bit management Beratung GmbH
Graz, Austria

We are part of the bit group, the largest private training provider in Austria and offer trainings and consultancy in diverse areas, like personality, leadership, team, sale, project management, logistics, business economies. We advise and support enterprises, public organizations and single persons to extend their know-how and their key qualifications for a strengthened market situation. We accompany our customers individually from the analysis of needs, putting into action in their company to final evaluation. Furthermore we accompany people from the business idea until the foundation in the form of individual coaching and special trainings in the area of finances, law, taxes and soft skills.

We accompany over 500 enterprises, non-profit organizations and training participants and about 6000 start-ups at our locations in Austria every year. Our solutions are flexible, oriented to the needs of the customer and observe the highest standards of quality. Our highly competent and committed employees think and act on their own responsibility with the needs of business in mind. Our innovative products make the lasting acquisition of knowledge and training an enjoyable and enriching experience.

FH JOANNEUM
University of Applied Sciences
Graz, Austria

We are one of Austria's leading Universities of Applied Sciences. In order to maintain and consolidate this status, both our teaching and our applied research and development is modelled on the best colleges and universities in Europe.
Our R&D activities help to accumulate a knowledge base for the university and society in general which improves not only our own competitive abilities, but also those of Styria as a whole. Additionally, the know-how we acquire from R&D projects helps to ensure the high tuition quality in our degree programmes. As a university, we support international cooperation in teaching, research, and ongoing education.

Wirtschaftskammer Steiermark, Fachgruppe für Unternehmensberatung und Informationstechnologie
Graz, Austria

We are part of the Economic Chamber in Styria and the interest representation for self employed management consultants and information technologists. We offer consultation in diverse areas e.g. in law, represent the association interests in national and international associations, offer public relations and support the further education for these groups. Among other things in the context of this professional association we have installed a number of Expert Groups for special topics. E.g. there is one expert group for the topic of business succession. We hold contact through the regular public work with subject and economy media.

Berufsfortbildungswerk des DGB
Heidelberg, Germany

We are one of Germany's major vocational training institutions and comprise: 36 branches nation-wide (represented in all the federal states), 300 vocational training centres, approx. 70,000 participants per year, 2.5 million participants have enrolled since bfw's foundation in 1953. A staff of around 2,000 employees (vocational trainers, teachers, social teachers, structural and qualifying advisers, administrators) work for us and our subsidiaries.

We and our vocational training centres are firmly established in the regions. Regional labour markets, as well as present and future requirements of the enterprises, are being continuously analysed, thus providing the basis for training schemes that are tailor-made for both target groups and enterprises. The major business fields are: vocational training, organisation and staff development advice in connection with training schemes, combined employment measures and training schemes and initial vocational training.

Our schemes are aimed at the following target groups: employees, intending to undergo further education, employees threatened by unemployment, the unemployed and men/women returning to work, young people, soldiers, prisoners, enterprises, public administrations and other institutions, works councils. Furthermore the Federal Labour Office, enterprises, administrations, works councillors, staff councils, European Commission, ministries and private persons are among our clients.

We are involved in many European projects in all its business fields. This enables us to continuously test and develop new approaches to vocational training and to integrate them in our training scope.

StudioCentroVeneto
Vicenza, Italy

We are a private consulting company and have started our activities in 1968, in Vicenza. We are specialized on research, training and consulting, particularly focusing on the Transfer of Businesses from one generation to the next or to a third part. Our main “Business Transfer” activities are: increasing of awareness, surveys, trainers training, junior/senior training, system actions, private consulting. On this subject, in 1997 a special handbook was written and translated into 5 languages. This tool is known as kit.brunello (http://www.kit.brunello.net)/ and has also been officially acknowledged as a best practice by the European Union. Therefore we have a lot of experience with business transfer, SMEs and international projects and our company works at European, national, regional and local level in system actions that join public and private bodies.

Svasta Business Consulting,
Bucharest, Romania

We are a Romanian Management Consulting and Training company, established in 1993.

Our headquarter is in Bucharest and a branch in Transylvania. In 2006 we employed 12 full time and 15 part time consultants and trainers.

We are a certified member of Romanian Association of Management Consultants AMCOR, affiliated at the European Federation of Management Consultants Association – FEACO.

Our two major business lines are:

§ Public Sector projects, with a focus on International Assistance projects funded by EC and

§ Private Sector projects: in business development, M&A, restructuring, management training.

We have been working in partnership mainly with Austrian and German companies. Partners for public or private projects implemented by SVASTA in Romania during the last 12 years were ICON-INSTITUT Köln, InWEnt Bonn (former CDG e.V), Horizont 3000 Wien, WIFI Wien, Droege & Comp Düsseldorf, GTZ Eschborn, IWU Magdeburg, Steinbeis Stiftung Stuttgart.

CRM Consulting,
Izmit/Kocaeli, Turkey

Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
Copenhagen, Denmark

We are Denmark's most internationally oriented institution of higher education, as well as the one university in Denmarkoffering the most comprehensive range of university level degrees in business economics and modern languages. We regard ourselves as a European university and strive to be among the top business schools in Europe. Our research and teaching is structured in line with international standards, and we measure our level of quality in comparison with the top foreign universities.

Co-operation with Danish and foreign business communities is a cornerstone in our strategy. We develop study programmes that meet the needs of business executives and employees for lifelong learning. We also participate in application-orientated research collaboration in connection with our internationally-oriented basic research. This includes joint research projects, the CBS Partnership Program and the increasing number of new business research centres that perform research in collaboration with enterprises and organisations.

We promote a strong international platform in the form of international publication, leadership of academic networks, editorial activities, conference hosting and PhD collaboration and cooperate closely with the business community at the local, regional and national level for the ‘translation’ of CBS’ research into practice.

ESIC
Valenzia, Spain

We were founded in 1965 and are the leading private Marketing School in Spain.

We satisfy through our wide range of areas and activities, the current needs of companies and their competitive environment by means of providing the necessary training to enable business professionals to analyse situations, undertake decision-taking tasks and act responsibly at all corporate levels.

In our international dimension, we hold academic agreements with the most prestigious companies and universities over the world. The educational and training programs offered in its different business disciplines are typical of the most prestigious international business schools.

Programmes and course work are based on a broad economic and business foundation with specialization in marketing and management. Furthermore, one of our main objectives is to satisfy company needs for qualified personnel by means of offering a comprehensive candidate search, pre-selection and recruitment service to fill the appropriate job specification.