{"id":60993,"date":"2016-04-03T11:15:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T09:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=60993"},"modified":"2024-01-19T14:53:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T13:53:47","slug":"is-germany-lacking-a-chance-in-digitization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/ist-deutschland-bei-der-digitalisierung-chancenlos\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Germany have no chance when it comes to digitization?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Expert Commission for Research and Innovation (EFI) concludes that its client, the German government, still has homework to do, such as creating tax incentives for companies.<\/p>\n<p>However, Rainer Schulz, Managing Director of Sysmat, believes that companies have just as much of an obligation when it comes to ensuring greater digitization:<\/p><div id=\"great-408993469\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en great-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6ZGXMPyM-nU\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"banner_26-04_29_1200x150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>\"Digital transformation takes place first and foremost in companies. It is important to reduce the timidity of digitalization in companies.\" \"Defensive\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is how Professor Dietmar Harhoff, Chairman of the Expert Commission, sees the German government's approach to digitization.<\/p>\n<p>According to the experts, Parliament is focusing too much on SMEs with initiatives such as \"Industry 4.0,\" which was launched in 2014. As a result, it is neglecting opportunities that are opening up with digitization, for example in administration.<\/p>\n<p><em>\"The willingness of SMEs to invest in innovation activities as well as in research projects has been declining for years\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>says Uwe Cantner from the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena and member of the expert commission.<\/p>\n<p>This finding is not new: As early as 2015, a study by management consultants McKinsey showed that companies spend just 14 percent of their annual budget on Industrie 4.0-relevant technologies. That is roughly half of what companies from the USA, for example, invest in future technologies.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten years ago, the German government set up the EFI expert commission. This year's report was all about \"digitization\". But the result was not positive.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":60767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[161,2,1605],"tags":[601,367],"coauthors":[19920],"class_list":["post-60993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-szene","category-sap-nachrichten","category-mag1604","tag-digitalisierung","tag-industrie-4-0","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016.jpg",1000,387,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016.jpg",400,155,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016-768x297.jpg",768,297,true],"large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016.jpg",1000,387,false],"image-100":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016-100x39.jpg",100,39,true],"image-480":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016-480x186.jpg",480,186,true],"image-640":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016-640x248.jpg",640,248,true],"image-720":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016-720x279.jpg",720,279,true],"image-960":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016-960x372.jpg",960,372,true],"image-1168":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016.jpg",1000,387,false],"image-1440":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016.jpg",1000,387,false],"image-1920":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016.jpg",1000,387,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016.jpg",1000,387,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016.jpg",1000,387,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016.jpg",18,7,false],"bricks_large_16x9":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016.jpg",1000,387,false],"bricks_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016.jpg",1000,387,false],"bricks_large_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016.jpg",1000,387,false],"bricks_medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016.jpg",600,232,false],"bricks_medium_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016.jpg",600,232,false],"profile_24":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2016-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Vor zehn Jahren rief die Bundesregierung die Expertenkommission EFI ins Leben. Im diesj\u00e4hrigen Gutachten drehte sich alles um \u201eDigitalisierung\u201c. Doch das Ergebnis fiel nicht positiv aus.<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/szene\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Szene<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/sap-nachrichten\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Community Nachrichten<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/mag1604\/\" rel=\"category tag\">MAG 16-04<\/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\/60993","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=60993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138343,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60993\/revisions\/138343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60993"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=60993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}