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- Bardt, Hubertus
- Beznoska, Martin
- Burstedde, Alexander
- Busch, Berthold
- Büchel, Jan
- Decker, Mareike
- Demary, Markus
- Demary, Vera
- Diermeier, Matthias
- Dietz, Annette
- Engels, Barbara
- Engler, Jan Felix
- Enste, Dominik H.
- Flake, Regina
- Fremerey, Melinda
- Geis-Thöne, Wido
- Gerards Iglesias, Simon
- Goecke, Henry
- Grömling, Michael
- Hammermann, Andrea
- Hentze, Tobias
- Hickmann, Helen
- Hüther, Michael
- Jansen, Anika
- Kauder, Björn
- Kirchhoff, Jasmina
- Kohlisch, Enno
- Kolev-Schaefer, Galina
- Koppel, Oliver
- Kroke, Thorsten
- Kunath, Gero
- Kurtenacker, Andrea
- Küper, Malte
- Lehr, Judith
- Lesch, Hagen
- Lichtenthäler, Sarah
- Malin, Lydia
- Matthes, Jürgen
- Mertens, Armin
- Metzler, Christoph
- Neligan, Adriana
- Niehues, Judith
- Oberst, Christian
- Obst, Thomas
- Parthie, Sandra
- Pierenkemper, Sarah
- Pimpertz, Jochen
- Potthoff, Jennifer
- Puls, Thomas
- Risius, Paula
- Rusche, Christian
- Röhl, Klaus-Heiner
- Sagner, Pekka
- Scheufen, Marc
- Schumacher, Simon
- Schäfer, Holger
- Schüler, Ruth Maria
- Seele, Stefanie
- Seyda, Susanne
- Sommer, Julian
- Stettes, Oliver
- Stockhausen, Maximilian
- Suling, Lena
- Sultan, Samina
- Taft, Niklas Florian
- Tiedemann, Jurek
- Vogel, Sandra
- Voigtländer, Michael
- Wendt, Jan
- Werner, Dirk
- Wildner, Julia
- Wörndl, Daniel
Competitive pressure from China for German companies
A firm survey conducted in March/April 2024 as part of the IW-Zukunftspanel among around 900 German companies from the manufacturing and industrial services sectors shows that around 350 of the companies surveyed have Chinese competitors in their markets.
Jürgen Matthes / Edgar Schmitz IW
Europe votes: Who cares and why?
This study, based on the IW-People Survey 2024, shows that around 62% of Germans consider the election of the European Parliament to be important. This is the result of around 5,200 respondents. The proportion is therefore roughly as high as the voter turnout in 2019.
Matthias Diermeier / Judith Niehues / Samina Sultan IW
Determinants of personnel planning in Germany
The German labor market has been growing since 2005. The dip in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic between 2020 and 2022 is an exception, as the German labor market has reached a record level of 45.9 million people in employment by 2023.
Michael Grömling / Stefanie Seele IW
What factors influence the career ambitions of people with disabilities?
Many companies in Germany report having difficulties not only in recruiting employees, but also in filling vacant management positions.
Carolin Fulda / Oliver Stettes IW
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.
Jan Büchel / Jan Felix Engler IW
Securing skilled workers through immigration to universities
Against the backdrop of demographic change, Germany is increasingly dependent on skilled labour from abroad to secure growth and prosperity.
Wido Geis-Thöne IW
Leadership in transformation: Megatrends and management as a driver of change
Leadership dynamics in companies are subject to constant change in order to meet the challenges of their time. Today, the greatest influences result from developments such as demographic change, globalization, individualization, structural change and technologization in the economy.
Lena Suling / Julia Wildner IW
Import side De-risking China in 2023
Despite certain changes, German import dependencies on China remained at a similar level overall in 2023 as in the previous year in the overall picture. This means that de-risking on the import side can only be recognised to a limited extent.
Jürgen Matthes IW
Orphaned executive chairs in German companies
In 2023, half of the companies in Germany reported increasing problems in filling vacancies for management positions because employees are not aiming for a career. Larger companies are less affected than small companies.
Andrea Hammermann / Oliver Stettes IW
Institutional consequences of EU Enlargement
At the latest since the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine and the decision to open accession talks with the country, the topic of enlargement has once again become much more important for the European Union (EU).
Berthold Busch / Julian Sommer / Samina Sultan IW
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