Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW

Data and Platform Based Value Creation Unit

We conduct research on the transformation of value creation in the context of the data and platform economy as well as the increasingly emerging value networks.

Our services are derived from cooperation with over 200 companies - from the sectors of automation technologies, energy services (especially green hydrogen), semiconductor technologies, mechanical and plant engineering and robotics to tool trade. We accompany you in the development and implementation of data- and platform-based value creation approaches and enable you to apply methods for the management of data (e.g. IoT-Profit Cycle, Fraunhofer Data Value Navigator, Data Value Index).

We offer our services in the context of workshops, longer-term industry contracts or joint research projects - i.e. all formats that are suitable for a purposeful knowledge transfer in the context of data-based value creation that suits you.

Range of services

Data-based service and business model innovation, such as consulting on growth paths (in the wake of data use, on service strategies or portfolio adjustments, as well as evaluation and monitoring of systems/KPI sets)
Value creation and business networks in the data and platform economy
Use and value of data, such as valuation approaches for data as well as analysis of data usage potentials
Consulting on the potential of data processing methods, modeling and visualization of operational process and system landscapes and prototypical data analysis and modeling

Range of services - Research focus Hydrogen

Development of innovative business models for the digital hydrogen economy to create new opportunities for value creation and efficiency gains along the value chain.
Research and development of application areas for digital solutions in the hydrogen sector to leverage digital technologies such as data analytics, machine learning and IoT, and use innovative solutions to ramp up a successful hydrogen economy.

project webpage

DataLab WestSax Blog posts

Research project "DataLab WestSax" opens hybrid simul+ real laboratory

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News

HYPOS e. V. and Europäische Metropolregion Mitteldeutschland e. V. | 30.8.2023

3rd Central German Hydrogen Congress

Meet our hydrogen experts Christian Klöppelt, Sarah Neuschl and Victoria Kubenz at the Fraunhofer joint booth "Hydrogen Technologies" (booth A7 | reception room / registration) and our hydrogen research coordinator, Dr. Daniela Pufky-Heinrich who is hosting, among others the "Official start of the matching format".

Location: Lichthof der Rotkäppchen Sektkellerei, Sektkellereistraße 5, 06632 Freyburg (Unstrut)

Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Time: 9:00 a.m.

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Strengthen your business model with our resilience cockpit

Take stock of your company's business model resilience and receive a checklist with concrete measures to strengthen your specific business model resilience. The Fraunhofer IMW Resilience Cockpit was developed in the research project "RESILIENT".

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Review: RESILIENT Conference

The RESILIENT conference was held in Dresden on November 7, 2022. Under the motto "Resilience ensures value creation - especially in times of crisis", guests from the fields of industry, science and politics discussed the impact that strengthening resilience can have in the process of enabling companies to maintain and strengthen their value proposition.

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Exclusive workshop for your company

»Discovery Day«

The Digital World of Hydrogen

◼ Unique scientific and entrepreneurial insight into the hydrogen market and adressing of various questions.

◼ Development of a concrete overview of the hydrogen market, the company's own current positioning and derivation of concrete recommendations for action for market positioning

◼ Promotion and strengthening of interdisciplinary cooperation within the company.

22.9.2022

"Discovery Day - The Digital World of Hydrogen" program

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More events and news

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project webpage

DataLab WestSax Blog posts

Research project "DataLab WestSax" opens hybrid simul+ real laboratory

read the full blog

Research focus: Hydrogen Economy

In order to achieve the climate targets set for Germany, it makes sense to establish a functioning hydrogen economy and use green hydrogen technologies. In order to play a pioneering role in the development of a functioning hydrogen economy, on a national and global level, the course must be set now. Fraunhofer IMW supports this process with regional potential and stakeholder analyses, the modeling of future scenarios and the quantification of value-added effects, as well as with scientifically based recommendations for action that take into account economic, ecological and regulatory framework conditions. To ensure that the switch to green hydrogen makes ecological sense and is economically successful, the scientists are also developing data-driven business models for the hydrogen economy.

On this page we present selected Fraunhofer IMW research projects and open access publications with the research focus Hydrogen.

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HYPOS e. V. and Europäische Metropolregion Mitteldeutschland e. V. | 30.8.2023

3rd Central German Hydrogen Congress

Location: Lichthof der Rotkäppchen Sektkellerei, Sektkellereistraße 5, 06632 Freyburg (Unstrut)

Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Time: 9:00 a.m.

See program

project report

EnDaSpace PLATON: Digital platforms for the hydrogen lead market

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Our services:

For the hydrogen Economy:

Quantify value creation effects
Develop data-driven business models

Range of services - Research focus Hydrogen

Development of innovative business models for the digital hydrogen economy to create new opportunities for value creation and efficiency gains along the value chain.
Research and development of application areas for digital solutions in the hydrogen sector to leverage digital technologies such as data analytics, machine learning and IoT, and use innovative solutions to ramp up a successful hydrogen economy.