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Name
Franke
First Name
Nicolaus
Research Institution
Nikolaus Franke is Full Professor at Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna) and Director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. He is also Director of the TU/WU Entrepreneurship Center, a joint technology transfer organization together with the Technical University Vienna, Academic Director of the MBA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation and leads the User Innovation Research Initiative Vienna. He published his research in leading academic journals such as Journal of Product Innovation Management, Research Policy, Journal of Marketing and Management Science, consulted many firms from start-ups to leading multinationals, and served as invited speaker at many occasions.
Area of expertise
User Innovation, toolkits for user innovation and design, lead user studies, innovation communities, methods for accessing and integrating user innovativeness, and more generally entrepreneurship and innovation management.
Students going for a doctors degree
Contact
Nikolaus.Franke@wu.ac.at
Relevant projects
Several academic research projects and consulting projects with companies.

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Exnovate connects researchers who have top expertise in different subjects related to crowd-sourcing, open innovation, collaboration between innovation partners, and innovation networks. Exnovate offers them a platform to set up research projects that may fit in international research programs financed by the European Community or other international organizations. In addition, companies and governments can look for expertise among these academics to execute specific types of research projects about open innovation.

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