On June 5th, 2018, Berliner Sparkasse hosted an event with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are interested in expanding their businesses internationally. The event aimed to offer SMEs the chance to participate in student consultancy projects as part of the INTENSE – INTernational ENtrepreneurship Skills Europe project by Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft (HTW) Berlin. From October 2018, five student teams from HTW Berlin will work with five Berlin-based SMEs on issues related to internationalisation. Michael Schmidt, Branch Director of Sparkasse FirmenCenter Treptow, and Lisa Olvermann, Sales Sparkasse International Business, opened the event and informed the participants about Sparkasse’s international services. Prof. Tine Lehmann, INTENSE Project Manager, and Christina Saulich, INTENSE Project Coordinator, presented the INTENSE project and the student consultancy projects. Patrick Boadu, Retail Support & Retail Sales soulproducts GmbH, explained how SMEs can benefit from collaborating with students at HTW Berlin and with the INTENSE project. A team from soulproducts GmbH participated in the project in the winter term 2017/2018 and is currently implementing some of the recommendations that resulted from the collaboration with students. All SMEs showed great interest in the topic of internationalisation and in working together with students from HTW Berlin. We look forward to future cooperation!
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