As building-integrated photovoltaic (PV) solutions can meet around one-third of electricity demand in Germany and China, both countries are interested in exploring this potential. PV technologies have demonstrated significant price reductions, but large-scale global application of PV requires...

In this paper it is argued that the restructuring following the stiffer competition stemming from increased global integration will trigger a race between countries to attract inward foreign direct investment (FDI). It is further argued that this race consists of last minute efforts and...

The true nature and purpose of China's One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative are subject to much speculation. The one certainty is that OBOR commands powerful high-level Chinese support and is backed by a large investment of political capital. It is no less than the personal signature initiative...

Im Auftrag der Stiftung Familienunternehmen befragte das ifo Institut mehr als 1 400 Familien- und Nicht-Familienunternehmen, wie die Konkurrenzintensität zu chinesischen Unternehmen bzw. deren Produkten im europäischen Binnenmarkt ist und wie sich die Europäische Union gegenüber der...