Steinbeis Network

Steinbeis is a global player in the sharing (“transfer”) of entrepreneurial knowledge and technology. The Steinbeis Network currently encompasses roughly 1,100 Steinbeis Enterprises (SEs). Its main mission is to foster effective and efficient cooperation between the world of science and academia on the one hand, and trade and business on the other. This network, which is composed of independently organized SE offering specific, customer-oriented services and covering a wide spectrum of expertise ranging from research and development, consulting, expert reports, continuing professional development and training to various fields of management, notably contributes to the development and internationalization of SMEs in Germany and in Europe. The Steinbeis foster knowledge and technology transfer by matching a customer coming up with an issue or challenge with one or several SE able to help him find a solution. The Steinbeis Network skillfully uses the research facilities of its members, particularly at universities, to develop professional solutions that are tailor-made, based on scientific findings and applicable to concrete business contexts. During its existence, Steinbeis has generated various sources of knowledge and technological innovation. These have been connected into the network involving higher education institutions, universities, research facilities and businesses, thanks to which Steinbeis strengthen effective cooperation between science and academia,.