Digitization is penetrating all areas of life and networking people, machines and processes. This is creating immense opportunities for the German economy.
About the topic
In Germany, it has triggered a profound structural change in all areas of the economy and society. This digital transformation holds enormous opportunities, and they must be exploited - including, but not limited to, the automation and networking of value creation processes under the buzzword Industry 4.0. Autonomization in particular, i.e. enabling machines to organize, repair and optimize themselves, opens up extensive opportunities.
The prerequisites for digital transformation are nationwide high-speed networks and an unbureaucratic and capital-rich innovation environment. Employees also face challenges: Companies must identify the new requirements for employee qualifications and train employees accordingly. In addition, companies, especially from the SME sector, must drive digitization more strongly in their own operations, for example by refining their business models and developing new ones, for example in cooperation with startups. On this page you will find various topics and current studies from the field of digitization.
Jan Büchel / Jan Felix Engler IW-Report No. 23 8. May 2024
Generative AI in Germany: Artificial intelligence in society and companies
Generative AI has recently caused quite a stir. The reason is that generative AI applications can independently generate content such as texts, images, programming codes or videos that are often difficult to distinguish from human-generated content.
*Alexander Cuntz / *Frank Mueller-Langer / *Alessio Muscarnera / *Prince C. Oguguo / Marc Scheufen External Publication 29. April 2024
Open Science as a Means for Development Aid: Fostering Scientific Research and Innovation
Access to prior scientific works and technical information is key to the emergence of new scientific knowledge and innovation (Moser and Biasi 2018, Nagler et al. 2019).
*Alexander Cuntz / *Frank Mueller-Langer / *Alessio Muscarnera / *Prince C. Oguguo / Marc Scheufen IW
Christian Rusche in CPI Antitrust Chronicle External Publication 26. February 2024
Theories of Harm Because of Data
While digital platforms become more and more important for the whole society as well as the economy, regulatory reactions are also discussed and implemented.
Generative AI in Germany:
Artificial intelligence in society and companies
Jan Büchel / Jan Felix Engler
Generative AI has recently caused quite a stir. The reason is that generative AI applications can independently generate content such as texts, images, programming codes or videos that are often difficult to distinguish from human-generated content.
Open Science as a Means for Development Aid:
Fostering Scientific Research and Innovation
*Alexander Cuntz / *Frank Mueller-Langer / *Alessio Muscarnera / *Prince C. Oguguo / Marc Scheufen
Access to prior scientific works and technical information is key to the emergence of new scientific knowledge and innovation (Moser and Biasi 2018, Nagler et al. 2019).
*Alexander Cuntz / *Frank Mueller-Langer / *Alessio Muscarnera / *Prince C. Oguguo / Marc Scheufen
IW
While digital platforms become more and more important for the whole society as well as the economy, regulatory reactions are also discussed and implemented.
Digitalisation Index 2023:
Digitalisation of the economy in Germany
Jan Büchel / Dennis Bakalis / Marc Scheufen
The digitalisation of the economy in Germany continues to stagnate in 2023: the digitalisation index score is 108.6 points in 2023 compared to 110.5 points in 2022. After the sharp rise in 2021, the development of digitalisation since then can be described as more of a lateral or sideways movement.
This website uses necessary cookies to ensure the operation of the website. An analysis of user behavior by third parties does not take place. You can find detailed information about the use of cookies in our privacy policy.
Warning: You are using an outdated browser!
Please switch to a modern browser (e.g. Google Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge) in order to enjoy the best user experience.
German Economic Institute (IW) 
