In the first episode of interview with Prof. Dr. Toker Doganoglu, Dean of the faculty of economic at the University of Wuerzburg and holder of the chair for Industrial Economics, we talked about the odd species of economists, what they […]
In the second part of the Podcast-Session with Prof. Dr. Christof Flath, we talked about the German energy transition, regulatory obstacles and how data can improve the market mechanism. Moreover, we discussed the inefficiencies of the current mobility system […]
The German dual vocational education system and professional further education, which is also practiced in Austria and Switzerland, is a cornerstone for high quality and practice-orientated education and a key factor for the global competitiveness of German firms. The system […]
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION Digital transformation has a huge impact on all parts of society and work. A public debate, which is highly emotional driven, sets the focus on the fear of workers getting substituted by robots and machines – the […]
The demographic change is a phenomenon that is observed in a lot of industrialized countries. Due to a continuous reduction of the birth-rate since the 1960s, the population in industrialized countries on average gets older and less. The competition […]
Which jobs and tasks are most susceptive to be substituted by robots or being outsourced to low wage countries? Debates around these questions are highly emotional. Especially since the times of industrial revolution, the fear of technological unemployment has always […]
Digital transformation is a huge topic in China ( 🇨🇳 ) and for the Chinese industry. Therefore, China was mesmerized and happy when Germany introduced the Industry 4.0 strategy in 2012, because it was in their opinion a strategy that […]
In this Episode of the Podcast, Doris Fischer, Professor for China ( 🇨🇳 ) Business and Economics at the University of Wuerzburg and I talk about two interesting topics concerning Chinese economic development: 2-digit growth-rates and the induced process of […]
For several years now, Western companies invest in China and earn good money with that. On the one side the margins of production had been high and on the other side China offered a huge market potential. Therefore, firms went […]
The challenge of really understanding China business and economics Prof. Doris Fischer discovered her passion for China business and economics in the 1980s, a time where this combination in an academic context was not established yet. It used to be […]