Prof. Dr. Andreas Gerlach

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SWICE - Realizing opportunities

The South Westphalia International Center for Entrepreneurship (SWICE) is an interdisciplinary research and support center at the South Westphalia University of Applied Siences, campus Soest, Hagen and Iserlohn, aimed at promoting entrepreneurial thinking and initiative by realizing opportunities, fostering innovation, supporting proactive problem-solving and teaching responsible entrepreneurial management.

The SWICE is to be a hub offering competent business advice and support for entrepreneurial initiatives from students, alumni and researchers of any nationality and in any area of business and engineering.

The practice-oriented research projects in the areas of

• Innovation and Corporate Entrepreneurship
• Business Succession
• Start-ups and
• Social Entrepreneurship

of the SWICE are geared towards expanding the knowledge base in the area of entrepreneurship and towards creating and supporting an entrepreneurial culture.

The SWICE-Lab, a workspace for company founders, is intended to accompany and support young start-up entrepreneurs especially in business areas of research and knowledge industry in their progress from first idea to founding of a company. Start-ups powered by SWICE.