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<p>This article served as the keynote speech at the opening of the conference ‘On the Future of Germany as a Business Location’, hosted by Wirtschaftsdienst and the German Economic Institute. The standards and indices used to assess the competitiveness of industrial locations evolve over time, leading to potential variations in results and policy implications. Current policies face the dual challenge of navigating both change and competition among locations. Therefore, industrial policy should increasingly prioritise the capacity for transformation and the availability of necessary input factors to establish a foundation for successful transformation and maintain competitiveness.</p>
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This article served as the keynote speech at the opening of the conference ‘On the Future of Germany as a Business Location’, hosted by Wirtschaftsdienst and the German Economic Institute. The standards and indices used to assess the competitiveness of industrial locations evolve over time, leading to potential variations in results and policy implications. Current policies face the dual challenge of navigating both change and competition among locations. Therefore, industrial policy should increasingly prioritise the capacity for transformation and the availability of necessary input factors to establish a foundation for successful transformation and maintain competitiveness.

Regarding the Future of Germany’s Economic Location: Some Sorting Remarks

Wirtschaftsdienst

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Zur Zukunft des Wirtschaftsstandorts Deutschland: sortierende Bemerkungen

This article served as the keynote speech at the opening of the conference ‘On the Future of Germany as a Business Location’, hosted by Wirtschaftsdienst and...

Regarding the Future of Germany’s Economic Location: Some Sorting Remarks

Data publikacji: 21 mar 2024

Zakres stron: 175 - 179

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/wd-2024-0050

© 2024 Michael Hüther et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.