU

03/02/2021

Announcement of successful applications to the specialization

Applicants to the E&I specialization in the summer semester 2021 have been informed about the outcome of their application today via e-mail to their WU student account.

Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Provider
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site-popup	Saves if popup was filled or closed.	30 days	WU
BACH_PRXY_ID	To be able to display some WU-specific content, it is necessary that some information must be accessed by back-end WU systems. Required to assign the appropriate answer to a request.	20 years	WU
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_pk_ref	Used by Matomo Analytics to store the attribution information, the referrer initially used to visit the website.	6 months	WU (piwik.wu.ac.at)
_pk_ses	Created by Matomo Analytics, short-lived cookies used to temporarily store data for the current visit.	1 hours	WU (piwik.wu.ac.at)
_gcl_au	Contains a randomly generated user ID.	3 months	Google
AMP_TOKEN	Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, request in progress or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service.	1 year	Google
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_ga	Contains a randomly generated user ID. Using this ID, Google Analytics can recognize returning users on this website and merge the data from previous visits.	2 year	Google
_gat_gtag	Certain data is only sent to Google Analytics a maximum of once per minute. As long as it is set, certain data transfers are prevented.	1 minute	Google
_gid	Contains a randomly generated user ID. Using this ID, Google Analytics can recognize returning users on this website and merge the data from previous visits.	24 hour	Google
_gac_gb	Contains campaign-related information for the user. If Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts are linked, the conversion tags on the Google Ads website read this cookie.	90 day	Google
_dc_gtm	Used to throttle the request rate.	1 minute	Google
IDE	Contains a randomly generated user ID. Using this ID, Google can recognize the user across different websites across domains and display personalized advertising.	1 year	Google
player	This cookie saves user-specific settings before an embedded Vimeo video is played. This means that the next time you watch a Vimeo video, your preferred settings will be loaded.	1 year	Vimeo
vuid	This cookie is used to save the usage history of the user.	2 year	Vimeo
__cf_bm	This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is necessary for Vimeo to collect valid data about the use of the service.	1 day	Vimeo
_uetvid	This cookie is set to enable the use of the Vimeo video player.	1 year	Vimeo
_tt_enable_cookie	This cookie is used to enable the vimeo video embedding on the WU Website and for other unspecified purposes.	1 year	Vimeo
afUserId	This cookie collects data from users who interact with embedded Vimeo videos.	2 years	Vimeo
_abexps	This cookie saves settings made by the user, e.g. Default language, region or username as well as interaction data of the user with Vimeo	10 months	Vimeo
_clck	This cookie enables the use of the embedded Vimeo video player	1 year	Vimeo
has_logged_in	This cookie stores login information and if the user has ever logged in.	10 years	Vimeo
language	This cookie remembers the language setting of a user. This ensures that Vimeo appears in the language selected by the user.	11 years	Vimeo
_ttp	This cookie is set to enable the use of the Vimeo video player	1 year	Vimeo
sd_client_id	This cookie stores data about the users current video settings and a personal identification token	2 year	Vimeo
_rdt_uuid	This cookie collects data about the users actions on websites that have a vimeo video embedded.	3 months	Vimeo
vimeo_cart	This cookie is used to check how many times a video has been played by the user.	10 years	Vimeo
OptanonConsent	This cookie stores information about the consent status of a visitor.	1 year	Vimeo
_scid	This cookie is used to assign a unique ID to a user	10 months	Vimeo
hjSessionBenutzer_	Set when a user first lands on a page. Persists the Hotjar User ID which is unique to that site. Hotjar does not track users across different sites. Ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID.	1 year	Hotjar
_hjid	This is an old cookie which is not set anymore, but if a user has it unexpired in their browser. It will be reused and migrated to _hjSessionUser_{site_id}. Set when a user first lands on a page. Persists the Hotjar User ID which is unique to that site. Ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID.	1 year	Hotjar
_hjFirstSeen	Identifies a new users first session. Used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions.	30 minutes	Hotjar
_hjHasCachedUserAttributes	Enables us to know whether the data set in _hjUserAttributes Local Storage item is up to date or not.	session	Hotjar
_hjUserAttributesHash	Enables us to know when any User Attribute has changed and needs to be updated.	2 minutes	Hotjar
_hjBenutzerAttribute	Stores User Attributes sent through the Hotjar Identify API. No explicit expiration.	session	Hotjar
hjViewportId	Stores user viewport details such as size and dimensions.	session	Hotjar
hjActiveViewportIds	Stores user active viewports IDs. Stores an expirationTimestamp that is used to validate active viewports on script initialization.	session	Hotjar
_hjSession_	Holds current session data. Ensures subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session.	30 minutes	Hotjar
_hjSessionTooLarge	Causes Hotjar to stop collecting data if a session becomes too large. Determined automatically by a signal from the server if the session size exceeds the limit.	1 hour	Hotjar
_hjSessionResumed	Set when a session/recording is reconnected to Hotjar servers after a break in connection.	session	Hotjar
_hjCookieTest	Checks to see if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use cookies. If it can, a value of 1 is set. Deleted almost immediately after it is created.	session	Hotjar
_hjLocalStorageTest	Checks if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use Local Storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set. Data stored in _hjLocalStorageTest has no expiration time, but it is deleted almost immediately after it is created.	none	Hotjar
_hjSessionStorageTest	Checks if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use Session Storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set. Data stored in _hjSessionStorageTest has no expiration time, but it is deleted almost immediately after it is created.	none	Hotjar
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample	Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit.	2 minutes	Hotjar
_hjIncludedInSessionSample_	Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit.	2 minutes	Hotjar
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress	Used to detect the first pageview session of a user.	30 minutes	Hotjar
_hjTLDTest	We try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. Enables us to try to determine the most generic cookie path to use, instead of page hostname. It means that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). After this check, the cookie is removed.	session	Hotjar

Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Provider
test_cookie	Is set as a test to check whether the browser allows cookies to be set. Does not contain any identification features.	15 minute	Google
IDE	Contains a randomly generated user ID. Using this ID, Google can recognize the user across different websites across domains and display personalized advertising.	1 year	Google
_gcl_au	Contains a randomly generated user ID.	90 day	Google
_gcl_aw	This cookie is set when a user clicks on a Google ad on the website. It contains information about which ad was clicked.	90 day	Google
xs	Used to maintain a Facebook session. It works in combination with the c_user cookie to authenticate the user's identity on Facebook.	1 year	Facebook
fr	Used to serve advertisements and measure and improve their relevance.	90 day	Facebook
m_pixel_ratio	Performance cookie used by Facebook with Facebook pixels.	session	Facebook
wd	Used for analysis purposes. Technical parameters are logged (e.g. aspect ratio and dimensions of the screen) so that Facebook apps can be displayed correctly.	7 day	Facebook
dpr	Used for analysis purposes. Technical parameters are logged (e.g. aspect ratio and dimensions of the screen) so that Facebook apps can be displayed correctly.	7 day	Facebook
sb	Used to save browser details and Facebook account security information.	2 year	Facebook
dbln	Used to save browser details and Facebook account security information.	2 year	Facebook
spin	Cookie for advertising purposes and reporting on social campaigns.	session	Facebook
presence	Contains the "Chat" status of a logged in user.	1 month	Facebook
x-referer	Performance cookie that is used by Facebook in combination with Facebook pixels.	session	Facebook
cppo	Cookie for statistical purposes.	90 day	Facebook
datr	Identifies the browser for security and website integrity purposes, including account recovery and identification of potentially compromised accounts.	2 year	Facebook
locale	Saves language settings.	session	Facebook
_fbp	A cookie for Facebook advertising that is used to track and improve relevance and to serve ads on Facebook.	90 day	Facebook
_fbc	A cookie for Facebook advertising that is used to track and improve relevance and to serve ads on Facebook.	90 day	Facebook
UserMatchHistory	This cookie is used to synchronize the LinkedIn Ads IDs.	30 day	LinkedIn
AnalyticsSyncHistory	This cookie saves the time at which the user was synchronized with the "lms_analytics" cookie.	30 day	LinkedIn
li_oatml	This cookie is used to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn for advertising and analysis purposes.	30 day	LinkedIn
lms_ads	This cookie is used to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn.	30 day	LinkedIn
lms_analytics	This cookie is used to identify LinkedIn members for analysis purposes.	30 day	LinkedIn
li_fat_id	This cookie is an indirect member identification that is used for conversion tracking, retargeting and analysis.	30 day	LinkedIn
li_sugr	This cookie is used to determine probabilistic matches of the identity of a user.	90 day	LinkedIn
U	This cookie identifies the user’s browser.	3 month	LinkedIn
_guid	This cookie is used to identify a LinkedIn member for advertising via Google Ads.	90 day	LinkedIn
BizographicsOptOut	This cookie is used to determine the rejection status for tracking by third-party providers.	10 year	LinkedIn
lidc	This cookie makes it easier to select LinkedIn's data center.	24 hours	LinkedIn
aam_uuid	This cookie is used for ID synchronization with Adobe Audience Manager.	30 days	LinkedIn
AMCV_XXX_at_AdobeOrg	This cookie contains a unique identifier for the Adobe Experience Cloud.	180 days	LinkedIn
li_mc	This cookie is used as a temporary cache. It is used to have the user's consent information from the database available client side.	2 years	LinkedIn
lang	This cookie stores the language settings of a user. This ensures that the LinkedIn.com website appears in the language selected by the user.	session	LinkedIn
twll	This cookie is set when X is embedded on the page. X collects data that is mainly used for tracking and targeting.	4 year	X
secure_session	This cookie is set when X is embedded on the page. E.g. X's like or sharing functions.	14 year	X
guest_id	This cookie is set by X when a visitor shares content from the WU website on X.	2 year	X
personalization_id	This cookie is set by X to measure the performance of X advertising campaigns in a user's browsers and devices	2 year	X
remember_checked	This cookie is set by when X is embedded on the page. X collects data that is mainly used for tracking and targeting.	4 year	X
remember_checked_on	This cookie is set when X is embedded on the page. E.g. X's like or sharing functions.	4 year	X
mbox	This cookie is intended for identifying X users, for analyzing interaction with the X Service and advertising whitin the service.	2 years	X
guest_id_ads	This cookie is set due to X integration and for sharing content to social media.	10 months	X
d_prefs	This cookie ist used to check referral links and the login status.	90 days	X
ct0	This cookie is set due to X integration and sharing capabilities for the social media.	10 months	X
kdt	This cookie is used to monitor the users login status on X.	10 months	X
guest_id_marketing	This cookie is set for tracking and analytics purposes.	10 months	X
twid	This cookie checks if you are logged in to X during a browser session.	1 year	X
auth_token	This cookie is required for authentication and checks whether the user is logged in.	10 months	X
external_referer	This cookie collects statistical data, including how often you visit X and how long a user stays on X.	1 day	X
NID	This cookie contains a unique ID that is used to save user-specific settings and other information, in particular your preferred language, how many search results should be displayed per page and whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated.	6 month	YouTube
1P_JAR	This Google cookie is used to optimize advertising, to provide ads that are relevant to users, to improve reports on campaign performance or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads multiple times.	1 month	YouTube
CONSENT	This cookie is used to support Google's advertising services.	20 year	YouTube
OTZ	Aggregated analysis of website visitors.	17 day	YouTube