Founded in October 2015, the IQD is a new interdisciplinary research and teaching institute bridging management and engineering by focusing at the intersection of Quality, Innovation and the Circular Economy.
You may find detailed information about the history, vision and research publications of the IQD, as well as an overview of our lectures via the menu bar at the top of this page.
A quick overview of our most important contact information is provided in the box to the right. Please visit our team site for more detailed contact information of our staff members.
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Head of the Institute
Address
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
Altenberger Straße 69
4040 Linz
Location
Science Park 3, 5. Floor, Room 521-2
Office times
Mo-Th:
07.30 am - 16.30 pm
Fr: 07.30 am - 12.00 pm
Phone number:
+43 732 2468 5521
News
28.06.2021
Dr. Julia Schmitt has been awarded with the 1stprize of the ISPIM Dissertation Award
The dissertation of Dr. Julia Schmitt has been awarded with the 1st prize of the ISPIM Dissertation Award. The ISPIM Innovation Management Dissertation Award is granted to PhD researchers that develop insights, theories, and tools to shape the future of innovation management thinking and action.
News
28.06.2021
Dr. Julia Schmitt Panelist at the ISPIM Junior Research Lab
As one of the three ISPIM dissertation award nominees Dr. Julia Schmitt was invited to the panel of the Junior Research Lab at ISPIM Innovation Management Conference. In the section Learn from the Best she discussed with current PhD students in innovation management the most controversial questions and most exciting results of her thesis as well as the hardest challenges she had to overcome during her PhD time.
News
21.06.2021
Limak Online Deep Dive „Sustainable Business and the Circular Economy“ mit Erik Hansen
Die LIMAK Austrian Business School launcht am Freitag, 25. Juni 2021 den neuen LIMAK MBA „Sustainable Business & Circular Economy“ mit dem Unternehmen das Know-How und die Kompetenzen entwickeln, die sie benötigen um eine nachhaltige Zukunft zu gestalten und den Wandel hin zu Wertschöpfungskreisläufen (Circular Economy) proaktiv gestalten zu können.
News
10.06.2021
Ferdinand Revellio bei Talking Heads
“Talking Heads – Manager vor dem Mikrofon” ist der Podcast von Business Upper Austria, der Standortagentur des Landes Oberösterreich. Im Podcast geben Branchen Kenner exklusive Einblicke in aktuelle und künftige Herausforderungen.
Professor Erik Hansen - winner of the Upper Austrian Achievement Award 2017
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Integrated Quality Design Project
Students analyse the meaning of the concepts Smart Products, Materials Circularity, Products-as-a-Service, or Beyond Obsolescence, and how these trends affect corporate product development. Based on this, they develop a guideline of a new service ("Innovation Audit") on the respective innovation trend for our corporate partner Quality Austria.
