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Erik Steinhöfel

Erik Steinhöfel

Co-Founder Aiōn | Visiting Scholar | Ex-Fraunhofer | Certified Sustainability Manager

Berlin, Germany
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Lappeenranta, Finland
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Joined August 2025
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Erik is a dedicated entrepreneur and co-founder of Aiōn Sustainability Solutions, a company leveraging AI to provide comprehensive sustainability management software for SMEs. His work focuses on developing impact-driven business models and integrating sustainability into business strategies. aion+3
With a strong academic background, Erik holds a Dr.-Ing. (PhD) in Sustainable Corporate Development from Technische Universität Berlin and is a Visiting Scholar at LUT University. His research expertise spans knowledge management, intellectual capital, business model innovation, and organizational resilience. google+4
Prior to co-founding Aiōn, Erik gained extensive experience at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology IPK, where he served as Deputy Head of the Business Excellence Methods department and Head of the Competence Center for Knowledge Management, leading research and consulting initiatives. xing+1

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Framing a maturity model for business model innovation

January 1, 2022

A publication exploring the development of a maturity model for business model innovation.

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Patterns for Resilient Value Creation: Perspective of the German Electrical Industry during the COVID-19 Pandemic

January 1, 2021

Research on identifying and categorizing business model patterns for achieving organizational resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Sustainability reporting in German manufacturing SMEs

January 1, 2019

An academic paper discussing sustainability reporting practices in German manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises.

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Strategic Intellectual Capital Management as a Driver of Organisational Innovation

June 1, 2014

An academic paper investigating the interdependencies between intellectual capital, its management, and innovation capabilities within organizations, particularly for SMEs.

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