Project

ifo Industry Colloquium 2021

Client: Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Media, Energy and Technology, Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria
Project period: January 2021 - December 2021
Research Areas:

ifo Center for Industrial Organization and New Technologies

Project team: Nicolas Bunde, Dr. Nina Czernich, Ludwig Dorffmeister, Prof. Dr. Oliver Falck, Juliane Neumeier, Dr. Klaus Wohlrabe, Anita Wölfl, Dr. Caroline Vogel, Raffaela Seitz

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, expert and presentations and debates dealt with the topic of sustainability.

In the four forums Industry, Trade, Services and Construction, the various dimensions of sustainability, its challenges and opportunities were discussed.