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1 Peter Ch. Löschl, ABA Invest in Austria June 2016 Austria Investment Climate Reasons to Invest in Austria - Perspectives

2 Strong Economy in the Heart of Europe Area: 83,872 km² People: 8.5 m. GDP growth: 0.5% (forecast 2015) GDP / capita: 36,980 R&D quota: 3.01%

3 Top Investor: Austrian FDI in CEE Percentage of total investment in respective country and Austria s rank as investor, 2013 Croatia 1 Slovenia 1 Bosnia-Herz. 1 Romania 2 Serbia 1 Slovakia 2 Bulgaria 2 Czech Rep. 3 Macedonia 2 Albania 3 Hungary 4 Ukraine Source: WIIW (Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies)

4 You Know Austria Like This

5 or Like That

6 or Like That

7 but Best Like That

8 You Are Investing in an Industrial Country Production sector as percentage of GDP, 2014 Germany 30.7 Austria 28.4 Switzerland Japan EU Netherlands USA UK France Source: OECD, Eurostat 2015

9 You Are investing in an Industrial Country Production sector as percentage of GDP Tourism & Leisure Ind. 15% Agriculture 1% Production 29% Services 55% Source: Statistik Austria 2015

10 20% New Austrians Germany Serb, Mont, Kos Turkey Bosnia Herz. Romania Croatia Poland Hungary Czech Rep. Slovakia Russia Italy Foreign citizens Already naturalized 226, , , ,661 74,639 69,859 63,197 45,589 44,209 30,017 28,510 27,916 Source: Statistik Austria 2015

11 Expert Staff for Sustainable Corporate Sucess in R&D Dual educational system Vocational schools (HAK, HTL unique to Austria) 21 Academies of applied sciences offering approx. 400 courses 22 public universities 12 private universities Foreign language competencies More than 1,000 extra-university research institutions

12 Austria s R&D Expenditures Grow Above Average As percentage of GDP * Forecast ,9 2,7 2,5 2,3 2,1 1,9 1,7 Gemany Austria EU-27/ * 1, Source: Eurostat

13 Austrian Cluster Landscape Economic and technological cooperation More than 50 clusters Approx. 3,500 companies Approx. 420,000 staff

14 COMET All Centers in Austria

15 Subsidies for R&D Projects are Available Via Two Main Program Lines Top Down Bottom-up Thematic calls Any topic Any time Basic programme Special programs

16 Austrian Expenditures in R&D Total 2015: 10, m. Foreign Others 153 Federal 3114 Companies Regions Source: Statistik Austria 2015

17 Investor-friendly Tax System Corporate tax rate: 25% Modern group taxation Tax premium for R&D: 12% No trade tax No net worth tax Double taxation treaties

18 Highly Productive Employees Labor Productivity, GDP per person employed in PPS, EU-28=100 Luxembourg Ireland Belgium France Austria Netherlands Denmark Euro area Italy Germany United Kingdom EU-28 Czech Republic Poland Hungary Bulgaria 42,9 76,7 73,3 71,7 115,7 113,4 112,8 112,2 107,5 107,3 106,4 102,4 100,0 128,9 144,1 168,4 Source: European Commission, 11/2015

19 No Strikes Working days lost to strikes per 1,000 employees annual average Switzerland Austria Poland Sweden Netherlands USA Germany United Kingdom Norway Spain Finland Belgium Canada Denmark France Source: WSI - Hans Böckler Foundation 2015

20 Unmatched Quality of LIfe Maximum = 10 Switzerland 1 Norway 2 Austria 3 Germany 6 Netherlands 7 Belgium 15 USA 18 Japan 19 France 20 Czech Republic 22 United Kingdom 23 Italy 29 Poland 49 Hungary 56 3,94 4,68 6,99 9,73 9,57 9,51 9,31 9,22 8,68 8,22 8,16 7,95 7,80 7,73 Source: World Competitiveness Yearbook 2015

21 Attraktive for More than 300 Regional Headquarters

22 Vienna: HQ-Location for International Organizations and Top Conference City Only UN headquarters in the EU 30 HQs of international organizations in Vienna More than 14,000 international staff and diplomats (UN) are living in Vienna Leading conference city (according to ICCA study) Skilled HQ staff available

23 Globalized Economy Maximum = 100 Netherlands 1 Ireland 2 Belgium 3 Austria 4 Switzerland 5 Hungary 9 Czech Republic 17 France 19 UK 20 Poland 23 Italy 24 Germany 27 USA 34 Japan 48 67,86 91,70 91,64 90,51 89,83 87,01 85,78 83,60 82,61 81,97 79, ,24 75,71 Source: 2016 KOF Index of Globalization

24 FFG Structural Programs AplusB accent build! CAST INiTS SPG Science Park Graz tech2b ZAT Zentrum für angewandte Technologie COIN Cooperation and Innovation Research Studio IraSME

25 Company Founding Company Incentives Stages Pre-Seed Early Stage Later Stage Basic Research Incubator Seed Start Up First Stage Second Stage Third Stage IPO Grant Grant Grant Direct (soft) loans Grant Grant Direct (soft) loans Guarantees Guarantees

26 Newly Established Companies Source: Austrian Economic Chamber

27 Dynamic Growth of Startups Newly established companies in Austria 1993: 14, : 35, : 37,120 Newly established companies in Vienna 2013: 8,403 Thereof startups: 638 Share of startups: 7.6%

28 Factors for the Startup Hotspot Austria High educational level for technical jobs Differentiated funding system Investment-friendly tax system 12% tax credit for R&D expenditures

29 More Factors for the Startup Hotspot Austria Self-organization in startup clusters and coworking spaces Supporting network (earlystage investors, business angles, incubators) Limited company with 5,000 as minimum cash contribution

30 From Startup to Global Player Bwin: founded in 1997, now 3,100 staff, biggest online gaming provider Jajah: supplier of web-based telephony, 2009 acquired by Telefonica for 145 m. Runtastic: launched by 4 students in 2009, world leader in fitness tracking, bought by Adidas for 220 m. (2015)

31 From Startup to Global Player Paysafecard: European market leader, first online means of payment approved by banking law UBIMET: fastest growing private European supplier of meteorological services, stakeholder Red Bull (2012) AFFiRiS: launching the first clinical tests for Parkinson vaccine in 2012

32 ABA-Invest in Austria Opportunities are our business Advisory services for international investors Owned by the Republic of Austria 25 expert staff International & national networks Offices in Tokyo & Shanghai

33 ABA Invest in Austria Your Contact in Vienna Peter Ch. Löschl Tel: office-cee@aba.gv.at

34 Economy 3.0 Source: Austrian Economic Chamber Economy 1.0 Economy 2.0 Economy 3.0 Nature of need Physical survival Human prosperity Immaterial wealth Driving force Development Actualization Recognition Nature of work Manual labor Repetitive labor Intellectual or creative activity Dominant sector Agriculture Industry Service industry Most important form of capital Land and natural capital Machines and material capital Stage of knowledge society Oral society Literate society Digital society Geographical focus Local National Global Key concept to satisfaction of needs Production Consumption Barter Purpose of the system Production Distribution Interaction Market as Food in return for work, indentifying markets Goods in return for money, setting prices Inherent values Hard work, obedience Rationality Identity Employer-employee relationship Indipendent, but possibly subject to feudal rule Employees and employers People and intellectual capital Identities for / versus identities, identifying communities Fellow entrepreneur Customer as Mass phenomena Recipient Co-producer Property, definition and use of profit Dominant political imperative Entrepreneur Entrepreneurs and shareholders Customers, investors, employees, the public Democratization Liberalization Intellectualization

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