History
More than 30 years of experience in academic education – claim and incentive at the same time
Year |
Activity |
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1980 |
Foundation of the ESB European School of Business by the co-initiator Prof. Dr. Rolf Pfeiffer at Reutlingen University |
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1983 |
Foundation of the Baden-Württemberg Export Academy by Prof. Dr. Rolf Pfeiffer as part of Reutlingen University |
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1984 |
Launch of Germany’s first Master’s program MBA in International Marketing at the Export Academy, graduating as Diplom-Exportwirt (EA) |
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1991 |
Foundation of GiMA Consulting & Engineering as a spin-off of the Export-Akademie Baden-Württemberg by Prof. Dr. Rolf Pfeiffer |
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2005 |
Integration of the Master’s program of the Export Academy into Reutlingen University |
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2008 |
Takeover of the Baden-Württemberg Export Academy by GiMA Consulting & Engineering and continuation as an independent GmbH, managed by Prof. Dr. Rolf Pfeiffer and Prof. Dr. Bertram Lohmüller |
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2011 |
Foundation of the Steinbeis Global Institute Tübingen of the Steinbeis University and integration into the Export Academy Baden-Württemberg, Directors: Prof. Dr. Rolf Pfeiffer and Prof. Dr. Bertram Lohmüller |
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2012 |
Launch of the M.Sc. in Global Technology Management |
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2013 |
Start of the certificate courses for technology transfer and digital leadership according to the IMLead® concept |
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2015 |
Founding of the Steinbeis Institute for Sustainable Resource Use and Energy Management (nReEn) |
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2017 |
Development of a research presence in India in cooperation with Steinbeis India |
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2018 |
Foundation of “Centres of Excellence for Green Technologies” in Eastern Europe and Central Asia |
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2019 |
Start of the Online Master Program M.A. General Management
Foundation of “Centres of Excellence for Green Technologies” in Africa |
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2020 |
Start of the certificate courses for digitization and data science |
