Modern Germany

Moments of Reflection: Germany’s Post-Premium-Auto Depression and the Business Model Innovation Remedy

Patrick Stähler

Is Germany Still Great? A Nation in Search of Its Identity There are moments when a country looks in the mirror and asks itself: “Am I still great?” France has known this feeling for a long time. The Grand Nation was once the center of the world—culturally, politically, militarily. But then came Waterloo, Indochina, and Algeria, and France had to…

It’s the business model, stupid! A wake-up call for incumbents like Daimler
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It’s the business model, stupid! A wake-up call for incumbents like Daimler

Patrick Stähler

News is full of cool technologies like drones, blockchains or autonomous cars and their disruptive character. Traditional firms have switched to innovation mode and have now cool digital transformation units to use these new technologies. Everybody is happy. Great, isn’t it?Or wait? Can this really work that easy? I just had a project with a company that has set up an innovation unit to push…