Project

ifo Industry Colloquium 2017

Client: Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Media, Energy and Technology, Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria
Project period: January 2017 - December 2017
Research Areas:

ifo Center for Industrial Organization and New Technologies

Project team: Michael Ebnet, Prof. Dr. Oliver Falck, Ludwig Dorffmeister, Julia Schricker, Anita Wölfl, Przemyslaw Brandt, Sabine Rumscheidt, Matijas Kocijan, Dr. Klaus Wohlrabe

Tasks

The 18th ifo Branchen-Dialog (Industry Colloquium) took place on 8 November 2017. Around 200 participants from business, academia and politics discuss current developments and challenges in manufacturing, distribution, construction and the service sector.

Methods

Four parallel sessions on the manufacturing, commerce, construction and services sectors were held. In each session, the respective sector analysis and forecasts were presented by ifo industry experts, followed by a discussion of major industry-related structural changes.

Data and other sources

Among others:
Branchen special reports
ifo Business Survey
ifo Economic Forecast
Joint Economic Forecast

Results

This year’s focus was on the structural changes triggered by the productivity development in manufacturing and services as well as on digitisation in commerce and construction.

Publication

"Branchenentwicklungen und aktuelle Herausforderungen – Ausblick auf den ifo Branchen-Dialog 2017", ifo Schnelldienst 70 (11), 2017, 59–61 | PDF Download

"ifo Schnelldienst 01/2018", ifo Institut, München, 2018, 01–54 | PDF Download | EPUB Download