{"id":28132,"date":"2017-09-11T10:17:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T08:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=28132"},"modified":"2022-05-01T08:58:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T06:58:06","slug":"the-switzerland-remains-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/the-switzerland-remains-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland remains the frontrunner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Republic of Germany is well behind the front-runner, Switzerland, as well as Singapore and Belgium. It cannot stand out from the USA, Great Britain and South Korea. In the digitization indicator, which was surveyed for the first time, Germany ranks well behind other industrialized nations in 17th place.<\/p>\n<p>The German innovation system is well-balanced, but does not achieve a top international ranking in any of the sub-areas examined - business, science, education, government and society.<\/p><div id=\"great-2083114106\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6yfv7eho3Gc\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Fullsize\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fullsize\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kagemann-Henning.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"switzerland remains the front-runner\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28133\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kagemann-Henning.jpg\" alt=\"Kagemann Henning\" width=\"800\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kagemann-Henning.jpg 800w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kagemann-Henning-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kagemann-Henning-100x69.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kagemann-Henning-480x331.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kagemann-Henning-640x442.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kagemann-Henning-720x497.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Germany performs best in the area of economy with seventh place, and worst in the area of society with 13th place.<\/p>\n<p>\"Germany must make significant gains in innovation competition\"<\/p>\n<p>says BDI President Dieter Kempf. Every tax euro attracts around 1.25 euros in private investment.<\/p>\n<p>\"A must for digitization and Industry 4.0 is to push ahead with broadband expansion and realize the digital European single market\"<\/p>\n<p>Kempf demands.<\/p>\n<p>\"There is great potential in the digitization of public administration.\"<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28134\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28134\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Berge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"switzerland remains the front-runner\" class=\"wp-image-28134 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Berge.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain chart, study, innovation, digitalization, industry 4.0\" width=\"700\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Berge.jpg 700w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Berge-100x78.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Berge-480x376.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Berge-640x501.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Germany compared with selected economies and the benchmark Switzerland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Germany is mediocre when it comes to digitization - despite its leading role in Industry 4.0. In the digitization indicator, which was surveyed for the first time, Germany ranks well behind other industrialized nations in 17th place.<\/p>\n<p>The USA in particular is ahead of Germany in the areas of business, science, education and government. The plus point from a German perspective is society - thanks to a high level of use of digital technology.<\/p>\n<p>Germany lags behind, especially in research and technology, education and infrastructure.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany is also one of the most innovative countries in the world. This is the conclusion of the 2017 Innovation Indicator published by Acatech, the German Academy of Science and Engineering, and the Federation of German Industries (BDI), which examines the innovative strength of 35 national economies. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":28143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16508],"tags":[601,367,240],"coauthors":[19920],"class_list":["post-28132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sap-nachrichten","category-mag-1709","tag-digitalisierung","tag-industrie-4-0","tag-innovation","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz.jpg",1000,461,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz.jpg",400,184,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz-768x354.jpg",768,354,true],"large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz.jpg",1000,461,false],"image-100":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz-100x46.jpg",100,46,true],"image-480":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz-480x221.jpg",480,221,true],"image-640":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz-640x295.jpg",640,295,true],"image-720":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz-720x332.jpg",720,332,true],"image-960":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz-960x443.jpg",960,443,true],"image-1168":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz.jpg",1000,461,false],"image-1440":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz.jpg",1000,461,false],"image-1920":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz.jpg",1000,461,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz.jpg",1000,461,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz.jpg",1000,461,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz.jpg",18,8,false],"bricks_large_16x9":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz.jpg",1000,461,false],"bricks_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz.jpg",1000,461,false],"bricks_large_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz.jpg",1000,461,false],"bricks_medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz.jpg",600,277,false],"bricks_medium_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz.jpg",600,277,false],"profile_24":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schweiz-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Auch Deutschland geh\u00f6rt zu den innovationsst\u00e4rksten L\u00e4ndern der Welt. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt der Innovationsindikator 2017 von Acatech, der Deutschen Akademie der Technikwissenschaften und dem Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI), der die Innovationsst\u00e4rke von 35 Volkswirtschaften untersucht. <\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/sap-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Community Nachrichten<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/mag-1709\/\" rel=\"category tag\">MAG 17-09<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"E-3 Magazine","url":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/author\/e-3-magazin\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28132"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=28132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}