It could hardly be more challenging to meet the requirements of future ecosystems – not just environmental, but also business ecosystems, which will need to be sustainable for generations to come and make the future a ‘livable’ place for all. …
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“In essence, the idea is to fundamentally move forward with your company competences”
An interview with Professor Dr. Christoph Zanker, Steinbeis Entrepreneur at the Steinbeis Transfer Center Industrial Innovation and Transformation Management
Some companies are taking the current recession as an opportunity to reorient themselves. The famous German Mittelstand is particularly likely to …
“We’ll have to get to a post-fossil world in the foreseeable future”
An interview with Steinbeis Entrepreneur Markus Klätte
A circular economy makes maximum use of products and raw materials over time, based on the role model provided to us by nature. TRANSFER Magazine spoke to Markus Klätte about the role played …
The EFQM Model – A Signpost to Success
The benefit to SMEs of monitoring the economic ecosystem
The term “ecosystem” was coined by the British ecologist A. G. Tanslye in 1935. It has undergone a number of changes since then and acquired a variety of new facets [1], …
Every Change Begins with A Vision
An exposé of the future of ecosystems and the ecosystems of the future
The unnatural separation between humans and the world’s ecosystems is a key cause of the steadily worsening biodiversity crisis and the degradation of so many natural habitats …
The Bremen-Unterweser InnoWerk Project: A Sustainable Approach to the Manual Trades
Steinbeis experts develop a vision of the future: innovative and sustainable skilled crafts
The InnoWerk project in Bremen and the Unterweser Region is an alliance revolving around sustainable innovation among firms crafts and small manufactoroing companies. It arose following a …
Recovery of Ecological Nutrition from Agriculture
Steinbeis experts contribute to the circular bioeconomy
Identifying profitable and environmentally friendly methods of reusing manure and digestate produced in farming – in ways that meet the practical needs of business – is as topical as ever. Agro Energie Hohenlohe …
Coming to the Rescue in a Crisis
Steinbeis experts help companies realign business with “Rescuers in a Crisis”
There is usually little time left in everyday business to invest in moving the company forward. Day-to-day issues take precedence; thinking about long-term priorities is put off for another …
“Building trust will be crucial”
An interview with Dr. Marie-Eve Reinert, senior project manager at Steinbeis 2i
The concept of using hydrogen as an energy source has been around for decades. The gas was already being used in space travel in the 1960s, and in …
“We think back from the perspective of the future”
Steinbeis Entrepreneurs Kerstin Schenk and Professor Dr. Esin Bozyazi talk about the challenges of sustainable business models
There is a tendency at the moment to associate the concept of sustainability with nothing more than simply acting in an environmentally friendly …
Brick by Brick: Making Intelligent Use of Circular Economy Methods to Create a Sustainable Economy
How to make use of an ancient principle of nature in the economy
Circular economy concepts are currently experiencing a boom, not least fueled by setbacks caused by the current pandemic. Not only is this reflected in increasing public interest, …
Climate-Neutral Buildings: A Herculean Task … But Achievable
Steinbeis experts implement carbon-neutral pilot projects
In 2018, the EU Commission presented its plan for a climate-neutral Europe at a summit in Katowice, Poland. In 2020, the plan was adopted and coined the European Green Deal, laying down targets for …
Green Hydrogen – From Vision to Reality in Forty Years
Key technology represents an important milestone on the journey to climate neutrality
Fossil-free and no longer dependent on oil – around 40 years ago, that was the vision of energy supplies in the future. Leading research institutes were working on …