Innovation & Research

PDAgroup is a company which has profound know-how in transferring university knowledge into business performance. That’s our definition of true innovation. We focus on smart, tangible, as well as cost efficient solutions which help businesses support their customer needs and ensure best performance. A strong cooperation and sponsorship with MCI, Management Center Innsbruck, and its Department MCiT (Management, Communication & IT) allow up-to-date insights and provides access to international research and development activities. Our staff is highly educated and has practical as well as scientific roots. Special government funding like the “innovation assistant” by Tiroler Zukunftsstiftung support our activities in this respect.

We are actively involved in various innovation and research projects and responsible for their realisation. Our focus lies in the following fields:

• IT-based decision making

  Development of software-supported solutions to develop and implement management decisions including internal and external information sources.

• IT-supported personnel recruitment and selection

  Search for and recruitment of qualified employees in a global market with the help of Web 2.0-supported procedures.

• Social media and communities

  Analysis of social media and communities & networks and differentiation of results to design business processes and business relations.

• Growth promotion of small businesses

  Development of tools and models to analyse and support mergers & acquisitions in co-operation with companies and international universities.

Innovation Project Examples

Talent Net

Talent Net standardizes recruiting activities for SAP Partners all over the world. The processes of applying and hiring are optimized to a very high degree. Enhanced with useful and important information for employers and applicants, Talent Net offers extra features like an individual skill based analysis or a virtual assessment interview. Furthermore business games that allow deeper insights in various personal competencies to speed up team performance, are actually under way in our labs. » To our Talent Net platform

Mergers & Acquisitions

Our Mergers & Acquisitions activities are highly relevant for small and medium enterprises to maintain sustainable growth and wealth. The likelihood that a deal can be completed, and considered “successful” is still relatively low. The realization of an independent internet platform with customized SME related M&A information coming together with up-to-date benchmarking databases and social networks is only one of our current project proposals.

Social Media

Social Media has the potential to enlarge relevant networks and boost businesses to an unbelievable extent. In order to understand the appropriate use of social media in this context, a series of investigations is up and running. The results will be prepared for dissemination via online trainings.