Tag: deindustrialization
How does Germany save its industry from the electricity price shock?
Ulrike Malmendier and Michael Niese The economy is critical of an industrial electricity price, the industry representative demands affordable electricity as quickly as possible. (Photo: Imago, Getty, PR) Berlin The…
“Without an industrial electricity price, emigration is inevitable”
Berlin, Dusseldorf The industrial electricity price proposed by Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) is intended to help energy-intensive sectors, but Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) rejects the concept. There is…
The specter of deindustrialization
The author Dalia Marin is Professor of International Economics at the TUM School of Management at the Technical University of Munich and Senior Research Fellow at the European think tank…
Where deindustrialization would hit the economy hardest
Steelmaker at the blast furnace in the ThyssenKrupp iron and steel works in Duisburg Metal manufacturers trigger many more billions of euros in added value for other companies. (Photo: imago/Ralph…
Where deindustrialization would hit the economy hardest
Paper factory in Hamburg Can and should the paper industry in Germany survive? (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) recently explained how he imagines state support measures…
Study – Climate protection subsidies prevent value creation losses in the hundreds of billions
Berlin The climate-neutral conversion of the energy-intensive sectors of steel, basic chemicals and cement should be promoted with more targeted government support. This is the result of the study “Economic…
Presidents call for less regulation and more speed in Europe
BDI President Siegfried Russwurm Russwurm criticizes the Europeans’ focus on money and subsidies. (Photo: dpa) Berlin If Siegfried Russwurm, President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), and Fredrik Persson,…
German family businesses are growing more slowly in a global comparison
Dusseldorf The 500 top-selling family businesses in the world are growing again. After a 2.5 percent decline in sales in the 2019 and 2021 surveys, the Global Family Business Index…
German family businesses are growing more slowly in a global comparison
Dusseldorf The 500 top-selling family businesses in the world are growing again. After a 2.5 percent decline in sales in the 2019 and 2021 surveys, the Global Family Business Index…
Deindustrialization only threatens if companies oversleep the digital and ecological change
The author Marcel Fratzscher is President of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). (Photo: Imago (2)) Hardly a week goes by without warning calls from companies. They either…
“Success of German companies was borrowed and not earned”
Alexander Schaeff The entrepreneur has scientifically examined the causes of crises in family businesses and explained why many of them fail. (Photo: Schaeff Group) Dusseldorf The Schaeffs are among the…
Industrial electricity price – Federal government wants to take price risks away from large electricity consumers
offshore wind power At a future industrial electricity price, companies could directly buy electricity generated by offshore wind farms. (Photo: AP) Berlin The high electricity prices have been an immense…
Expert on corporate resilience in crisis
Friederike Welter The scientist is one of the leading experts for German medium-sized companies. (Photo: IfM) Ms. Welter, for the past six years you have been looking at German medium-sized…
Energy price brakes will not stop Germany’s de-industrialization
container port Germany’s industry and the high energy costs. (Photo: dpa) With its cabinet decision on Friday, the federal government has improved its plans for curbing electricity and gas prices…
Is Germany threatened with deindustrialization? Ifo boss Fuest in an interview
Dusseldorf The mood in the German economy is worse than it has been since May 2020. In October, the Ifo business climate index fell to 84.3 points – a drop…
Those are the Commission’s proposals
Interim report of the expert commission Michael Vassiliadis, Veronika Grimm and Siegfried Russwurm (from left) explained the results on Monday. (Photo: IMAGO/Jürgen Heinrich) Berlin The Gas and Heat Commission of…
The debt brake must remain suspended in 2023 to reduce inflation
Germany is facing a severe recession in winter with record inflation at the same time. Drivers for both are energy prices, above all gas and electricity. The evil letters from…
The state wants to help companies with the high electricity and gas prices
Dimly lit bakery in the energy crisis Like many other companies, this bakery in Lower Saxony is also struggling with high electricity prices – the energy cost containment program is…
The German economy is threatened with de-industrialization
steel production Experts expect that the rapid loss of competitiveness could permanently change the German economy. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Due to the high energy prices and the looming recession, German…
The German economy is threatened with de-industrialization
steel production Experts expect that the rapid loss of competitiveness could permanently change the German economy. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Due to the high energy prices and the looming recession, German…