Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW

The Fraunhofer IMW ceased operations as an independent institute of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft as of March 31, 2025. Since January 2025, the departments of Regional Transformation and Innovation Policy, as well as Knowledge and Technology Transfer, have continued their research as the Leipzig branch of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI. The Department of Technology Economics and Management, based in Halle (Saale), transitioned to the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS as of January 1, 2025. For eighteen years, the Fraunhofer IMW shaped applied socio- and techno-economic research and gained extensive experience in international projects at its Leipzig location. The institute and its experts possessed renowned competencies in internationalization, innovation and technology management, technology economics, structural change, regional transformation, data and platform economy, digital value creation, strategy development, and knowledge economy. Originally founded in 2006 as the Fraunhofer Center for Central and Eastern Europe MOEZ, the institute underwent a strategic and thematic realignment in 2016, reflected in its new name: Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW. The Center for Economics and Management of Technologies complemented the Leipzig-based Fraunhofer IMW’s portfolio as its branch in Halle (Saale), contributing expertise in materials science and techno-economic research. This transition into the Fraunhofer IMW took place on January 1, 2020. As a result, the Fraunhofer IMW was most recently represented not only in the Free State of Saxony but also in Saxony-Anhalt.