Research
Research strategy
Our research is centered on technology-intensive companies and addresses questions and challenges regarding value added through technological change.
The following figure shows three different researchareas, that can be categorized along the product life cycle. Obviously, these three areas overlap to a certain extent. The figure also shows four areas which we call cross-sectional areas. Ideally each conducted research project should touch on as many of these areas as possible. On the one hand, they form foundations, but on the other hand, they are also general research interests at the BWI.
The aim of the applied research at BWI is to garner generalizable recommendations for action for corporate decision-making on the basis of problems relevant to practice.
What we offer:
- Due to our project history and numerous contacts with the manufacturing industry, we have well-grounded experience in our research areas and can provide you with competent support in research and the implementation of projects.
- In the course of dynamic globalization, the cooperation with in part globally distributed partners of Swiss companies offers ever increasing advantages. Moreover, you can benefit from our worldwide cooperations with other academic institutions (e.g. in China, Hong Kong, Japan) and industry partners.
- Finally, we offer you regular meetings in industry work groups on relevant topics, and numerous seminars in the framework of our education and training offers as well as customer-specific workshops.