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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...

Since Donald Trump’s inauguration, the risk is growing that the US trade policy will count increasingly on protectionist measures. The aim of this isolationist policy is to secure jobs and maintain incomes in the US. But actually, higher import tariffs and other import...

The Muslim population in Western Europe has been growing since the 1960s. In most countries, Muslims now make up more than five percent of the total population. Despite social tensions, integration is making clear progress. This is the central finding of our Religion Monitor...

The GED Project is launching a new series: GED Economic Outlook. In this series, we will look at what the future might bring for countries or economic variables we are interested in. In this first instalment of the series, we look at Japan. Japan was hit by an economic...