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Industry 4.0 can be described as the fourth industrial revolution, a mega‑Trend that affects every company around the world. A recent Input-Paper published by the Bertelsmann Stiftung and carried out by the Fraunhofer Institute analyses the potentials and challenges for...

How is Europe integrated in today’s global value chains? What are potential challenges and risks European countries face with their specific position in globalised trade? These are the key questions being addressed in the new GED study with the Cologne Institute for Economic...

A study by the Bertelsmann Stiftung shows far-reaching potential in the close cooperation between German and Israeli businesses – efforts which, to date, have been underutilized. Highlighting Israel's innovative dynamism, the study also offers German businesses engagement...

Diese Studie der Bertelsmann Stiftung zeigt das hohe Potenzial einer engen Vernetzung zwischen deutschen und israelischen Unternehmen, welches bisher noch zu wenig genutzt wird. Gleichzeitig verdeutlicht die Studie die Innovationskraft Israels und zeigt Strategien auf, die...

Israel has an entrepreneurial spirit and a creative, highly educated, skilled, and diverse workforce. Its innovative potential remains largely untapped by German Mittelstand companies though. We present insights into the Israeli innovation Ecosystem, detail engagements modes...

Values play an important role in our lives. As representations of what is desirable, they provide an orientation for our actions and how we interact with each other. Shared and lived values are indispensable for living together in an open, diverse and democratic society. It...

Trade with digital services has been growing quickly over the last years. But Germany is using its potential in this area only insufficiently: in a ranking of 28 advanced economies it only made the 19th place. Other large European economies also perform beneath their...

Trade with digital services has been growing quickly over the last years. But Germany is using its potential in this area only insufficiently: in a ranking of 28 advanced economies it only made the 19th place. The reason for this poor placement is lacking infrastructure but...

Many previous Indian investments in Germany were driven by a focus on low costs. Today, however, most Indian investors have gained experience with expansion abroad, and are increasingly looking for strategical investment targets in Germany's high-tech sectors . This is the...

The rising protectionism worldwide and, more specifically, the political antics of the incumbent U.S. President, Donald Trump, have given strong momentum to what some observers have already called “Europe’s Asia Pivot”. Furthermore, Brexit means that the European Union is...