Peter Heindl

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Engage2Excel, Inc. engages in provision of employee recognition and reward services. It offers programs for employee, recognition, talent, acquisition, employee, surveys, performance, and analytics. The company was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Mooresville, NC.

Münchener Gesellschaft zur Förderung der is a non-profit company based in Munich, Germany. The German company's focus is on opening up data to academic researchers to study questions of social and public interest. Cesifo, a research cluster created by the company, seeks answers to novel economic research questions. The company was founded in 1999 by Hans-Werner Sinn. Clemens Fuest has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

ifo Institut – Leibniz Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V. is an independent research firm headquartered in Munich, Germany. Founded in 1949, the firm focuses on five areas of activity: policy advisory work, provision of information/services, participation in public debate, promotion of junior economists, and research in economics.

Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut gemeinnützige GmbH (HWWI) is an independent economic research institute headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 2012, the firm carries out basic and applied research, while providing impetus for business, politics and society. The HWWI's research activity spans over four areas. Metatrends such as globalization, digitization, demographic change, sustainability, and urbanization are thereby addressed as transversal objectives in various dimensions.

Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) is an independent research firm headquartered in Halle and was founded in 1992. The firm provides investment research to their clients.

TWS Partners AG is a consulting firm that specializes in game theory and behavioral economics. TWS Partners is based in Munich, DE and was founded in 2001 by Achim Wambach and Marcus Schreiber. The German company offers solutions for bilateral and multilateral negotiations, matching markets, carbon incentives, and process optimization. The company has several offices worldwide, including locations in Germany, the UK, and the Netherlands. TWS Partners has been recognized for its work in science and education, and has recently introduced a new subsidiary, nnamu, which offers AI-based software solutions to make the game theory methodology more widely applicable. Marcus Schreiber has been the CEO since 2001.

Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (Research) (IZA-Research) is the investment research division of Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH, a nonprofit research institute headquartered in Bonn, Germany. Founded in 1998, the firm provides platforms for knowledge exchange and makes relevant research findings accessible for policy practitioners and the general public. IZA-Research serves as a bridge builder for national and international research in labor economics. Their goal in conducting fundamental research, providing scientific policy advice, and engaging in active knowledge transfer is to narrow the distance between science and society in order to help create a better future of work for all.

Arbor Ventures (Hong Kong) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Melissa Crane Guzy and Wei Hopeman. The firm is headquartered in Hong Kong.