Article History
Received: 21 April 2017
Accepted: 20 March 2018
First Online: 12 April 2018
Authors’ information
: Prof. Bertram Lohmüller, Ph.D. Core competencies: innovation and technology management, strategy development, global business development, marketing, entering into new markets, benchmarking, practice-oriented management training programs, project management, East European markets.Alexander Petrikhin, Ph.D. Core competencies: technology management, project management, marketing, business administration and human resources, social philosophy and sociology, and philosophy of science.Norbert Wagemann, M.Sc. Core competencies: Resource Management, Renewable Energies, Energy Conversion, Storage, Engineering, Process Engineering, Material Flow Management, New Systems of Bioeconomy, Agroforestry and Aquacity.
: All authors have no conflict of interest to report. The authors agree to use the published findings and related empirical data (reflected in the article) from the master thesis “Specifics and core functions of the CTO position” and “Hidden CTOs” in the technology management processes. Based on the international project “Intelligent use of biomass along the Danube: R&D network formation with German, Hungarian, Slovak and Romanian partners” written by Dr. Alexander Petrikhin and to publish the findings and related empirical data (reflected in the article) on the Steinbeis Global Institute Tübingen (SGIT) site (consistent with any limitations set by publisher requirements).
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