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TRR 266 German Business Panel
07.01.2021 – State aid in Germany has put the brakes on Corona’s decline in corporate profits. Nevertheless, entrepreneurs and the self-employed are expecting a wave of insolvencies across all sectors: On average, almost one in four businesses could not survive the crisis. (in German).
TRR 266 German Business Panel
05.01.2021 – How hard will the lockdown hit retailers? The answer to this question is complicated. Online retailers are not the only beneficiaries of the crisis – and not all local stores are struggling. A conversation with Prof. Dr. Jannis Bischof from the University of Mannheim (in German).
TRR 266 German Business Panel
05.12.2020 – Corona – Federal government want to link compensation no longer to revenues but more strongly to fixed costs (in German).
TRR 266 German Business Panel
25.11.2020 – Corona pandemic – Mannheim study examines the consequences of the second lockdown for the largest industry in crisis (in German).
TRR 266 German Business Panel
28.9.2020 – According to a survey, half of all German firms have taken advantage of state aid to compensate for the sometimes severe sales losses caused by the Corona pandemic. 80 percent now expect a second wave – in October (in German).
TRR 266 German Business Panel
26.8.2020 – The number of infections is rising, and further measures to contain the pandemic are also becoming more likely in Germany. Researchers at the University of Mannheim have investigated what this could mean for businesses (in German).
TRR 266 German Business Panel
22.8.2020 – Without government support, more than half of the businesses in Germany would not have survived. This is the conclusion of a comprehensive study conducted by the University of Mannheim (in German).
TRR 266 German Business Panel
10.8.2020 – Results of the German Business Panel survey show: Almost every second company states it would not survive the corona pandemic without government support. 80 percent of the companies expect a second wave of infection (in German).
Dirk Simons
6.7.2020 – How strong is the impact of the corona crisis on German SMEs? Is there even a threat of a market shakeout? And how should companies communicate their sometimes difficult situations? Dirk Simons answers these questions in the fifth part of University of Mannheim’s video series “Coronavirus Unfolded” (in German).