We are surrounded by networks – neuronal networks, biological networks, data networks, computer networks, electricity networks, travel networks, social networks, business networks... The topic of networks is so broad, it is practically unique. This is something that is understood by …
Category: Edition 2
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Innovation is stimulated through the exchange with others. Networking is an important foundation for this. There are extremely few areas of business that can survive without networking, but that does not make it a guaranteed key to success. It is …
New Ecosystems Stemming from Digital Transformation and Networking – Also a Challenge for Science
In times of increasing digital transformation and networking (DT&N), more and more people are talking about the emergence of new ecosystems. What do they mean by that? Are these digital or business ecosystems, or a bit of both? And to …
The Role of Networks in the Process of Digital Transformation
How to make creative destruction something positive
A term on many people’s lips these days is “digital transformation,” which actually encompasses a number of processes that run in parallel. These will have a lasting impact on society in the years …
“Forming collaborative networks is the most promising answer to technology convergence”
An interview with Professor Dr. Peter Philippi-Beck (Steinbeis Transfer Center for Internationalisation – Equity Participation – Succession Regulation) and Hans-Joachim Hölz (Steinbeis Transfer Center for the Ravensburg District/WiR GmbH Ravensburg District/Steinbeis Transfer GmbH – Ravensburg- Weingarten University of Applied Sciences.)
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Expert Network X.0
Networking that adds value Business concepts like Industry 4.0 have to take the already advanced and continually advancing trend of digital transformation into account, not to mention the process of continually accelerating convergence between different fields of technology, sectors of …
“By pooling specific core competences, we can exploit the maximum potential to innovate”
An interview with Stefan Gaier, director of the Steinbeis Consulting Center for Innovation Management
For many years, the Steinbeis Consulting Center for Innovation Management has been overseeing the networking of small and mediumsized companies as part of the ZIM program …
Open Innovation Strategies for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Collaboration helps accelerate innovation
For SMEs, opening up in-house innovation processes can be crucial for their competitiveness. Cooperations make it possible to pool a wide variety of competences and quickly launch successful products with the support of others. Steinbeis 2i …
Innovation Angels Create Space to Innovate
Providing more support for companies sharing technology know-how
A Baden-Wuerttemberg initiative called “Business Technology Transfer Dialog” has fueled a new concept for a model project to introduce Innovation Angels to help bolster knowledge and technology transfer between enterprises. Aimed primarily …
A Network for Sustainable Energy Systems
Steinbeis Centers join forces to set up a center of competence
Energy and energy efficiency topics feature in political, economic, and social discussion every day and the issues they raise are becoming increasingly important. There is broad agreement that we …
The Industrial Internet Consortium – More Than Just a Network
Digital solutions spanning different sectors of industry: interdisciplinary and international
On the surface, the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) would appear to be just one of many networks revolving around the industrial internet and Industry 4.0 (connected manufacturing). But actually it …
“Relationships have to be looked after, and it takes communication to ensure the network won’t break down”
An interview with Frank Graage, director of the Steinbeis Research Center Technology Management North East
If networks are to be a success, what’s the best way to manage them? What benefits does this bring about – and what risks? TRANSFER …
If You Don’t Hone Your Networks, You’re Not Worth Contacting
Steinbeis experts reveal how to network
Successful networking isn’t ego-marketing, as Carsten Rasner, director of the Steinbeis School of Management and Innovation (SMI, Steinbeis University Berlin), knows. This message hasn’t been understood by everyone – as an example involving Donald …
“The variety of different outlooks and expertise within the team allows so much energy and momentum to unfurl”
An interview with Beate Wittkopp, director of the Steinbeis Transfer Center TransferWorks BW
With so many networks now available, it can often be a dilemma for companies working out which ones are right for them. Yet networking is crucial for …
SMEs are Slipping Through the Net!
Networking without a network
How well is Germany faring when it comes to internet broadband access, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises? Answer: It’s middling! We’re standing on the sidelines when they crown the broadband champions and the gap is …
Turning the Spotlight on Surface Water
Researchers quantify the ecotoxicological impact of pharmaceuticals in real time
Demographic change in industrial nations is fueling stronger demand for pharmaceuticals. We are already seeing major volumes of substances with pharmacological effects entering the waste water system and sewage treatment …
“Digitalization is the foundation upon which the innovative power of the future will be built”
An interview with Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister of Economic Affairs, Labor, and Housing
Big data, digital solutions, and networking are all terms that reflect a trend toward what many Germans now call Industry 4.0. What they don’t express is …
Public Private Partnership in Asian Vocational Education
Steinbeis experts provide advice as part of GIZ project
For the past three years, the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) has been involved in a policy dialog project revolving around vocational training in Asia. The project is called the …
Microfinancing and Crowdfunding for Business Founders
Steinbeis experts provide consulting services for state bank MikroCrowd program
Since May, startup companies in Baden-Wuerttemberg may be eligible for support under a new funding program called MikroCrowd, which is offered through the state bank (L-Bank). MikroCrowd is a combination …
The Do’s and Don’ts of Introducing Knowledge Management
Steinbeis experts provide support on the analysis of an automotive client’s level of maturity
An interesting assignment for the team at the Steinbeis Consulting Center for Knowledge Management in Augsburg: A carmaker asked the consultants for support with the introduction …
Just Test(bed) IT – The Successful Way to Add Value
A review of the Steinbeis Engineering Day 2017
Organized by the Ferdinand Steinbeis Institute (FSTI) in collaboration with the German regional team of the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), this year’s Steinbeis Engineering Day was an invitation to take part in …
Full Steam Ahead for Basalt Fiber Production
Steinbeis experts develop process for purifying and activating basalt fibers
Melt basalt and it creates a material consisting of several minerals called basalt fiber. These minerals are primarily of natural volcanic origin, or in technical terms: They are geogenic. Unlike …
Giving a Strategic Helping Hand to New Ideas
SHB student designs innovation process for multi-departmental platform projects
Innovation, technological progress, and fostering new ideas based on existing competences – key factors that motivated HOERBIGER Holding AG (Zug, Switzerland) to adopt a new approach in its corporate business development …
China’s Medical Supply Chain in Times of Change
Steinbeis Consulting Center produces study on the Chinese biomedical market
The Chinese medical supply market is dictated by an imbalance between the regions of the country along the Pacific coast, which have gained in prosperity, and the provinces in the …
The Starting Point for Implementing Digital Transformation: Excellent Teaching
Steinbeis experts develop tool kit-based PLM teaching module PLM-Tactile
Digitalization in combination with Industry 4.0 (cyber-physical systems and the Internet of Things) will decide the destiny of German industry. A successful transformation within a company requires the horizontal integration (also …
The Testing Aspects of Automated Driving
Steinbeis experts develop a framework to evaluate the robustness of electronic control unit software
The transition to fully autonomous vehicles, which would automatically assume total responsibility of the driving maneuvers automatically performed, is a major challenge for the automotive industry, …
New certification courses: Competence Coach (SHB) and Competence Trainer (SHB)
Employee development at the Steinbeis Transfer Institute competence institute unisono
In collaboration with the coaching network Competence on Top, the Steinbeis Transfer Institute competence institute unisono (kiu) introduced two new certification courses in January. The training to become a Competence …
Award for Continuing Professional Development Project
Steinbeis certifies course for training concept
Services are one of those “hot potato” topics, not just for customers but also for the people who deliver the service. By looking at needs and desires from different angles, professional services can be …
The Quick, Quiet, and Low-Cost Road to an Eco-Friendly Future
Steinbeis Consultant provides support with the setting up of e-scooter sales structures
What’s the quickest and most inexpensive way to travel a mile to work? This question resulted in the development of the business model for eScooter-fun.com. For Alexander Heinzelmann, …
Four Parties in One Network = Success
Steinbeis experts provide inventor with a helping hand entering the healthcare market
Dr. Michael Fürst, medical expert from the Upper Swabian city of Bad Wurzach, had been filing away at an innovative product with major market potential for a long …
Committed to Future Forms of Production
Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum runs a support center for the Vanguard Initiative in Baden-Wuerttemberg
The Vanguard initiative involves around 30 European regions, which have formed an alliance to “lead by example” and boost innovation and industrial growth in the EU. The core topics …
Inspired by Photonics
EU PHABLABS 4.0 project inspires the next generation
Light is one of those areas of technology that excites people. There are so many different sides to light, spanning a variety of fields. In fact, there are very few areas that …
Using Implants Without Side Effects
Research team working on EU IMMODGEL project develops innovative hydrogel-based system
Implants often trigger undesirable immune responses. The partners working on the EU IMMODGEL research project have developed a system consisting of chemical and biological components to avoid such negative …