1. Austrian Capital Market Days Austria’s role in Europe
Christian Lassnig, Consul

2. Sound of Music

3. Mountains

4. Austria – at a glance Central location in Europe
3 hours flight to anywhere in Europe
Hub between Eastern and Western Europe

5. Austrian Economy A brief overview
GDP 2016: USD bn = ca. 2,7 % of EU = 1 % of the world
GDP per capita 2016: USD 44,237 (Germany: USD 42,027)
GDP growth %, but will accelerate to +2.8% in 2017 and 2018
> businesses (99.6 % Small Medium Enterprises – SMEs)
FDI: strong in Central & Eastern Europe
strong position in growth markets (EU, CEEC, Middle East, Russia)

6. Austrian Economy A brief overview
high per-capita income requires high value added
small domestic market requires a customer oriented approach (international)
from technology absorbing/diffusing/follower to source of technology (driver)
R&D-Intensity 3,1% of GDP in 2016
approx companies with defined R&D efforts and technical innovation
innovation on a broader front: manufacturing, services, processes, business
models, design & creative industries
strong in niches + technology leadership > served world wide

7. Austrian Economy A competitive business location
Austria ranks among the most prosperous countries in the EU.
Austria’s economic output is 27 percent above the EU average.
Source: Eurostat

8. Austrian Economy A competitive business location
In recent years, Austrian industry has posted high productivity gains.
The main reasons are good capacity utilization and the comparatively high investment ratio designed to strongly exploit market opportunities, for example in Eastern and South East Europe.
Source: Eurostat

9. Austrian Economy
A competitive business location

10. Austrian Economy A competitive business location
Source: WSI

11. Austrian Economy A competitive business location
Dual education system provides a highly skilled labour force
and results in extremely low youth unemployment
Source: Eurostat

12. Austrian Economy
Innovation leader

13. Austrian Economy A competitive business location
Numerous multinational corporations set up research and engineering centers in Austria
And several Austrian technology companies have established themselves as world market and innovation leader

14. Austrian Economy

15. Austrian Economy Top investor in CEE Quellen:
Rumänien, Bulgarien: mit AHSt abgestimmt
Russland: telefon. Info der AHSt, Wert im Länderprofil (Wert im Wirtschaftsbericht ist falsch)
Türkei: übernommen aus altem Bericht, Wert der AHSt ( : USD 2,04 Mrd)
Ukraine: tel. Info der AHSt
andere: keine aktuellen Daten vorhanden
Source: Oesterreichische Nationalbank

16. Austrian Economy Top investor in CEE
Several multinational corporations set up their regional HQ for CEE in Austria
And Austrian companies are among the strongest investors in the region

17. Thank you very much for your interest!
Christian Lassnig
Consul
Austrian Consulate General – Commercial Section T