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- Anger, Christina
- Bach, Helena
- Bakalis, Dennis
- Bardt, Hubertus
- Bergmann, Knut
- Beznoska, Martin
- Bolwin, Lennart
- Burstedde, Alexander
- Busch, Berthold
- Bähr, Cornelius
- Büchel, Jan
- Decker, Mareike
- Demary, Markus
- Demary, Vera
- Deschermeier, Philipp
- Diermeier, Matthias
- Dietz, Annette
- Engels, Barbara
- Engler, Jan Felix
- Enste, Dominik H.
- Ewald, Johannes
- Fischer, Andreas
- Flake, Regina
- Fremerey, Melinda
- Geis-Thöne, Wido
- Gerards Iglesias, Simon
- Goecke, Henry
- Grömling, Michael
- Haag, Maike
- Hammermann, Andrea
- Henger, Ralph
- Hentze, Tobias
- Hickmann, Helen
- Hünnemeyer, Vanessa Rebecca
- Hüther, Michael
- Jansen, Anika
- Kauder, Björn
- Kempermann, Hanno
- Kestermann, Christian
- Kirchhoff, Jasmina
- Kohlisch, Enno
- Kolev-Schaefer, Galina
- Koppel, Oliver
- Kremers, Corinna
- Kroke, Thorsten
- Kunath, Gero
- Kurtenacker, Andrea
- Körbel, Markus
- Küper, Malte
- Kürten, Louisa Marie
- Lang, Thorsten
- Lehr, Judith
- Lesch, Hagen
- Lichtenthäler, Sarah
- Malin, Lydia
- Matthes, Jürgen
- Mertens, Armin
- Metzler, Christoph
- Monsef, Roschan Pourkhataei
- Neligan, Adriana
- Niehues, Judith
- Oberst, Christian
- Obst, Thomas
- Parthie, Sandra
- Pierenkemper, Sarah
- Pimpertz, Jochen
- Plünnecke, Axel
- Pohl, Pauline Anna
- Potthoff, Jennifer
- Puls, Thomas
- Risius, Paula
- Rusche, Christian
- Röhl, Klaus-Heiner
- Sagner, Pekka
- Schaefer, Thilo
- Scheufen, Marc
- Schmitz, Edgar
- Schröder, Christoph
- Schumacher, Simon
- Schäfer, Holger
- Schüler, Ruth Maria
- Seele, Stefanie
- Seyda, Susanne
- Sommer, Julian
- Stettes, Oliver
- Stockhausen, Maximilian
- Suling, Lena
- Sultan, Samina
- Südekum, Jens
- Taft, Niklas Florian
- Vahlhaus, Isabel
- Vogel, Markus
- Vogel, Sandra
- Voigtländer, Michael
- Wendt, Jan
- Werner, Dirk
- Wildner, Julia
- Wörndl, Daniel
Financing the Sustainability Agenda
The EU has set legally binding targets for climate-neutrality by 2050. To succeed in the transition to a low-carbon economy, companies need to continuously develop new and improved climate-friendly technologies, and to adopt or move towards low-carbon business models.
Markus Demary / Adriana Neligan in Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies IW
German Wage Policy between Inflation and Stagnation: Are Conflicts with the Aims of Monetary Policy Looming?
After the economic and financial crisis of 2008/9, the German labour market soon began to recover, creating scope for a comparatively expansive wage policy.
Hagen Lesch IW
Not so Different?: Dependency of the German and Italian Industry on China Intermediate Inputs
On average the German and Italian industry display a very similar intermediate input dependence on China, whether accounting for domestic inputs or not.
Samina Sultan at IEP@BU Policy Brief IW
Leadership in transformation: Megatrends and management as a driver of change
Leadership dynamics in companies are subject to constant change in order to meet the challenges of their time. Today, the greatest influences result from developments such as demographic change, globalization, individualization, structural change and technologization in the economy.
Lena Suling / Julia Wildner IW
China’s Trade Surplus – Implications for the World and for Europe
China’s merchandise trade surplus has reached an all-time high and is likely to rise further. A key driver appears to be a policy push to further bolster Chinese domestic manufacturing production, implying the danger of significant overcapacities.
Jürgen Matthes in Intereconomics IW
Import side De-risking China in 2023
Despite certain changes, German import dependencies on China remained at a similar level overall in 2023 as in the previous year in the overall picture. This means that de-risking on the import side can only be recognised to a limited extent.
Jürgen Matthes IW
Is the EU Fit for 55 and Beyond?
Ursula von der Leyen was elected President of the European Commission by the European Parliament in July 2019. She assumed office in November 2019 and unveiled the European Green Deal in December 2019 (European Commission, 2023a) as a focal point of European politics.
Christian Rusche / Thilo Schaefer in Intereconomics IW
Orphaned executive chairs in German companies
In 2023, half of the companies in Germany reported increasing problems in filling vacancies for management positions because employees are not aiming for a career. Larger companies are less affected than small companies.
Andrea Hammermann / Oliver Stettes IW
Institutional consequences of EU Enlargement
At the latest since the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine and the decision to open accession talks with the country, the topic of enlargement has once again become much more important for the European Union (EU).
Berthold Busch / Julian Sommer / Samina Sultan IW
The Pros and Cons of Trade Union Membership
The decline in collective bargaining coverage in Germany is often attributed to the reluctance of companies to join an employers' association which negotiates collective agreements.
Helena Bach / Carolin Fulda / Sandra Vogel IW
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