Global Business Development Centers (BDC)

With our international partner network and our regional business development centers, we support you in all stages of your market development activities.

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IMLead® Certified Training Courses

The IMLead® certification programs are built around practical learning and real application. They combine thoughtfully designed online courses with project work.

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IMLead® Consulting

Our IMLead® consulting translates integrated management and leadership theory into concrete action — tailored to your organisation's specific challenges, industry, and stage of development.

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United Alliance for Sustainable Development and Technology Transfer

We bring together technology providers, regional partners, and scientific institutions under one alliance — driving the transfer of green and sustainable technologies to where they are needed most. Our focus is on building lasting local capacity, not just delivering solutions.

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Next Level Leadership

Built on the IMLead® framework and 25 years of experience, our international leadership programmes combine hands-on company visits, intercultural training, and direct B2B connections — equipping executives to lead with confidence in global markets.

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GreenMLA® Assessment

GreenMLA® is our scientific SDG-ESG benchmarking tool that evaluates the sustainability of your company's products, services, and processes in an anonymous peer comparison — delivering a personalised report with concrete recommendations across 21 management areas.

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Rsearch & Development

From peer-reviewed publications to funded R&D projects across four continents, our research drives the development of new management models, green technology frameworks, and certification concepts that shape how organisations lead and grow sustainably.

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Training and consulting for a shared world of tomorrow

Export-Akademie Initiatives

Global expertise and adaptation of products and services to specific intercultural needs⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
Latest management knowledge combined with job-integrated learning and human-centred AI⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
Integrated approach to strategy implementation, digitisation and green transformation⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
Building local value chains in the Global South and implementing sustainable business models⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
The IMLead® Heptathlon concept: Leadership knowledge, skills, behaviours and strategic thinking⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
Scientific assessment of the sustainability of products, services, and business processes⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
Research in circular economy, SDG technology transfer and the new role of Hidden CTOs

Who We are

The Export-Akademie Baden-Württemberg (EABW) was founded in 1983 by the State Government of Baden-Württemberg. Since 2008, it has been a private training, consultancy and research organisation, specialising in green technology transfer, global business development and digitisation. EABW provides training for executives in international business, builds international alliances for SDG-technology transfer and supports companies in developing new markets.

Our IMLead® Consulting Approach

Innovation, transformation and leadership have many faces. With our structured and integrated approach based on the IMLead® Heptathlon concept, we support our customers and partners in solving their complex tasks. With our executive programmes and global partnerships, we support our clients in successfully implementing their strategy. This enables them to take a leading position in their target markets – both commercially and technologically.

United Alliance for Sustainable Technology Transfer

The “United Alliance for Sustainable Technology Transfer” is an initiative of the Export-Akademie Baden-Württemberg. The core element of SDG technology transfer is the Development of Sustainable Ecosystems, sustainable exploitation of raw materials and the development of local value chains in countries of the Global South. The initiative was first presented in 2022 by Prof. Dr. Bertram Lohmüller at the UNGSII Foundation’s SDG Lab, which takes place annually alongside the World Economic Forum in Davos.

GreenMLA Green Management & Leadership Assessment

Learning from the best “green companies”

How can entrepreneurs comprehensively reflect on the sustainability of their company and better position their business on the market? With the help of scientific comparative SDG-ESG benchmarking!


The “GreenMLA® Green Management & Leadership Award” benchmarking is aimed at companies that want to evaluate the sustainability of their products, services and processes in an anonymized comparison.