Understand European developments.
Make more informed decisions.
CVN helps technology-driven companies assess relevant European developments early, providing a more informed basis for evaluating opportunities, risks and strategic options.
Typical Strategic Questions
Investment & Growth
Which European developments could influence our next investment, scale-up or industrialisation decisions?
Technology & Regulation
Which technology, policy, funding or regulatory developments already require our attention?
Partnerships & Ecosystems
Which industrial, research, innovation or public-sector partners could become strategically important?
Capabilities
Which technological, organisational, manufacturing or regional ecosystem capabilities should we build or strengthen?
Opportunities & Risks
Which new opportunities are emerging – and which risks could affect our positioning, value chains or industrial competitiveness?
Prioritisation
Which developments should we actively pursue now – and which can remain on watch?
Executive Briefing
Best when management
needs a rapid answer to one strategic question.
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📘Scope: 10–12 pages
⏱Delivery: 2–4 weeks
€Investment: from €2,900
☰Includes
- Executive Summary
- Strategic interpretation
- Opportunities & risks
- Implications for your organisation
Strategic Value-Chain & Ecosystem Analysis
Best when entering a technology, market, investment, or partnership decision.
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📘Scope: 15–20 pages
⏱Delivery: 4–8 weeks
€Investment: from €5,900
☰Includes
- In-depth analysis
- Value-chain and ecosystem dynamics
- Opportunities & risks
- Strategic options
Ongoing European Intelligence Briefings
Best when European developments require continuous monitoring and quarterly management interpretation.
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Quarterly Executive Briefings
📘Scope: 10–12 pages each
⏱Duration: 6 or 12 months
€Retainer: €800/month
☰Includes
- Strategic interpretation
- Prioritised developments
- Emerging opportunities and risks
- Management implications
Why CVN was created
The challenge is rarely access to information.
The challenge is identifying which European developments are strategically relevant early enough, and understanding what they could mean for the business.
CVN provides clear focus – helping companies assess European developments more efficiently and make informed strategic decisions.
From European developments to strategic decisions
Information alone does not create clarity.
European developments → relevance assessment → Strategic interpretation → strategic implications → options → management decision
Relevant European developments are assessed in the context of your organisation, its capabilities, value-chain position and ecosystem role, and prioritised according to their potential strategic relevance.
The value does not come from collecting more information. It comes from understanding what that information means for your organisation and what requires action.
From information to strategic direction
Information tells you what happened.
Strategic intelligence tells you what matters.
Decision support tells you what to do next.
Founder & Expertise
Herbert Thurner founded CVN after more than 20 years working across research, industry and innovation management.
His experience has shown that organisations rarely lack access to information. What is often missing is the strategic interpretation needed to turn information into decisions.
Technology & Innovation
Research & emerging technologies · Science–industry collaboration · Mobility · Circular economy · Industrial decarbonisation · Advanced materials
European programmes & policy
More than 20 years of experience in European research and innovation, European programme and project experience, and strategic innovation management.
Industrial strategy & implementation
Technology development · Industrial transformation · Strategic R&I and innovation positioning
Current work at the intersection of battery technology, European industrial policy, and ecosystem development.
Hungarian Battery Days
Europe’s Battery Challenge – Turning Innovation into Industrial Competitiveness
The keynote explores why new production capacity alone is not enough to create competitive and resilient industrial ecosystems.
Transparency
CVN distinguishes between factual information, analysis and strategic interpretation. Assessments are based on publicly available information and clearly identified analytical assumptions. The objective is to provide transparent, traceable strategic orientation for management decision-making.
Tell me the strategic question you are facing. I will assess whether an Executive Briefing is the right format and define the scope with you.
Request an Executive Briefing
Herbert Thanner, M.Sc.
office@cvn.services
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