Achim Wambach

Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH (ZEW) is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Mannheim, Germany. Founded in 1990, the firm conducts research in the field of applied and policy-oriented economics and provides national and international research with important data sets via its research data center. They support politicians, companies and administrations at national and European level in overcoming economic policy challenges through in-depth advice. ZEW pursues the economic analysis of functioning markets and institutions in Europe as an overarching research guiding principle. Their main research interests are in the areas of competition and regulation. Methodologically, research at ZEW is based in particular on microeconomic and micro econometric approaches.

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.