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Annual Report 2008
Management report
Outlook report
Financial and non-financial
performance indicators
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Annual Report 2008
2.4 Outlook report
Financial and non-financial
performance indicators
2.4.1 Strategic development
Readers are referred to section 2.1.4 of the management report for a discussion of the Group’s
strategic development.
2.4.2 Metrics for attainment of BMVIT targets
Financial and non-financial indicators have been established which are used to manage the Company
as a whole and measure the attainment of targets for specific areas of operations. These
performance levers are broken down into four groups, described below. For example, we applied
for 20 Austrian and 31 international patents in 2008; a total of 27 were awarded.
Business performance
Market success with research commissioners and funders (total contract research and funding);
Contract and subsidised research related to strategic topics;
Licences awarded;
Patent applications and awards.
Scientific performance
Number of publications in peer reviewed journals;
Number of teaching contracts at universities, Fachhochschulen (universities of applied science)
and postgraduate institutions;
Number of lectures given at international conferences, symposia and workshops;
Number of national and international awards.
Human resources
Number of undergraduate and doctoral thesis students;
Number of training days;
Proportion of female scientific staff;
Recruitment of foreign scientific staff.
Knowledge and technology transfers to SMEs
Technology projects conducted in cooperation with SMEs;
Workshops and seminars targeted at SMEs;
Number of spin-offs;
Number of scientific employees transferred to spin-offs.
The business performance indicators are intended to give an overall view of the Group‘s revenue
situation. They are a particularly good guide to overall performance as non-university research organisations
are expected to maintain close links with industry, and operate in an especially application
and market driven manner. The scientific performance indicators capture the Group’s scientific
excellence, its cooperation with universities and the strength of its links with the scientific community.
Since this area of performance is very closely related to personnel matters, some issues are also