Activities
Overview
The center brings together practitioners, academics, and policymakers in the field of international entrepreneurship and innovation, creating synergies between activities in research and development, (higher) education, and start-up and innovation promotion.
All activities are pursued in close collaboration with key stakeholders across Asia to ensure integrated value and impact. Beyond trusted partner universities in the region, strong partnerships are cultivated with public and private organizations and other key players in local economies. This provides not only relevant thematic insights but also relevant intercultural understanding.
Offers
Services
We offer tailor-made services for public and private actors in the Swiss-Asian entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem, including
- Corporate engagement in the start-up ecosystem
- Screening and matchmaking in the start-up ecosystem
- Innovation benchmarking and consulting
- Business model innovation
Swiss Innovation Challenge ASIA
Team
Contact
Management

Prof. Dr. Andreas Hinz
- Phone
- +41 56 202 79 39
- andreas.hinz@fhnw.ch
Team
International Advisory Board
Indonesia
Associate Prof. Dr. Leo Aldianto - Lecturer, School of Business and Management, Institute Teknologi Bandung
Japan
Associate Prof. Dr. Masakazu Takahashi - Lecturer, Graduate School of Innovation and Technology Management, Yamaguchi University
Malaysia
Prof. Dr. Roselina Binti Ahmad Saufi - Vice-Chancellor & Chief Executive Officer, Universiti Malaya Wales
Taiwan
Prof. Dr. Tzong-Ru Lee - Lecturer, College of Management, National Chung Hsing University
Vietnam
Dr. Quang Trung Ngo - Vice President, Van Lang University



