Car and truck manufacturers play a key role in German innovation activity. Innovation in the industry is evidence given that the sector has increased their patent performance by about 70 percent since 2005, while the total number of applications has stagnated.
Managing impacts and mitigation of climate change will require major efforts in the coming years. The state plays a key role in all these tasks, particularly by providing favorable conditions and appropriate supporting measures for private investors.
The training participation of the low-skilled has increased significantly in recent decades.In order to further strengthen the continuing education participation of semi-skilled and unskilled workers, all stakeholders are in demand: Companies should increasingly offer jobs on which workplace-oriented learning is possible and competences can be acquired.
The analysis revealed that the main topic of data governance research is its significance for digital technologies. Further aspects of data governance addressed in the literature include use of data as an economic asset, data management, data quality, data protection, compliance and organisation of data in networks. Data governance already plays a more important role in the health sector than in other industries. By effectively coordinating the requirements of business practice and scientific problem analysis, data governance can be better investigated, developed and implemented.
Investments are fundamental for entrepreneurial action. The IW-Economist Hubertus Bardt explains in his contribution how the word market is changing and which investment projects are necessary for the German economy.
International tax competition has been an emerging issue for years. There are various political approaches to agree on common standards on a supranational level. In 2013, the OECD presented a first draft of its action plan against Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), which has been eventually finalized.
This special analysis of the patent database maintained by the German Economic Institute (IW) examines how migration is contributing to Germany's innovative power. A first name database, enabling a socio-demographic analysis of all investors living in Germany between 2005 and 2016, was developed specifically for this purpose.
While there has long been a trend towards large companies becoming dominant through takeovers, in Germany and internationally an opposite trend has recently set in: the breaking up of companies as a result of sales, IPOs or spin-offs is clearly on the increase.
Trends like power train electrification and autonomous driving are causing a major structural change in vehicle manufacturing. This study will analyse to what extent German vehicle manu-facturers are ready to cope with these challenges.
