FH-Prof. Ing. Mag. Robert Füreder, Degree program Global Sales and Marketing, Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, School of Management, Wehrgrabengasse 1-3, 4400 Steyr, Austria, e-mail: robert.fuereder@fh-steyr.at
Research PaperVol 16, Issue 2, 2021 Marketing Science and Inspirations Journal Paper

Sales organizations on the path of digitalization – A reflection from Germany, Finland and Austria

Companies are either proactively driving the digital transformation. The results show that one major goal for companies is to accelerate digitizing processes as digitalization helps to work more efficiently. Access to systems is necessary, hence investments in digitalization are seen as sustainable and absolutely essential for to serve B2B customers today.

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Research PaperVol 15, Issue 2, 2020 Marketing Science and Inspirations Journal Paper

Service innovation across borders: Challenges and potentials of service innovation collaboration in Upper Austria and South Bohemia

In an increasingly globalized and competitive environment, it is essential that geographical regions pool available resources and create synergies in service innovation management in order to sustain an innovative edge. Collaborative innovation management entails substantial synergies, especially for connected regions. However, existing potentials of such a cross-border innovation collaboration system have …

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Research PaperVol 15, Issue 2, 2020 Marketing Science and Inspirations Journal Paper

Digital transformation in B2B sales – differences and best practices in three different European countries

There has been an increasing discussion around B2B sales and the need for its digital transformation as it may strongly accelerate company’s performance. Because sales is an essential element of business growth, it is important to study B2B sales and the level of digital transformation on a country-specific level. For this purpose, we studied the role of digital transformation …

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Research PaperVol 12, Issue 3 2017 Marketing Science and Inspirations Journal Paper

Creating value for the customer with industrial services: Selling industrial services is not a matter of price

According to the ESIC (European Service Innovation Centre) report, the Upper Austrian region is characterized by a strong manufacturing sector where service innovation driven transformation represents an inevitable step forward and is thus used as a large-scale demonstrator for the dynamic and broad impact of service innovation…

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Research PaperVol 11, Issue 3, 2016 Marketing Science and Inspirations Journal Paper

Training concepts for industrial service staff in an intercultural context

Industrial services have always been an important part of companies’ value chains and thus subject to many strategic decisions. They are also one of the differentiation possibilities now when markets are saturated and customers base their decisions mainly on intangible aspects of what companies offer. Carefully designed trainings are a basis not only for outstanding service delivery but also for keeping employees’ motivational levels…

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