Kompetenzbereich Management und Marktforschung

We analyse market developments in the timber and construction industry and provide expert advice on the development of business models and products.

Our activities on behalf of the construction and wood industry include market studies, market potential analyses, development of business models or products and the monitoring of construction activities and materials decisions. Our specialists support you in interpreting and applying the results for your company.

Institute for Digital Economy in the Construction and Wood Industry IdBH

We analyse markets, methods and technologies to develop new, economical solutions for tomorrow’s construction and wood industry.

Management and Market Research
Digital Manufacturing
Digital Building

Service portfolio

The Institute for Digital Economy in the Construction and Wood Industries IdBH offers a wide range of services and diverse collaboration options. Typical services in the area of management and market research:

Research projects commissioned by companies and institutions
Support in applying for research funding from national and international funding organisations (including Innosuisse, FOEN, Horizon 2020, M-ERA.NET)
Consulting and support in connection with entrepreneurship: start-ups, company formation and financing
Support of company positioning and product developments
Development of consulting tools
Customer and staff surveys
Market analyses of the construction and supply industries
Expert appraisals on the value chain of the construction and timber industry
Conception and implementation of industry panels
Monitoring of submarket and materials developments
Customer analyses
Regional market reports on residential construction in Switzerland
Surveys of building owners, planners and investors
Training on the new Construction Products Act
Consultations on the preparation, completion and archiving of the documentation required by the new Construction Products Act
Topic-specific continuing education events and conferences
Lectures

Training and continuing education

We are heavily involved in teaching and continuing education. We supervise students’ projects and theses. We also frequently engage master’s students as assistants in research projects. In this way, we contribute to training the experts of the future.

We have connections with the following academic programmes and courses of continuing education:

Knowledge and technology transfer

We aim to transfer all non-confidential research into practice. To this end, we hold events and lectures, write specialist articles, conduct tours, organise workshops, and present our results at trade fairs.

Areas of expertise

Besides our areas of technical expertise, we maintain strong connections to the industry, to public institutions, associations and to international research networks. We pursue close networking and cooperation with institutions and companies along the value chain of the construction and timber industries, such as the Swiss Wood Innovation Network S-WIN.

Institute for Digital Economy in the Construction and Wood Industries IdBH

Management and market research are one of the key areas of focus of the Institute for Digital Economy in the Construction and Wood Industries IdBH. At the IdBH we analyse markets, methods and technologies and develop new, economical solutions for the construction and wood industries of tomorrow.

Other key areas of focus:

Digital manufacturing

Digital Building