An interview with Professor Dr. Tobias Preckel, director of the Steinbeis Transfer Center Medical Engineering & Life Sciences, and Professor Dr. Sascha Seifert, director of the Steinbeis Transfer Center E-Health-Systems and Medical Informatics
The future of medicine, data protection, and …
“At the end of the day, the key consideration has to be what is best for the patient”
WeSeniMuS: Wearable Technology in MS Research
The use of mobile technology and wearables in clinical studies
The development costs of new pharmaceuticals have increased many times over the last decades. More than 50 percent of all expenditures are now channeled into clinical development. Using mobile technology …
“It’s not just the medical experts who have challenges to face, but the entire healthcare system”
An interview with Professor Dr. Hans-Peter Deigner, director of the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Personalized Medicine
Personalized Medicine: What exactly is it, what benefits does it offer and what challenges does it present? What does the future have in store …
Minimizing Risk with IMMODGEL and PANBioRA
New research findings on the prevention of immune responses after the fitting of implants and assessing the risk posed by biomaterials
To avoid or at least reduce often undesirable immune responses to implants, an innovative system comprising chemical and biological …
„Combining ultrastructural and molecular biology analysis would be ideal for gaining new insights“
An interview with Professor Dr. Ulrich Schraermeyer, director of the Steinbeis Transfer Center OcuTox
Professor Dr. Ulrich Schraermeyer talked to TRANSFER magazine about current developments in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration and his fascination with electron microscopes and the …
Innovation Knows No Borders
Steinbeis Innovation Center coordinates cross-sector business network for medical technology
Digital transformation is a door to opportunity, but it also presents a number of new challenges to many sectors of industry. It is resulting in networks between a multitude of …
„A technology isn’t an end in itself – it’s an engine of innovation“
An interview with Professor Dr. Ralf Kindervater, director of BIOPRO Baden-Württemberg GmbH
In an interview with TRANSFER magazine, Professor Dr. Ralf Kindervater describes the work of BIOPRO Baden-Württemberg GmbH, its goals, how its work translates into business practice, and much …
An Impressive Treatment: Enzyme Therapy
Steinbeis experts conduct research into diagnostic and treatment processes for lysosomal storage diseases
Lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) are a group of metabolic diseases in which defects in a specific enzyme lead to severe pathological changes in organs. Although individual types …
Leveraging the Full Potential of Digital Solutions
EU-backed training on digital solutions in the healthcare industry
In January 2018, the Steinbeis Transfer Institute Therapeutic Communication and integrated Health Promotion embarked on a three-year project with twelve partner organizations from eight European countries. The project is called Digital …
Continuing Professional Development That Pays
A hybrid education concept for Six Sigma projects
Since June, the Steinbeis Business Academy (SBA) at Steinbeis University Berlin has been working with the Six Sigma Akademie Deutschland to offer training as a project manager for Six Sigma improvement projects. …
Smart Thermal Management for Future Fuel Consumption
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 …
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 …