Bertelsmann Stiftung (ed.)

Dr. Heike Belitz, Prof. Dr. Martin Gornig, Dr. Torben Stühmeier

Policy Brief Series Future Social Market Economy

Format Type
PDF
Date of publication
13/11/2019
Edition
1. edition

Price

Free of charge

Description

In today’s world, not only do businesses invest in machinery and buildings, they also increasingly invest in research and development, software and digital skills. Yet German companies are well behind their international counterparts in terms of investment in so-called intellectual capital. This represents a threat to the overall competitiveness of the German economy.

Related projects

Cover Inclusive Productivity

The aim of the "Inclusive Productivity" project was to bring into the public debate an issue that is crucial for the social market economy and yet often underestimated: the increasing inequality in productivity development between companies and regions. During the project period from 2018 to early 2022, the aim was firstly to understand what the causes and consequences of this growing inequality are. On the other hand, options were developed as to what economic policy can do to increase productivity growth across the corporate landscape and thus also counteract social divisive tendencies.