Reports and Studies for Download
Reports/Studies from the Year 2024
Brunner, G., Lechner, P.,Netsch, S. & Vallaster, C. (2024):
Technische und gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen in der Transformation von Quartieren in eine klimaneutrale Kreislaufwirtschaft
Fachhochschule Salzburg GmbH, Department of Green Engineering & Circular Design and Department of Business & Tourism, Puch Urstein Salzburg & Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg, Department of Business, Salzburg. ISBN 978-3-903530-00-3
This study examines the path towards climate-neutral energy supply and the associated challenges and potentials in the context of neighborhoods in peripheral settlement areas. It highlights the paradigm shift from centralized to decentralized energy supply, focusing on aspects such as the development of energy infrastructure, the pursuit of energy self-sufficiency, the improvement of energy efficiency, and the implementation of energy storage systems. Societal challenges in the implementation of decentralized renewable energy systems are discussed, including the harmonization of different interests and the potentials of energy communities as alternative social forms. Using the example of peripheral settlement areas in Salzburg, the contribution of neighborhoods to achieving climate goals is examined, presenting both methodological approaches and empirical results from a technical simulation and a survey. Finally, conclusions are drawn and recommendations for the further development and implementation of decentralized renewable energy supply systems are derived.
Reports/Studies from the Year 2022
Interreg Central Europe CE Responsible (ed.) (2022):
Joining-Forces – The-Impact-of-Responsible-Business
Puch/Salzburg
Our three-years EU project ‘ CE Responsible. Empowering Social Business in Central Europe’ at FH Salzburg sponsored by Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme comes to an end.
We aimed to connect forprofit businesses with an interest in supporting sustainable goals (so-called ‘altruistic entrepreneurs’) and social enterprises that need support in developing their social business model, and promote meaningful collaboration forms between them throughout central Europe.
Our latest brochure includes stories, best practices, tools and analysis from our EU wide partners and showcases the impact that collaborations between social enterprises and forprofit businesses (so-called altruistic entrepreneurs) can have on their surrounding social and ecological environment. Each of the partners voted for one project in their country that best demonstrates its contribution to one or more goals to improve social, ecological and economical sustainability on our planet. It is written for those interested in the processes of cooperation between social enterprises and traditional companies, either to start their own cross-sectoral partnership or to improve an existing one. This includes stakeholder groups consisting of social and profit-oriented enterprises as well as policy makers, funding organisations, networking organisations, incubation centres and researchers.
The brochure is organised in five sections that should carve out the importance of measuring and presenting impact, from Where We Started (Section I), to explaining Our Approach to Reporting on Impact (Section II), to What We Learned (Section III) and Where We Are Going (Section IV) to finally showing best-practice project examples per country in Stories and Achievements (Section V).
Cesinger, B., Lienbacher, E., Niemand, T., Vallaster, C. (2022):
Digitalisierung im kleinstrukturierten Einzelhandel Ergebnisse und Handlungsfelder für eine digitale Zukunft.
St. Pölten and Salzburg, ISBN 978-3-903571-10-5 (ebook) and 978-3-903571-11-2 (print)
This report was created as part of the research project “Entrepreneurial Resilience and Collaborations in the Use of Digital Marketing Technologies (Virtual and Augmented Reality): An Analysis of Small-Scale Austrian Retail”.
Lechner, P., Netsch, S., Schüll, E., Vallaster, C. (2022):
Kreislaufwirtschaft und Stadtplanung Urbane Stadtentwicklung durch Partizipation am Beispiel Hallein (Salzburg),
Puch/Salzburg, ISBN 978-3-903571-09-9
This report was created as part of the research project “Circular Economy – Searching for Circular Innovations for the Design of Ground Floor Vacancies”.
Reports/Studies from the Year 2021
Cesinger, B., Lienbacher, E., Vallaster, C. (2021):
Virtual Reality und Augmented Reality im kleinstrukturierten Einzelhandel Ergebnisse und Handlungsfelder für eine digitale Zukunft.
St. Pölten and Salzburg, ISBN 978-3-9505032-0-3 (print) and 978-3-9505032-1-0 (e-book)
This report was created as part of the research project “Entrepreneurial Resilience and Collaborations in the Use of Digital Marketing Technologies (Virtual and Augmented Reality): An Analysis of Small-Scale Austrian Retail”.
Huis, C., Lechner, P., Lienbacher, E., Vallaster, C. (2021):
Sektorübergreifende Kooperationen zur Erreichung ökologischer, sozialer und profitorientierter Ziele.
Puch/Salzburg, ISBN 978-3-903571-00-6
This report was created as part of the research project “CE RESPONSIBLE – Empowering Social Business in Central Europe”.
Reports/Studies from the Year 2020
Cesinger, B., Kulas, C., Lienbacher, E, Vallaster, C. (2020):
Neugierig auf Virtual Reality und Augmented Reality im Handel?
St. Pölten and Salzburg.
This report was created as part of the research project “Entrepreneurial Resilience and Collaborations in the Use of Digital Marketing Technologies (Virtual and Augmented Reality): An Analysis of Small-Scale Austrian Retail”.
Vallaster, C., Sageder, M., Zeisler, A., Lechner, P., Lassnig, M. (2020)
Wenn Kunde, Produktion und Dienstleistung stärker vernetzt werden – ein digitales Transformationsmodell
Puch/Salzburg and Salzburg
This publication was developed within the framework of the research project “Smart Service Innovation” – a collaborative project between Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH (Salzburg) and the University of Applied Sciences Salzburg (Puch/Urstein). The project was funded by the State of Salzburg as part of WISS 2025.
The publication aims to help businesses reduce uncertainties related to digitalization. Eight specific recommendations for action serve as a guide for companies to successfully realize digital transformation.
