{"id":14,"date":"2020-01-25T10:23:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T10:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the7.io\/elementor-business-one-page\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-11-17T09:22:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:22:02","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iitf.at\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14\" class=\"elementor elementor-14\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53b0405 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53b0405\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4785ddc\" data-id=\"4785ddc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0a01b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0a01b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We are<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bedd62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bedd62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>an extra-university trend research institute with an extension for innovation and knowledge management. In addition, we form the headquarters of the Value Management Competence Center in Austria and are members of the European ETUC (European Governing Board) for the European Value Management Training and Certification System. The Institute for Innovation and Trend Research (IITF) focuses on the topics of innovation and research. Knowledge management and trend research. The institute cultivates cooperations with universities, technical colleges and centers of excellence, thus focusing on the role of a flexible, application and service-oriented research partner for SMEs. The IITF also sees itself as a facilitator of knowledge and technology transfer processes for FEI services in SMEs.<\/p><p>The IITF as a trend institute offers scientific development of systematics, methods and tools for this target group (eg idea studies, innovation potential analyzes, industry-specific trend analyzes, ...) for innovation and trend research, value management \/ value analysis, knowledge management and related disciplines.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3db83e5\" data-id=\"3db83e5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4853006 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4853006\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"961\" height=\"978\" src=\"https:\/\/iitf.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/about_start.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1644\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iitf.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/about_start.jpg 961w, https:\/\/iitf.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/about_start-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/iitf.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/about_start-768x782.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67633d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67633d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a7f8da\" data-id=\"6a7f8da\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70a480f elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"70a480f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&#039;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&#039; 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Berthold Sporkett<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2372\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2372\"><p><span class=\"task-head\">MAIN RESEARCH\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Production Logistics<\/li><li>Process Management and Organization<\/li><li>Knowledge Management and Experience Transfer<\/li><li>Handling of research projects<\/li><li>Processing of funded projects<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2373\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2373\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Doz. Dr. D-Ing. Marjan Leber<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2373\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2373\"><p><span class=\"task-head\">MAIN RESEARCH<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Product Development<\/li><li>Time Management<\/li><li>Innovation Management<\/li><li>Knowledge Management and Intellectual Capital Report<\/li><li>Production Management<\/li><li>Quality Management<\/li><li>Cost Management<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2374\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2374\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas 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