Understand European developments. Seize opportunities. Make better-informed decisions.
CVN translates European industrial, technology and regulatory developments into strategic implications, decision options and concrete projects.
Where relevant, CVN also helps identify capability gaps, potential partners and European cooperation or funding opportunities that can turn strategic priorities into concrete initiatives.
Typical Strategic Questions
Industry & Markets
Which European developments are changing our market, competitive environment or value chain – and when do we need to act?
Technology & Capabilities
Which technology developments could create opportunities for new products, processes or capabilities?
Investment & Partnerships
Which capabilities should we build ourselves, and where could partnerships create greater value?
Regulation & Funding
Which European regulatory or funding developments are relevant to our strategic plans – and what do they mean for our next decisions?
Executive Briefing
One specific European development assessed concisely, with a clear focus on business relevance and decisions-making.
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📘Scope: 10–12 pages
⏱Timeline: 2–4 weeks
☰Includes
- Executive Summary
- Strategic assessment
- Business implications
- Opportunities & risks
- Options for action
Strategic Deep-Dive Analysis
One central strategic question analysed in depth and translated into concrete implications, scenarios and decision options.
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📘Scope: 15–20 pages
⏱Timeline: 4–6 weeks
☰Includes
- In-depth analysis
- Business implications
- Opportunities & risks
- Scenarios
- Strategic options
- Capability or partnership needs, where relevant
Ongoing European Briefings
Relevant European industrial, technology, regulatory and funding developments continuously prioritised and assessed for their significance to your business.
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Regular Executive Briefings
☰Includes
- Relevant developments
- Strategic assessment
- Management implications
- Opportunities & risks
- Potential next steps
Why CVN was created
Companies are exposed to an enormous amount of information every day.
The challenge is not obtaining more information. It is identifying which European developments actually matter for the business – and what decisions should follow from them.
That is where CVN comes in.
From European developments to management decisions
European developments become strategically relevant when their implications for the individual company become clear.
European developments → Analysis → Business relevance → Capability & value-chain implications → Prioritisation → Decision options
Rather than maximising the amount of information, the focus is on one central question:
What does this development mean for our business – and what should we do about it?
From strategic opportunity to a funding-ready project
European funding can support innovation, growth and transformation. The key question, however, is whether the funding opportunity genuinely fits the company’s strategy, capabilities and project objectives.
CVN helps companies assess this fit and, where appropriate, develop a strategic idea into a credible and funding-ready project.
Depending on the project, support may include:
- assessing funding fit and key success requirements
- identifying and evaluating suitable programmes and calls
- developing the project, impact and argumentation logic
- structuring the application and required supporting evidence
- reviewing consistency and quality before submission
From information to clarity. From opportunities to strategic action.
Identifying which developments truly matter creates clarity.
Understanding their implications for capabilities, partnerships, investments and market positioning creates room to act.
Executive Briefing – Example Questions
What impact could new EU regulation have on our business model or investment plans?
Which technology developments should we monitor strategically?
Which capabilities and partnerships could strengthen our position in emerging value chains?
What opportunities and risks arise from planned investments?
Which European funding programmes could support a strategically relevant project?
Founder & Expertise
Herbert Thanner brings more than 20 years of experience at the intersection of industry, technology development and European industrial and innovation initiatives.
His work focuses on how industrial, technology and policy developments affect competitiveness, investment decisions, capabilities and value networks.
His areas of focus include technology and innovation strategy, European regulation and market developments, industrial competitiveness, strategic capability development, and European funding and project development.
What clients can expect
A clear, independent and transparent assessment of selected European developments – directly linked to concrete strategic questions and management decisions.
Each engagement starts with the company’s strategic question. Relevant information is selected, prioritised and assessed in terms of its implications for the business, including potential effects on markets, capabilities, investments, partnerships and value-chain positioning.
CVN does not provide a collection of information. It provides a prioritised basis for decision-making – and, where appropriate, support in turning those decisions into concrete projects.
Current Activities
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Transparency
CVN analyses and assessments are based on publicly available information at the time of the assignment and are intended to support strategic orientation and management decision-making.
No direct or indirect guarantee can be given regarding legal, tax, financial, technical, funding or investment outcomes. Business decisions, their implementation and any resulting consequences remain the responsibility of the client.
Herbert Thanner, M.Sc.
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