Institute International Trade and Sustainable Economy
Research at the Institute of International Trade and Sustainable Economy centres primarily on digital transformation and organisation development, as well as the regional economy and international trade.
Sustainability plays a central role in all of our plans and projects.
Real-world research focuses
The institute’s projects, studies and commissioned research cover topics from a variety of different fields.
The subject of organisational development includes promoting agile, resilient organisations, corporate digital transformation – especially in connection with mobile working – as well as diversity and cross-cultural management.
In terms of the international alignment of companies and organisations, the institute carries out research on strategies for trade, the export business and internationalisation. Here, the focus is on site selection, reshoring and nearshoring, finance, and supply chain design.
In addition, the institute also researches the basic characteristics of functioning regional economies. Our work in this area concentrates on regional development and cluster policies, urban economics, regional innovation networks, and EU cohesion policy.
We see research into sustainability as an interdisciplinary topic that feeds into numerous research projects. Here, the emphasis is on the circular economy, communities and citizen science, and the preparation of informative sustainability reports.
Team
Get to know the core team of our Institute International Trade and Sustainable Economy.
Institute International Trade and Sustainable Economy
- Head of Institute International Trade and Sustainable Economy / Programme Director Export-oriented Management
Prof.(FH) MMag. Christopher Schwand
- Core Competencies
- Digital Business Transformation
- Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods
- Sustainable development of companies, linked systems and economic areas

Export-oriented Management

International Business and Economic Diplomacy

Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement
