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Germany, 04 March 2022

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher’s Academic Blog on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade: Opportunities versus Risks

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher - Researcher in International Business with a focus on Risks

In this blog, I focus each time on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade in a certain country or territory in terms of how Location Factors (Political, Economic, Technological, Ecological, Legal and Cultural) and Entry Modes (e.g. M&As, Export and Greenfield) impact the attractiveness - or vice versa - the risks of FDI and International Trade in the specific country or territory. Still, keep in mind that each risk may lead to an opportunity for resolving problems via suitable FDI and International Trade, while each opportunity for FDI and International Trade may involve risks.

Political Risks: Regime Transformation, Political Instability, Wars, Conflicts, Geopolitical Conflicts, Sanctions, Global Terror, Regional Crises, and Global Crises.

Economic Risks: Economic Instability, Restrictions on FDI and International Trade, Impact of FDI on Labour Markets; International Trade Agreements and Trade Wars

Strategic Risks: Strategic Risks in M&As, Integration in M&As, Cultural Distance, Cultural Openness, Labour Unions in M&As

Germany - Foreign Direct Investment and International Trade

Germany

• Capital: Berlin

• Population: 83,240,525 (World Bank, 2020)

• GDP per capita, PPP: $ 54,792.1 (World Bank, 2020)

• GNI per capita, Atlas Method: $ 47,470 (World Bank, 2020)

Kelheim, Germany

Main Religion: Christianity

Key Figures of FDI and International Trade

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$): $112,617.15 (Millions) (2020)

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$): $111,483.50 (Millions) (2020)

Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $1,673,705.66 (Millions) (2020)

Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $1,451,647.21 (Millions) (2020)

Source: World Bank

Information and Data on FDI and International Trade

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Germany - Investing - International Trade Portal International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)

Foreign trade figures of Germany - Economic and Political Overview - International Trade Portal International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)

FactSheet_2021_new (unctad.org)

Germany - United States Department of State

Macro Data

Germany | Data (worldbank.org)

Germany and the IMF

General Information and Political Information

Germany - The World Factbook (cia.gov)

Germany country profile - BBC News

Research Papers and Research Books

Industrial relations and FDI from China and India in Germany

On the spillover effect of China's outward FDI in Germany - Gao - - Economics of Transition and Institutional Change - Wiley Online Library

Germany Is a Favored Host Country for Chinese FDI | SpringerLink

FDI outflow from China to Germany | Andreas Bielig | Taylor & Francis (taylorfrancis.com)

Foreign direct investment, heterogeneous workers and employment security: Evidence from Germany - Bachmann - 2014 - Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique - Wiley Online Library

IJERPH | Free Full-Text | Trade Impacts on Embodied Carbon Emissions—Evidence from the Bilateral Trade between China and Germany (mdpi.com)

Uncovering embodied CO2 flows via North-North trade – A case study of US-Germany trade - ScienceDirect

Unequal exchange and absolute cost advantage: evidence from the trade between Greece and Germany | Cambridge Journal of Economics | Oxford Academic (oup.com)

How consumers trade off supply security and green electricity: Evidence from Germany and Great Britain - ScienceDirect

Trade union renewal and ‘organizing from below’ in Germany: Institutional constraints, strategic dilemmas and organizational tensions - Manuel Nicklich, Markus Helfen, 2019 (sagepub.com)

Exchange rate volatility and Turkey-Germany bilateral trade: An asymmetry analysis: The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development: Vol 0, No 0 (tandfonline.com)

Virtual water flows, water footprint and water savings from the trade of crop and livestock products of Germany - Brindha - 2020 - Water and Environment Journal - Wiley Online Library

Arab-German Trade and Institutions: The Effect of Good Governance on Arab Exports to Germany | SpringerLink

The Financial Consequences of Export-led Growth in Germany and Italy: German Politics: Vol 30, No 3 (tandfonline.com)

Organisational culture affecting post-merger integration: New insights from Chinese reverse M&As in Germany | Emerald Insight

M&As in Germany: measuring success for the pharma and biotech industries | Emerald Insight

Optimizing hybrid offshore wind farms for cost-competitive hydrogen production in Germany - ScienceDirect

The dynamics of electric vehicle acceptance in corporate fleets: Evidence from Germany - ScienceDirect

Values of farmers – Evidence from Germany - ScienceDirect

Greece, Germany and the Eurozone Crisis: Preferences, Strategies and Power Asymmetry: German Politics: Vol 0, No 0 (tandfonline.com)

The transformative innovation potential of cellular agriculture: Political and policy stakeholders’ perceptions of cultured meat in Germany - ScienceDirect

Selling the sun: A critical review of the sustainability of solar energy marketing and advertising in Germany - ScienceDirect

Climatological analysis of solar and wind energy in Germany using the Grosswetterlagen classification - ScienceDirect

Employment relations in Germany | Berndt K. Keller, Anja Kirsch | Tayl (taylorfrancis.com)

The impact of renewables on electricity prices in Germany - An update for the years 2014–2018 - ScienceDirect

Foods | Free Full-Text | European Markets for Cultured Meat: A Comparison of Germany and France (mdpi.com)

Public Policy and Politics via Documentaries and in-Depth TV News Programs

Keep in mind that Documentaries and in-Depth TV News programs usually reflect a certain viewpoint. ZRB

Current Far Right in Germany - Documentaries (see also other issues below)

How the Far Right Is Shaking Germany’s Political Order | The Dispatch - YouTube

The rise of the far-right in Germany - YouTube

Germany reports record high of far-right crimes | DW News - YouTube

The right-wing extremists plot to overthrow the German government | DW Documentary - YouTube

What neo-Nazis have inherited from original Nazism | DW Documentary - YouTube

Other Issues - Documentaries

Germany: The discreet lives of the super rich | DW Documentary - YouTube

Homelessness in Germany - What if you can’t afford a home? | DW Documentary - YouTube

Berlin: homeless capital of Germany | DW Documentary - YouTube

Racism in Germany | DW Documentary - YouTube

Important History Events

Why History? History shapes the present and future and even may repeat itself. ZRB

Germany, 1866-1945 - Gordon Alexander Craig, J E Wallace Sterling Professor of Humanities Gordon a Craig - Google Books

A History of Germany 1918 - 2014: The Divided Nation - Mary Fulbrook - Google Books

Bismarck and the Creation of the Second Reich | Friedrich Darmstaedter (taylorfrancis.com)

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche: The Philosopher of the Second Reich - William H. F. Altman - Google Books

The Germans Bismarck and the German Empire DW Documentary - YouTube

Inside the Third Reich - Albert Speer - Google Books

Nazi Propaganda: Hitler's Psychological Warfare | Hitler's Propaganda Machine | Timeline - YouTube

Franco and Hitler (degruyter.com)

Heinrich Himmler: Architect of The Final Solution | WW2 Documentary - YouTube

1949 – one year, two Germanies | DW Documentary - YouTube

The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism from World War II to the Present - Gavriel D. Rosenfeld - Google Books

Other Issues

Issues that may have indirect effects or long-run effects either on opportunities or risks of FDI and International Trade. ZRB

Current Far Right in Germany - Philosophy, Research Books and Research Papers (see also documentaries above)

Herbert Schnädelbach, Philosophy in Germany 1831–1933 - PhilPapers

Mein Kampf (Ford Translation).pdf (der-fuehrer.org)

Being Skeptical? Exploring Far-Right Climate-Change Communication in Germany: Environmental Communication: Vol 12, No 5 (tandfonline.com)

Right-Wing Terrorism in the 21st Century | The ‘National Socialist Und (taylorfrancis.com)

The Strength of Far‐Right AfD in Eastern Germany: The East‐West Divide and the Multiple Causes behind ‘Populism’ - Weisskircher - 2020 - The Political Quarterly - Wiley Online Library

The New Authoritarianism - Alan Waring - Google Books

Other Issues

Germany's role in NATO and the world | DW Documentary - YouTube

Chemical weapons in Germany | DW Documentary - YouTube

Wind power getting headwind in Germany | DW Documentary - YouTube

Comparison of weighted and unweighted network analysis in the case of a pig trade network in Northern Germany - ScienceDirect

Who Stays Involved? A Longitudinal Study on Adolescents’ Participation in Voluntary Associations in Germany | European Sociological Review | Oxford Academic (oup.com)

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