The WIFO Industry Survey is a survey of the largest Austrian industrial companies, which focuses on their competitive strategies
and assessment of Austria as an industrial location. This survey is conducted every three years in order to be able to capture
structural changes. The companies are asked about product, procurement and market strategies as well as changes in their positioning
in global value chains and their core competences. A series of questions records the perception of different challenges of
Austrian location policy and structural policy priorities with regard to the international competitiveness of the companies.
Each survey contains a variable block of questions referring to current topics relevant for structural policy. Recent surveys
comprised questions related the challenges and consequences of digitisation and "Industry 4.0" or more recently on economic
policy uncertainty. With its focus on the medium- to long-term strategic orientation of companies, the WIFO Industry Survey
is a complement to the WIFO-Konjunkturtest (business cycle survey) and the indicator data sets on competitiveness and patent
activity, which are continuously adapted and developed further by the Research Group Industrial, Innovation and International
Economics.
