Innovation

Hans Van Bylen: Making Europe’s industry more innovative, more digital, more competitive

April 23, 2019

“Europe needs innovation to remain attractive in the global race”, writes Hans Van Bylen, CEO of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA. “Because economic success creates jobs and prosperity.” His text…

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Caspar Schauseil: Why Diversity Matters

December 12, 2016

Today’s public debate on the EU refugee crisis is characterised by unfounded fears. Without any base in statistics or historic developments, Europeans appear to be afraid of cultural dilution, of…

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Dieter Zetsche on Industry and Digitalisation in Europe

October 5, 2016

If there is one lesson we learned from the IT sector in these past years it is this: open systems tend to be more successful than closed systems. And I’m equally convinced:…

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Roland Berger’s CEO Bouée on the Brexit risk for London

June 13, 2016

London is Europe’s innovation hub. But post-Brexit, Paris or Berlin could take its place. In that sense, the UK has a risk of being reduced to its island state: missing…

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Esko Aho: How to Catch the Next Big Wave

September 16, 2015

Andy Haldane, the Chief Economist of the Bank of England, has said that creating growth is like surfing – you have to wait for the big next innovation wave. Clearly,…

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Leonhard Birnbaum on Europe and Energy Revolutions

May 12, 2015

The “Energiewende” isn’t a German phenomenon. Shifting from a centralised energy supply based on fossil fuel and nuclear energy to a decentralised network drawing on renewables may turn out to…

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Roland Berger: How to Get Europe’s Economies Back on Track

October 30, 2013

Overcoming the Euro crisis is not enough. If Europe wants to remain strong, it needs more growth, more innovation and a single European market for transport, energy and other sectors…

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Hans Van Bylen: Making Europe’s industry more innovative, more digital, more competitive

Caspar Schauseil: Why Diversity Matters

Dieter Zetsche on Industry and Digitalisation in Europe

Roland Berger’s CEO Bouée on the Brexit risk for London

Esko Aho: How to Catch the Next Big Wave

Leonhard Birnbaum on Europe and Energy Revolutions

Roland Berger: How to Get Europe’s Economies Back on Track

Peter Oswald: A plea for “Made in Europe”

Ralf Wintergerst: Digital society needs a European spirit

Werner Baumann: We need a culture of opportunity