New Endowed Chair "Entrepreneurship in Technology and Digitization"

University of Stuttgart pools activities in the field of start-ups and entrepreneurship with its new institute Prof. Alexander Brem has taken up the new Endowed Chair at the University of Stuttgart "Entrepreneurship in Technology and Digitization". The successful company founder was previously Professor of Technology Management at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, and is one of the top business researchers in the German-speaking countries. "With Alexander Brem we have been able to win the services of a proven expert in entrepreneurship for research and teaching at our university", said Prof. Wolfram Ressel, Rector at the University of Stuttgart. "We're happy to be working closely together with him on strategic future projects run by the University of Stuttgart and the state of Baden-Württemberg such as the Cyber Valley Baden-Württemberg and the research campus ARENA2036, as well as the start-up innovation platform STARTUP AUTOBAHN which is based there. By working across different faculties and closely linking theory and practice, the professorship will also make a significant contribution to the planned Entrepreneurship Center of the University of Stuttgart, which has strong local roots but is outward in its focus. "The University of Stuttgart offers outstanding opportunities to develop a lively and energetic culture of entrepreneurship in research, teaching and transfer, thanks to its strategic networking in science, business and society in one of the most significant high-tech regions in Europe.