Corporate Strategies for South East Asia After the Crisis: A Comparison of Multinational Firms from Japan and Europe, Macmillan Press, Houndmills Basingstoke, Hampshire. The actual transfer work is conducted by nearly 700 Steinbeis Transfer Centres which are independent, flexible, decentralised and close to their customers. The centres work annually on more than 21 000 commissions, providing solutions to problems not only in various technology sectors, but also in all fields of the economy and the design world.