Austria

Domestic IT Production

Executive Summary

Austria is not a country of hardware manufacturing or software development, and it is not a destination for offshore outsourcing. The country is attempting to improve this situation by supporting innovative companies through its Wirtschaftsservice (described below). Austria does provide IT consulting services, but research has been unsuccessful in this area and cannot be assessed at this point.

Austria Wirtschaftsservice

Austria's Wirtschaftsservice (AWS) is a public sector agency that promotes the “development of innovative companies and the commercialization of new technologies” (13). Its primary objective is to provide the support and services to enable innovative stakeholders to establish technology firms and to promote the use of technology in Austria.