GDBC

The Groningen Digital Business Centre (GDBC) is a new knowledge center that focuses on the development, sharing, and transfer of knowledge in the fields of digital business and data analytics. It is a place where innovation and research into digital entrepreneurship are stimulated. Science and business come together within the GDBC to develop knowledge and share it with one another. This makes the GDBC the scientific, digital "place to be" in Groningen, where (young) professionals are trained and prepared for a career in the digital sector.

The center was established by the Faculty of Economics and Business and the Faculty of Science and Engineering of the University of Groningen, alongside the ‘Noordelijke Online Ondernemers’ (NOO). This unique collaboration aims to lead to a structural strengthening of the digital sector in the Northern Netherlands. The GDBC is supported by the Samenwerkingsverband Noord-Nederland (SNN).

The GDBC has four primary aims:

1. To act as a knowledge platform for digital entrepreneurship;

2. To facilitate matchmaking between talented students and northern companies in the digital sector;

3. To launch a multidisciplinary educational program with a focus on digital entrepreneurship, which ultimately leads to a multidisciplinary Master of Marketing Intelligence and Data Science;

4. To investigate, together with northern companies, relevant subjects for a research agenda.