Steinbeis Transfer Center Economy, Start-up, Commune

Services in the municipal environment:

• Consulting and coaching
• Analyses
• Funding opportunities
• Surveys
• Coaching

• Planning and implementation of municipal economic development strategies
  • Analysis of location-specific potential, perspectives, and challenges
  • Location-oriented retention and attraction of companies
  • Cooperative and systematic development of strategies and measures for municipal economic activities
  • Quantitative and qualitative surveys of local economic stakeholders
  • Systematic empirical identification of fields of action and options for economic development
  • Establishment and maintenance of traditional and innovative dialogue formats for continuous exchange between business, municipalities, and citizens (e.g. consultation hours, business breakfasts, lectures, workshops, digital participation platforms such as discuto)
• Press and public relations
  • Management of traditional and virtual event formats
  • Preparation of press articles for print media
  • Development and implementation of virtual/digital PR formats, especially in social media
  • SEO (search engine optimization)
  • Innovative location marketing
• Consulting and coaching for existing companies, start-ups, and prospective founders
  • Technology consulting
  • Funding advisory services
  • Facilitation of experts, e.g. in digitalization and investment
  • Corporate financing across all stages of business development
• Location-oriented bundling of value creation processes and expansion of the economic landscape
  • Promotion and support of structural change and development
  • Inter- and intra-municipal networking of stakeholders
  • Integration of business, administration, and citizens within municipalities
  • Initiation, support, and moderation of cooperation between companies and various partners (e.g. universities, research institutions, organizations, as well as cluster and network organizations)

Implementation of the EGON economic development initiative in the municipalities of Dauchingen, Deißlingen, and Niedereschach with the following focus areas:

• Economic development
• Start-up promotion initiatives

using the following instruments:

Consulting services

• Initial point of contact for founders and companies
• Short-term consulting and coaching for founders and companies
• Specialized consulting:
  • Facilitation of internal and external experts
  • Financing of expert know-how

Organization of:

• Lectures and presentation events
• Start-up days
• Entrepreneur meet-ups
• Company surveys

Development of municipal roadmaps

Steinbeis Transfer Magazine

• Opposites attract (Transfer 1/2025)
  Economic development can be delivered either by a local government agency or an external service provider – both models have their advantages.
• Two years, one economic zone and no limits – EGON gathers momentum (Transfer 2/2024)
  The Steinbeis experts in Villingen-Schwenningen are coordinating an economic development project for three municipalities in the black forest
• Three Communities, One Partner, One Project: EGON (Transfer 1/2023)
  Three counties join forces with Steinbeis to promote economic development together
• “Networks are about trust” (Transfer 1/2022)
  An interview with Steinbeis Entrepreneur Wolfgang Müller