The extreme scenario as a thought experiment: As a result of massive tensions between the member states, which lead to an extreme blockade policy, the states agree to abolish the EU treaties. In the c ...
With five scenarios for the future of industrial Mittelstand in Germany in 2030, the BDI wants to encourage both politicians and companies to navigate well-founded despite the current complex and conf ...
What future for the industrial Mittelstand in Germany? German Mittelstand companies are under pressure. The global and European environment is becoming increasingly confusing, the traditional business ...
Defining "Mittelstand" for targeted policies remains a task in Berlin and Brussels. In 2005, the EU defined micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with threshold values. In the process, many ...
Open markets are vital for the competitiveness of German industry. German companies are active worldwide. They produce a lot for foreign countries, and they source raw materials and parts from supplie ...
As the German federal election is coming up in September 2021, it is time to discuss different visions for the future and regulatory conditions affecting Mittelstand companies and family businesses. T ...
Data, numbers, facts Clear strategies are needed to shape the future – in companies and politics alike. Every good strategy requires a sober view of reality, a good understanding of the facts and an e ...
In September 2021, Germany heads to the ballots to elect a new federal parliament. It is on the next government to enable an environment in which the entrepreneurial spirit of Mittelstand companies an ...
The economic consequences of the Corona crisis are incalculable for family businesses. In an interview at the beginning of April 2020, Hans-Toni Junius, Chairman of the BDI/BDA SME Committee, comments ...
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and family businesses – that’s more than 99 percent of all companies in Germany. Data, facts and figures in a BDI fact check help to understand the special ch ...
