Research and teaching on holistic corporate management - based on the holistic integrated St. Gallen Management Concept, developed by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Knut Bleicher and his colleagues, taking into account international developments - as well as the publication and dissemination of the resulting insights. The association defines research priorities, determines suitable personalities as project leaders, commissions qualified researchers and management consultants. The insights from the research projects and studies are transferred into practice through selected St. Gallen companies, own publications or suitable publishers. By doing so, the association aims to contribute to the qualification of corporate management at home and abroad, to spread and further develop the St. Gallen approach as an integrating concept internationally, and thereby to contribute to the success of companies and institutions. The association acts as a mediator between theory and practice.