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Shortage of Skilled Labour in Germany: Does it really exist? (Part 3)

Photo Credit: http://www.sausedo.net by Paul Köper, Tobias Sieblitz and Ares Kalandides Are we really heading towards a major shortage of skilled labour? Is it the demographic change as we are often told? While more and more people retire, there are … Continue reading

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Shortage of Skilled Labour in Germany: Does it really exist? (Part 2)

Photo Credit: http://www.august-faller.de by Paul Köper, Tobias Sieblitz and Ares Kalandides In Part 1 of this blog series we ended by asking the question whether the debate about a shortage of skilled labour in Germany had any substance. Is the phenomenon … Continue reading

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Shortage of Skilled Labour in Germany: Does it really exist? (Part 1)

Photo Credit: courtesy of Siemens by Paul Köper, Tobias Sieblitz and Ares Kalandides The term skilled labour or rather the shortage of such seems to be omnipresent these days. While, for example, the inter-trade organization Bitkom reports that there is … Continue reading

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INPOLIS / Nemona Placement presents the Fashion Sourcebook for Berlin

A fashion network for professionals and production http://www.fashion-sourcebook.net “There is a lack of infrastructure in Berlin fashion business” this is probably one of the most frequently mentioned statements when it comes to the development of Berlin as a fashion location. … Continue reading

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La visión de Bogotá internacional

Short video clip by Invest in Bogotá with information on its international positioning strategy. INPOLIS was responsible for designing the latter.

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Economic opportunities in peripheral regions: some considerations

by Paul Köper Many economically weak, peripheral regions seem stuck in a vicious circle: private investment withdraws and is followed by disinvestment in public infrastructure and services (or the other way round), causing demographic decline, which then starts the downwards … Continue reading

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Drastic shifts in local retail districts – is tourism the driver?

By Markus Kather and Paul Köper  Are you looking for a small boutique or an antique shop in the north of Berlin’s Schöneberg district? Whereas a few years ago you would stumble into one of them at almost any corner, … Continue reading

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COBRA: Looking for Opportunities in Weak Rural Areas

by Ares Kalandides Last year our team completed a Regional Development Plan for a part of Niederlausitz in Brandenburg, an area physically marked by open lignite mines and poor lands, by structurally low economic performance, high unemployment and an aging … Continue reading

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