Steinbeis experts develop a system approach for achieving future fuel consumption targets in China
The Chinese government has drafted a fuel consumption standard called China Phase 4 under which it is anticipated that vehicles will have to achieve an average …
Smart Thermal Management for Future Fuel Consumption
World-Class Research Requires World-Class People
Global market leader in the metal industry promotes material research at Saarland University
The raw material niobium is subject to strong global demand, especially in the steel industry. For example, it’s used in pipelines because of its ability to prevent …
Cross-border Enthusiasm for Science
Steinbeis Romania acts as project partner to European initiative
The European macro-region along the Danube corridor faces a number of societal challenges, with a shortage of skilled workers in the west and a lack of innovative power in the east. …
Everyone on Board?
Steinbeis experts use digital onboarding to introduce new employees to a company
Welcoming new employees to a company – through inductions or onboarding – is about more than just sharing information and describing processes. People indirectly learn about the actual …
Well Welded, Whatever the Position
Steinbeis experts develop orbital micro-plasma powder welding torch
Tubes and pipes, cylindrical components, and containers made of steel have become an indispensable part of plant facilities in many sectors of industry. They are needed for transporting, processing, and storing abrasive …
Innovation in the Craft Industry – Locally and Internationally
Steinbeis 2i GmbH provides advice on going international and innovation management
Internationalization and the ability to innovate often go hand in hand. Together, they offer enterprises an important opportunity to develop, especially in the craft industry. Despite this, many small …
Creating a Map of Corrosion
Steinbeis experts map global corrosion conditions for metal components
The performance and longevity of any material or technical system exposed to the outdoor elements are influenced in a variety of ways by local environmental conditions. Atmospheric conditions, i.e. the weather …
Social Entrepreneurship – A Corporate Mission to Solve Social Issues
Steinbeis University alumnus sets up web-based platform for acquiring competencies
Companies first started combating social problems as part of their business models as early as the beginning of the 20th century. The aim of these companies was not just to …
Harald Herrmann Appointed New Steinbeis Trustee
President of Reutlingen Chamber of Craft Industries Stepping in for Rainer Reichhold
Welcome to the Steinbeis Board of Trustees: This year, Harald Herrmann started deputizing for Rainer Reichhold as a member of the Steinbeis Foundation Board of Trustees. The businessman …
Order of Merit Awarded to Rainer Reichhold
Steinbeis Board of Trustees member receives important award from the Federal Republic of Germany
In his role as president of the Baden-Wuerttemberg Crafts Congress, Rainer Reichhold has been representing the organization on the Steinbeis Board of Trustees since 2005 and …
Networking at the Entrepreneur Forum
Invitation from Steinbeis to the 6th exchange forum for experts
July 20, 2018: the next round of the Steinbeis Entrepreneur Forum, now taking place for the sixth time. The event will be staged in the Steinbeis House for Management and …
And the Winner Is…
Votes for the best TRANSFER article in 2017
As in the previous year, it was you who picked our winner, and the most popular article among readers in TRANSFER magazine in 2017 was: "Digital Solutions: A Curse, Blessing, or Both?" …
Feature Topic: Diversity – A Society Undergoing Change
Insights from Steinbeis experts
Demographic change, skills shortages, increasing transnational business, the individualization of lifestyles, digital transformation, and the increasingly networked nature of the world we live and work in as a result of globalization: In the future, companies will …
Dear Readers,
Let’s start with this first edition of TRANSFER magazine in 2018 by briefly looking back at the focus topics last year. The four leading topics in 2017 were: Always on the Go; Achieve More through the Network; Thinking Laterally: Thinking …
So if it’s Agile, That’ll Do?!
Why do a growing number of companies want to be agile? The Steinbeis expert Prof. Dr. Kai Renz digs deeper
Agile – one of those modern buzzwords. Lots of firms want to finally “get agile” – and ideally they would …
This Has Major Potential!
Peer Coaching on the promotion of intercultural skills
Diversity offers a whole host of opportunities to companies, plus plenty of potential, but it also holds challenges and threats. Dr. Sabine Horst explains how companies can make efficient use of the …
Navigating on Icebergs
Diversity management and its role as a compass while society and work environments undergo change
What impact does diversity have not just in terms of image, but also as a driver of innovation? What can companies do to furnish society …
“A diversity of opinions results in people making better decisions”
An interview with Professor Dr. Barbara Burkhardt-Reich and Professor Dr. Elke Theobald, directors of the Business Development Steinbeis Enterprises at Pforzheim University
Professor Dr. Barbara Burkhardt-Reich and Professor Dr. Elke Theobald, directors of the Business Development Steinbeis Enterprises at Pforzheim …
Coding is Cool
Girls are also great mathematicians
To not just cope with digital transformation in the years to come, but also drive it, you have to start by looking at the things that inspire people, pique their curiosity, and motivate them to …
“Diversity within a company releases creative ideas and drives innovation”
An interview with Dr. Jörg Hruby and Professor Dr. Thomas Hanke, directors of the Steinbeis Consulting Center Global Mindset & Leadership
Internationalization and globalization place new demands on companies and their managers. TRANSFER Magazine invited Dr. Jörg Hruby and Professor …
Diversity and its Role as a Success Factor in Companies
Diversity and equal opportunity at the workplace
Some companies still struggle with the idea of taking on older applicants, or applicants with different ethnic backgrounds or socio-cultural heritages, or even the disabled. Yet there are so many good examples of …
“People are appreciated for what they are”
An interview with Professor Dr. Armin Trost, professor for HR management at Furtwangen University (HFU)
Diversity in HR management: Social diversity fuels variety in the world of work. How do HR managers deal with this, what challenges do they face, …
Victory to Diversity
The advantages of setting up a company as a team
Driven by the increasingly networked nature of processes, tools, and product content across all kinds of sectors of industry and fields of competence, it is becoming essential to work in …
Touching Frogs
Dealing with and solving conflicts
Social diversity is becoming increasingly important but at the same time, so are the demands placed on people in terms of how to deal with the different nature of groups and individuals. As a result, …
The Other View on Innovating
Tap into diversity with the Competence Explorer!
Steinbeis offers major opportunities to link up competences and provide even better, even more comprehensive services. The key focus of the “The Other View on Innovating” initiative is to draw attention to the …
iENA: A Tradition of Innovating
Steinbeis experts now in their tenth year alongside exhibitors at the international trade show of ideas and inventions
“We’ve got to take that one to iENA” – people working at the Infothek Steinbeis Transfer Center in Villingen-Schwenningen are used to …
Xavin: A Platform for Local and Emotion-Based Investments
The Steinbeis consultant Mario Buric helps a team of business founders on the journey to self-employment
Tobias Ungerer has been a passionate member of local clubs since his childhood. Whether it was soccer, skiing, or tennis – everything he’s done …
Leaping into a Digital Future
A business owner from Esslingen shows how digital transformation can be made to work in manual trades
Craftsmen involved in the manual trades will have to fast-track digital transformation in the coming years – something the chambers of craft industries …
“For me, there’s nothing more exciting than being at the forefront and witnessing the very latest technology”
An interview with Dr. Christian May, manager of Transfer Platform Industry 4.0, the Steinbeis Innovation Center
Dr. Christian May of the Transfer Platform Industry 4.0 Steinbeis Innovation Center talks about the issues SMEs face due to digital transformation and how …
Advice for Startups over Breakfast
A networking event at the gym
A networking event of a different kind took place in Stuttgart late last year: a breakfast for business founders in a gym. The startup breakfast is a grass-roots format initiated several years ago by …
Life Phase-Oriented Staff Training Bears Fruit
The First Competence Services Advisors (SHB) complete their training
The Steinbeis Transfer Institute competence institute unisono (kiu) has joined forces with SteginkGroup- Akademie to offer older staff members certified training to become a Competence Services Advisor (SHB). The focus lies …
The 7th Bestowal of the Dr. Ivo Holzinger Award
The School of Management and Technology at SHB honors the top bachelor graduates
The School of Management and Technology at Steinbeis University Berlin (SHB) bestowed the Dr. Ivo Holzinger Award to the top graduates on its bachelor degree program for …
The 2017 German Raw Material Efficiency Award Goes to REProMag
Steinbeis 2i acted as partner to the EU project
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy awards the German Raw Material Efficiency Award for outstanding examples of products, processes, and services that make efficient use of materials. It also …