Project

ifo Industry Colloquium 2020

Client: Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Media, Energy and Technology, Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria
Project period: January 2020 - December 2020
Research Areas:

ifo Center for Industrial Organization and New Technologies

Project team: Nicolas Bunde, Dr. Nina Czernich, Ludwig Dorffmeister, Prof. Dr. Oliver Falck, Simon Litsche, Sabine Rumscheidt, Dr. Klaus Wohlrabe, Anita Wölfl, Dr. Caroline Vogel

Tasks

Platform for discussions of current topics from an industry-specific perspective.

Event

Methods

In four sector forums – Manufacturing, Retail Trade, Construction, and Services – experts from companies, associations, politics and research discuss about current developments in these industries as well as about sector-specific focus topics such as digitization, innovation, productivity, international trade or labor market.

Data and other sources

Among others:
Industry reports (project “Branchen special”)
ifo Business Survey, ifo Economic Forecast
Joint Economic Forecast
International data sources such as OECD, Eurostat

Results

This year's virtual ifo Industry Colloquium, focused on the implications of the Co-rona crisis across and within industries. The industry forum addressed the ques-tion of how the Corona pandemic is changing supply chains and sales channels in foreign trade. The trade forum focused on the impact of the pandemic on trade in cities. The construction forum discussed the slowdown in construction activity and changes in building use. Finally, the services forum explored how the Corona crisis is affecting startups.