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Roundtable: Competition and Cooperation: Systematic Challenges
Pages 101-104

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From page 101...
... and German economies. That is, the United States is a highly entrepreneurial economy, while Germany emphasizes solid, steady progress.
From page 102...
... On the other hand, Germany is a very process oriented culture and economy, and if I wanted to design software for the automobile industry, I would consider doing it in Germany, where you have the engineering expertise and customers. In general, it's more difficult in Germany to approach a large organization with a new innovation than it is in the United States." Mr.
From page 103...
... Mr. Dahlman answered that Germany has a "more developed process for taking knowledge into action." The United States has focused more on breakthrough innovations, and hasn't been as systematic about moving them to the market.
From page 104...
... "That explains a lot of our success in exporting and increasing value added." Also, he said, part of the success of the Excellence Initiative is its overwhelming support by the majority of observers and people involved, despite its different approach. A point not yet discussed, he said, is the current huge inflow of young people into German universities.


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