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Companies and their employees are facing a variety of challenges: New opportunities due to technological progress, global economic relations and global competition, demographic change and the skilled labor situation - and unfortunately also crisis-ridden events in the world.

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Our colleagues in the IW's thematic clusters are constantly faced with the task of showing how companies in Germany are positioned, what lines of development they are facing and whether politicians are taking appropriate measures to support entrepreneurial activity and thus the German economy.

The IW Panels cooperation cluster designs and organizes surveys of companies and employees for the experts in the topic clusters or external clients. In addition to the IW Future Panel and the IW Personnel Panel, the KC also provides individual surveys.

We accompany the entire survey process from conception, budgeting and proposal preparation, through questionnaire design, programming and implementation of the online survey, to data cleansing, extrapolation and evaluation. As survey experts, we always seek an intensive professional exchange with the experts in the topic clusters.

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Sabine Köhne-Finster

Sabine Köhne-Finster

Senior Economist for surveys and training research

Tel: +49 221 4981-862 Sabine Köhne-Finster
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Thomas Schleiermacher

Dr. Thomas Schleiermacher

Senior Economist for Surveys and IW Data Protection Coordinator

Tel: +49 221 4981-877
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Edgar Schmitz

Senior Economist for Surveys

Tel: +49 221 4981-733
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Susanne Seyda

Dr. Susanne Seyda

Head of the Research Unit IW-Befragungen

Tel: +49 221 4981-740

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Event 14. October 2026 Alexander Radunz

Expert Workshop on the Industrial Accelerator Act

The German Economic Institute (IW) and Frontier Economics are pleased to invite you to a rapporteur & stakeholder workshop on the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) in Brussels.

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The Honesty-Attitude-Behavior Gap: A Cross-Country Comparison
IW-Trends No. 3 29. September 2026

The Honesty-Attitude-Behavior Gap: A Cross-Country Comparison

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Honesty reduces transaction costs and is therefore a prerequisite for effective economic cooperation.

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Online-Veranstaltungsreihe „Von Brüssel nach Berlin”: Regionalentwicklung und Industriepolitik

Wir laden Sie herzlich zu einer weiteren Online-Veranstaltung unserer Veranstaltungsreihe „Von Brüssel nach Berlin“ ein. Mit ihr wollen wir in loser Folge Themen aus der europäischen in die deutsche Hauptstadt tragen.

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Complementary Capabilities for Circular Practices: Firm-Level Evidence in Germany on the Role of Digitalization and Innovation
External Publication 16. September 2026

Complementary Capabilities for Circular Practices: Firm-Level Evidence in Germany on the Role of Digitalization and Innovation

Sarah Lichtenthäler / Adriana Neligan in Journal of Circular Economy

The transition to a circular economy (CE) requires firms to reconfigure business models, processes and capabilities.

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Making Apprenticeships a Success: From Marketing to Hiring
IW-Report No. 38 11. September 2026

Making Apprenticeships a Success: From Marketing to Hiring

Paula Risius / Dirk Werner / Philip Herzer / Fritz Orange / Regina Flake / Franziska Arndt / Yasin Küçükyavuz / Edgar Schmitz

In-company vocational training is a key factor in securing skilled labour. The first step in investing in future employees is to approach and recruit new apprentices. For many companies, filling the apprenticeship positions they offer is a challenge.

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