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Prof. Dr. Leo Brecht

Technology and Innovation

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We provide pioneering insights and practice-oriented solutions that equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills, while supporting companies in enhancing their innovative capacity and effectively harnessing technological advances. Our goal is to bridge academic excellence and industrial application to jointly shape a sustainable and successful future.

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The team led by Prof. Dr. Leo Brecht combines academic expertise with entrepreneurial spirit. Covering key focus areas of the Liechtenstein Business School, the Professorship for Technology and Innovation engages in current research projects ranging from data-driven technology foresight, the study of process and resource efficiency in relation to business performance, and the quantification of entrepreneurial resilience, to personal (co-)founding experience in the Lake Constance and Rhine Valley region. Not only in teaching but also through daily exchanges with students, research partners and practitioners, we are committed to discussing and proactively advancing technology and innovation topics of today, tomorrow and beyond.                                

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  • Data-Driven Foresight: How can technology forecasts be made using alternative data sources?
  • Emerging Technologies: How can big data algorithms be used to identify emerging technologies?
  • Innovative Capability and Business Performance: How can innovative capability be enhanced, what practices do innovative companies implement, and what is the relationship to growth and profitability?
  • Innovation and Sustainability: How can sustainability be implemented through innovation?
  • Innovation and Productivity: How can productivity be measured in the areas of assets, processes, resources and resilience, and what effect do productivity leaps have on the performance of companies?

  • Data-Driven Foresight: in collaboration with a leading company in the automotive industry
  • Data Mining in Innovation Management: a practical guide commissioned by the Swiss Association of Plant Engineering
  • Quantitative Identification of Innovation Leaders: a model for stock selection for a Swiss asset manager
  • Technological Due Diligence: for a major Swiss private equity firm
  • Innovation Field Analysis in Energy Solutions: for an internationally operating company from Liechtenstein
  • Supervision of numerous practice-oriented MBA theses in innovation, technology and product management, representing the local industry

Professional Education

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For more than seven years, we have successfully conducted the MBA in Technology and Innovation. The MBA in Technology and Innovation focuses on the creative development and entrepreneurial implementation of innovations to ensure the sustainable competitiveness of technology-oriented companies in the region.

MBA in Technology and Innovation
Ein Mann und eine Frau betrachten gemeinsam eine große Glaswand, die mit Notizen und Diagrammen beschrieben ist. Beide wirken nachdenklich und konzentriert, während sie an einer komplexen Aufgabe arbeiten.

Degree Programmes

In teaching, the professorship offers a broad portfolio covering current topics in innovation, technology and product management. We align our content with the lifecycle stages of a company, from idea to start-up, and from growth to established enterprise. Our instruction is theory-based, practice-oriented and enriched with numerous real-world examples and case studies. Opportunities for theses, primarily motivated by practical relevance, complete the teaching profile.

Success in Research and Professional Education

  • Since July 2024, the professorship has been conducting a joint research project with the Fraunhofer Institute for Scientific-Technical Trend Analysis on the topic of data-driven foresight.
  • Together with a Liechtenstein asset management firm, we are carrying out an Innosuisse project until mid-2028 entitled “Process Innovation as an Alternative Model to Factor Investing.” This project not only bridges innovation and finance but also implements the findings with our practice partner in new investment products and portfolio optimisations.

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Prof. Dr. Leo Brecht
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