The term “New Mittelstand” brings together two worlds: startups on the one hand and small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) on the other. The new and novel meet the tried and tested. The declared goal: to prepare Germany’s successful SMEs for …
Category: Edition 2
How Mittelstand Enterprises Stand to Benefit from Company Acquisitions
Steinbeis experts support SMEs with expansion strategies and financing growth
Many in Germany associate corporate takeovers and acquisitions with companies listed on the DAX (the stock market index in Germany). For medium-sized enterprises, acquiring another business presents an enticing opportunity …
Tracking Resources
Resource conservation in production: a key success factor
Skills shortages, international competition, and high wages underscore just how crucial it is to continuously optimize the use of resources at all stages of the value chain. To help with this issue, …
Digital Transformation – an Opportunity for Mittelstand Enterprises
The Ferdinand Steinbeis Institute introduces SMEs to new business models and working in ecosystems
Since the earliest phase of the industrial revolution at the end of the 18th century, which was triggered by the steam engine, to the second phase …
From Business Intelligence to Business Competence
Steinbeis experts co-develop an AI-driven support system to improve the management of skills requirements
Companies currently face a variety of complex challenges, with constant changes in the business environment compelling them to question their business models – in some cases …
Mittelstand: The Next Generation
A team of Steinbeis experts increasingly solves succession issues by pulling together teams from inside and outside companies
According to the 2022 KfW Succession Monitoring Report, there is an “increasing shortage of succession candidates.” The authors of the report cite …
Time for a New Way of Thinking – The Changing Nature of the Mittelstand
A team of experts from Stralsund university comes up with different ways for Mittelstand companies to continue underpinning the German economy
Innovation, quality, change – steadfast companions of the Mittelstand, the bedrock of SMEs in Germany. Mittelstand firms are currently …
“Mittelstand companies place particular emphasis on values”
An interview with Steinbeis Entrepreneur Professor Dr. Georg von Schnurbein
The term itself is enough to highlight the expectations faced by the new generation of SMEs in Germany – the New Mittelstand, where things new and global now intersect with …
Business Etiquette: An Update to Personal Conduct at Work
Steinbeis experts offer certificate courses with the support of business partners
competence institute unisono, the Steinbeis Transfer Institute of the Steinbeis+Akademie, is offering certification courses to become a skills trainer in (international) business etiquette in collaboration with two providers of …
SMEs on the Path to Industry 5.0
Professor Dr.-Ing. Adrian Pisla explains why SMEs need an environment that lays emphasis on social and technological factors
The Engineering & Management Steinbeis Enterprise – or EMSEC – was founded in March 2023 in Cluj-Napoca, a city in Transylvania in …
Actively Managing Marketing and Sales Risk with the Steinbeis VMI SRAM Model
Steinbeis experts help SMEs shield themselves from market volatilities and inaccurate risk assessments
When crises become part of everyday life, it is important to be prepared and resilient against such threats – especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. Help in …
Mobile Gas Zone Monitoring – The Connection Between Safety and Design
Steinbeis experts join forces with Dräger, a leading provider of medical and safety technology
With the support of students, Professor Thies Krüger and Professor Mathias Bertram, both freelance project managers at the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Project Management at Magdeburg-Stendal …
A Brave New World of Work? A report based on personal observations
bwcon embarks on a journey to find a new form of collaboration
In the beginning was conviction. That the company, your own company, would be more successful if everyone worked together beyond individual teams, if they were familiar with the …
Successful Together: How SMEs Succeed with Innovation
Collaboration between Mannheim University of Applied Sciences and Steinbeis results in two startups
Sharing the knowledge and technology offered by universities is an important building block of innovation. Collaboration between Mannheim University of Applied Sciences and the Steinbeis Transfer Center …
A Look Back at the Green Hydrogen Conference
International experts, including specialists from Steinbeis, offer insights into the future of green hydrogen The Green Hydrogen Conference, an international convention on green hydrogen, took place on June 12 and 13, 2023 as part of Digisustain, a wider conference and …
The Steinbeis Innovation Hub Brings Together SMEs and Startups
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the German economy.[1] it is therefore crucial that SMEs continue to develop, establish strength, and exploit the potential of emerging technology to sustain. Partnerships with startups play an important role in …
“The Mittelstand continues to form the backbone of the German economy”
An interview with Steinbeis entrepreneur Dr. Oliver Hettmer
Medium-sized companies have seldom been faced with more diverse and demanding challenges. In an interview for TRANSFER magazine, Dr. Oliver Hettmer, an expert in the issues faced by SMEs, explains why the …
Seeking Points of Contact – Diffusion Welding of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Steinbeis research into new types of contacts on solid-state batteries
Lithium-ion batteries are attracting interest as a rechargeable type of solid-state battery for use in future applications, particularly in the international supply market for stationary and electrical energy. In …
Mittelstand Pioneers – Success Fueled by Value Creating Collaboration
Turning the spotlight on sustainability
For SMEs, having clearly defined innovation strategies and being open to collaboration during the process of innovation are crucial prerequisites for competing successfully as an innovator. Their agile mindset and willingness to forge partnerships underscore …
“I always appeal for firms to actively shape transformation within the company”
An interview with Professor Dr.-Ing. Markus Weinberger, Steinbeis Entrepreneur at the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Digital Expertise and an expert in digital transformation
Upheaval has become the new normal and this is also affecting the processes of business transformation for …
The Race to Digitalize – How Firms Are Preparing Processes for the Future
Students at Steinbeis University develop tool to support the process of digital transformation
Efficient processes are indispensable for any company keen to remain competitive. One effective way to enhance efficiency is to digitalize processes. As witnessed during the pandemic, companies …
Award-Winning Excellence! A Test Rig for the Next Generation of Bicycle Hub Gears
The Steinbeis Foundation’s Transfer Award – the Löhn Award – goes to a Steinbeis team from Aalen and H+B Hightech
Experts working with the Steinbeis entrepreneur Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Kley at the Aalen-based Steinbeis Transfer Center Innovative Drive Engineering and …
The Role of a Future-Oriented Culture of Learning and Training as a Prerequisite of New and Innovative Products and Services
An interview with Steinbeis expert Nicola Westermann and Michael Pahl, Innovation and Network Manager at embeteco
As part of a staff training project backed by the state of Lower Saxony through money provided by the European Social Fund (ESF), a …
Learning by Doing – Management Know-How for Technical Experts and Engineers
Steinbeis training keeps managers in good shape
Industrial enterprises with a focus on technology often fill management positions with people with a technical or engineering background. Although such employees have the required technical understanding, to fulfil their tasks effectively – …
Lower Resource Investments Thanks to SQB IMS
Integrated management system created by Steinbeis lays the focus on synergies
A management system capable of mastering all processes should allow companies to produce commodities and services that not only match customer requirements, but also the firm’s internal management objectives …
More Competences – More Opportunities
Team of Steinbeis experts participates in study on staff training needs in the automotive and OEM supply industry
How is the automotive industry performing at the moment, especially when it comes to staff training? What areas in particular do the …
Optimizing the Plastics Industry with AI
Steinbeis software STASA QC enhances the efficiency of injection molding processes
STASA Steinbeis Applied Systems Analysis has more than 20 years of in-depth experience in the development and programming of AI-based systems, as well as systems analysis, i.e. the handling …
WeKI-Go – Ensuring AI Conforms with Values
Experts at the Ferdinand Steinbeis Institute support SMEs on the path to forms of artificial intelligence that people can trust
Artificial intelligence (AI) should at all times be equitable, transparent, and sustainable. It should also never harm people. At the …
Just Like the Old Days, Only Modern…
Steinbeis Research Center in Würzburg combines tradition with digital modernity to create “stämps”
The real benefits of digital transformation only come to bear when it adds value for people and society. Explorative Digitalization Solutions, a Steinbeis Research Center, has been …
“Simply mapping things digitally saves time and money – especially for the New Mittelstand”
An interview with Carina Gliese (Steinbeis Europa Zentrum) and Thorsten Kroke (BCON2 GmbH)
InterOpera is the condensed name for a joint project looking at “digital interoperability in collaborative Industry 4.0 value creation networks.” Funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic …
Bursting with Energy
Introducing campoV – Germany’s first student residence designed as a so-called energy-plus building
Hearing that a student dormitary is, in a manner of speaking, bursting with energy is not likely to raise eyebrows. But people might take a closer look …
Education Requires an Enthusiasm for Technology
The Interaktivrat of the #techourfuture initiative concludes its work
In May 2023, the Ferdinand Steinbeis Institute (FSTI) of the Steinbeis Foundation brought its #techourfuture initiative to a close. The project gave fellow citizens – from schoolchildren to retirees, from the …