Cooperation Partners

Ahlberg Metalltechnik GmbH was taken over by Mario Ahlberg in early 2005, at that time still under the name Banholzer Metallwarenfabrikation. The company manufactures metal parts, primarily for the automotive industry.

AraneaNET GmbH is an IT service provider in Potsdam, Berlin and Brandenburg that offers consulting in the field of information and communication technology.

Berliner Bank has existed since July 2010 as a branch of Deutsche Bank Privat- und Geschäftskunden AG and as an independent brand within the group, with 55 branches in Berlin. It is represented on the research advisory board on the topic of succession planning and is a co-organizer of the Berliner nexxt-day.

Berliner Sparkasse has formed a unit with the Girozentrale für Berlin, today’s Landesbank Berlin AG, since 1920. In Berlin, it serves 60,000 corporate clients at almost 180 locations. Berliner Sparkasse is represented on the research advisory board through its Competence Center for Entrepreneurship and Succession and is a co-organizer of the Berliner nexxt-day.

Berliner Volksbank has been advising private and business customers for almost 70 years, including on business succession. It is represented on the research advisory board by an expert in business succession and is also a co-organizer of the Berliner nexxt-day.

EBK Krüger GmbH & Co. KG has worked closely with the EMF Institute and the Bachelor’s degree program in Entrepreneurship and Business Succession for many years. Managing partner Daniel Heidrich is personally involved as a lecturer in the degree program and is a member of the program council.

Ferrum Lasercut GmbH is a medium-sized company based in Berlin that manufactures and processes sheet metal components.

Partner of the EMF Institute and also ice cream supplier for meetings and events.

Glasenapp Marketing und mehr is an owner-managed consulting company based in Berlin with a focus on brand communication.

Luther is one of Germany’s leading commercial law firms and advises its clients, in particular family businesses and entrepreneurial families, on all legal and tax matters affecting their business.

Wissenschaftliche Gerätebau Dr. Ing. Herbert Knauer GmbH has been developing and distributing osmometers and chromatography systems in more than 60 countries since 1962.

Susanne Thywissen / Event Communication, based in Neuss, works in the fields of corporate communication, live communication and online marketing.

Volksbank Sprockhövel eG is a regional partner of the nexxt-change exchange and supports its business clients in matters of succession and emergency planning.

For 40 years, the German Mittelstand Association (DMB) has been advocating for small and medium-sized enterprises. It represents the interests of its approximately 25,000 members, both economically and politically. These include companies, tradespeople and freelancers with a total of more than 500,000 employees.

The Federal Chamber of Tax Advisers is a public-law corporation based in Berlin.

BDI Mittelstand Policy Department

As the umbrella organization, DIHK represents the interests of the Chambers of Industry and Commerce and is involved in the project through its Mittelstand policy department.

The EQUA Foundation is a non-profit foundation based in Munich. Its aim is to support shareholders of family businesses in managing their companies responsibly and professionally in order to secure them in the long term and in a sustainable way.

The objective of FGF – Förderkreis Gründungs-Forschung, founded in 1987, is to promote research, teaching and transfer in the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation and the Mittelstand. FGF sees itself as a network and plays a coordinating role in research and teaching. It is interdisciplinary and mainly operates in the German-speaking region.

The bundesweite gründerinnenagentur supports “Women in Succession”, among other initiatives, through the action day “Succession is female!”.

… and many other chambers nationwide

The Berlin Chamber of Skilled Crafts represents around 30,000 member businesses. Among other things, it provides advice on business succession and is a co-organizer of the Berliner nexxt day.

… and many other chambers nationwide

The Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce has almost 280,000 member companies. It is a co-organizer of the Berliner nexxt-day and provides information on business succession.

KfW Bankengruppe is the promotional bank of the Federal Republic of Germany and manages the nexxt-change business succession exchange.

The Thuringian Center for Business Startups and Entrepreneurship offers a broad range of succession-related services through its succession advisors, particularly including the Business Succession Roadshow, individual consulting and relevant publications.

The Association of German Women Entrepreneurs represents the cross-sector interests of women entrepreneurs from more than 1,800 women-led companies.

The German Confederation of Skilled Crafts brings together 53 chambers of skilled crafts, 38 national trade associations and other economic and related institutions of the skilled crafts sector in Germany.

Tegel Projekt GmbH, owned by the State of Berlin, develops and manages the Urban Tech Republic on behalf of the State of Berlin. As an economic development institution, it connects science and industry in order to advance and promote innovations for the climate-neutral city of the future.

FH Aachen (Prof. Dr. Constanze Chwalleck)

University of Bern (Chair of Prof. Dr. Andreas Hack)

Bielefeld University (Chair of Prof. Dr. Christina Hoon)

Various research projects on employee satisfaction in family businesses and employee leadership.

The Hamburg Institute for Family-Owned Businesses is an interdisciplinary institute that conducts academic research on business administration, economics and legal issues related to family businesses.

Technical University of Munich (Prof. Dr. Melanie Richards)

FH Köln (Prof. Dr. Margot Ruschitzka)

Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, ZHAW School of Management and Law (Prof. Dr. Petra Moog)

University of Trier – Research Center Mittelstand (Chair of Prof. Dr. Jörn Block)

Academic cooperation on analyses and content related to the KMUrechner.