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Innovative backbone of country’s economy well-placed to reap benefits of vaccine breakthrough
Small and medium sized groups get creative to deal with recruitment problems
In Europe’s largest economy, the ‘Mittelstand’ is vital to drive change
Disruptive technologies trigger strategic rethink in companies at core of economy
About 100,000 entrepreneurs due to retire in next 2 years yet to find successors
Spirit of digital innovation has yet to reach industrial heartlands
Country’s smaller companies wake up to the technological change transforming industry
Worries over US protectionism have hit confidence in the eurozone’s economic motor
Everyday tools are given new purpose with the internet of things
Chamber of commerce head Eric Schweitzer urges talks as businesses put plans on hold
UK’s mid-sized private companies struggle to match German counterparts
Regulators say low interest rates are wiping out lenders’ income
Germany’s mid-cap sector seeks new start after bond defaults and insolvencies
For the past two centuries the capitalist engine has delivered growing incomes for the many, but the latest revolution has mainly boosted skilled high-income workers
The mid-market economy is playing an important part in the recovery
Cash is available but the Mittelstand does not want it
Germany is a successful economy, but is it a good investment?
The entrepreneur typified the Mittelstand in his belief in the values of a family-run company
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