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Tag Archives: Germany
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
Posted in projects, Uncategorized
Tagged Brandenburg, Germany, inpolis, Schönefelder Kreuz, skilled labour
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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
Pick of the day: German Communities Forced to Find Creative Ways to Reduce Debt – SPIEGEL ONLINE
“Outwardly, at least, Germany is thriving. But some 130 billion euros in combined debt are forcing communities to find creative ways to cut costs. The city of Goslar, for example, hopes that killing the lights at night will bring a … Continue reading
Again Disastrous Floods – Expectations, Probabilities, and Common Sense
by Renard Teipelke The Resilient Cities Congress in Bonn on the first weekend of June 2013 was thought of as an event where climate change, natural hazards, and urban resilience are discussed – most often with case studies from the … Continue reading
Posted in opinions
Tagged Austria, Czech Republic, flood, floodplain, futuring, Germany, hazard, land use planning, no-regrets, resilience, resilient, risk, statistics, urban foresight
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The Berlin Update: 30th March 2013
by Ares Kalandides As every week here is my pick of news from and on Germany. Today with the following: 1. Save the Berlin Wall! 2. Interview with Heiner Flassbeck, former German State Secretary of Finance 3. Dubious journalism: Institute … Continue reading
Posted in The Berlin Update
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Allianz, Axel Troost, berlin wall, Die Linke, German parties, Germany, Heiner Flassbeck, Wolfgang Schäuble
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Calling Things by their Names: of Cicadas and Ants (again)
… or a very different type of Nation Branding.
My article for EXBERLINER Mag: Of crooks and thieves – or why Greece-bashing is no longer funny*
by Ares Kalandides The Athens-raised bi-national Berliner weighs in on the cultural animosity surrounding the euro debate. Sometimes it’s hard to be a German, yet it seems that becoming one is even harder. I was doing well for a while. … Continue reading
Posted in opinions, pick of the day
Tagged Ares Kalandides, country image, Euro crisis, Europe, Exberliner, Germany, Greece, place reputation
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“Help! Whatever happened to Holland-Germany animosity?”
by Hans Pul Place reputations sometimes alter abruptly, but mostly it is a long process in time. Sometimes, place reputation changes take generations. The following article by Joris Luyendijk, a Dutch journalist at The Guardian, deals with this theme from … Continue reading
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Tagged Dutch, German, Germany, Holland, Joris Luyendijk, Netherlands, The Guardian
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Marketing High-tech Regions, Part 2: Resident Identification in Nuremberg
By Hanna Lutz It is not only companies that have become more and more aware of the importance of binding employees to them in the long term instead of only focusing on new staff and customers (Internal Employer Branding). Also … Continue reading
Posted in opinions, research
Tagged Bavaria, Germany, high-tech regions, identification, metropolitan region, metropolregion, Nürnberg, resident identification
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Marketing of High-tech Regions (1): Karlsruhe “HighTech meets the Good Life”
By Hans Pul Regional marketing booms. Small (and big) cities team up in regional cooperations, in order to get noticed in the international arena. Together, regional actors aim to attract investors, potential employees and tourists. Career opportunities and quality of … Continue reading
Posted in research
Tagged Baden-Württemberg, benchmark, bioValley, branding, brands, clusters, cooperation, Europe, European Regions, Germany, high-tech regions, instruments, karlsruhe, Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion, marketing, metropolitan region, metropolregion, nanoValley, quality of life, R&D, regional marketing, technologieregion, TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe, technologyregion, trk
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