Michael Bauer

Wiener Stadtwerke GmbH engages in the provision of municipal infrastructure services such as energy supply and public transport system. It also focuses on energy, mobility, garage, burial, and cemetery services. The company was founded on January 1, 1949 and is headquartered Vienna, Austria.

Wiener Städtische Versicherungsverein specializes in the management of assets. The firm engages in the acquisition, management, and sale of participations in VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe. It also focuses on promoting and supporting economic progress and image-building of the Group, as well as providing management services. The company was founded by Georg von Högelmüller on December 24, 1824 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO) is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Vienna, Austria. The firm was founded in 1927 by Friedrich August von Hayek and Ludwig von Mises. WIFO provides applied empirical economic research in Austria with a strong commitment at the European level. The mission of the firm is to build a bridge between academic basic research and economic policy application in order to contribute to solving socio-economic challenges and to create a factual basis for decisions in business and society. Their bridging function also goes hand in hand with an intermediary role between economic policy institutions, university institutions and advisory and consulting companies. WIFO is the point of contact for international organizations (EU, OECD and IMF) and rating agencies with regard to national economic development and the assessment of economic policy measures.