
“Let us make a chocolate bar that fits into the pocket of every sports jacket,” Clara Ritter said to her husband in 1932. This marked the beginning of a global career. Today, the one-product company has one of the best-known...more
A new spirit is embracing Germany. More and more people are starting their own businesses. Sometimes the idea takes them straight to the top of the international league. We take a look at some successful examples of...more

Stephan A. Jansen is the founder-president of the Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen. The university has an interdisciplinary approach which encompasses economics, culture and politics. The percentage of women students is 55%.more
A new generation of highly qualified women managers is occupying more top positions on supervisory and executive boards. There are sound economic reasons for trying to attract women into business.more
Germany is one of the world’s leading economic nations. Its powerful industry and outstanding export performances set international standards. But the German economy has much more to offer, thanks to constant innovationsmore
Germany ranks among the world’s leading business locations. A large number of German companies value the strengths of Germany as a business location and manufacture many of their high-quality goods in their own countrymore

An interview with Dr Franz Lärmer, Europe’s Inventor of the Year 2007 and advance thinker with the German technology company Bosch, about how a really convincing idea becomes a market success.more

Frank Riemensperger, innovation expert and Accenture manager, speaks about various companies’ successful innovation strategies, mega trends and the opportunities for Germany as a business location.more

There is no recipe for innovations. However, companies can install structures so as to successfully promote good ideas. An expert explains how this is done: Professor Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl is an innovation researcher and...more

The Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM) is investing heavily in its German research facility in Bochum. The company has not only developed its new smartphone in the city, it has also set up its European quality control...more

Europe’s most tradition-steeped porcelain manufactory is reinventing itself in its jubilee year. It wants to become younger and fresher and to open up new business segments. In the process it is remaining true to its most...more
Driving a car has never been more environmentally friendly: at the 63rd International Motor Show in Frankfurt in September 2009, manufacturers from all over the world presented new eco-models with hybrid and electric drives....more
The “Students Experience Programme” enables students and university graduates from southern Africa to gain professional experience with a German companymore
German manufacturers Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen are building America’s new carmaking center in the Southmore
A car-sharing fleet with 200 Smart micro autos is set to revolutionize mobility in Austin, Texasmore
In January, in response to the global financial and economic crisis, Germany’s Federal Government initiated the largest economic recovery programme in the Federal Republic’s historymore
Important facts and figures on Germany’s two economic recovery packagesmore
Interview with Otmar Issing, chairman of the panel of experts on the global financial systemmore
The story begins with an idea: using the wind to generate electricity. That was how the Enercon company started with its first wind turbine in 1984. Today the business is number one in Germany and a technology leader worldwidemore
In response to the international financial crisis, the German Federal Government has agreed a rescue package with a total volume of 500 billion euros to stabilize the German financial market. An extensive package of measures –...more