Globalisation Retail Economy Emmanuelle Hoss: "Retail today is more or less the question of what kind of society we want to live in" Downtown Paris is being protected with public money. Real estate company Semaest buys up space on behalf of the city of Paris and rents it out at at decent prices to retailers who fit into the neighbourhood. Emmanuelle Hoss presented her project at the GDI Retail Summit. Video 26.11.2020 Learn more
Globalisation Retail Economy Bruno Maçães: "Belt and Road is not about infrastructure" The "Belt and Road" initiative is about economic influence and power, contended Bruno Maçães at the GDI Retail Summit. According to the politician, it helped create the landscape for China's e-commerce industry. Video 15.10.2020 Learn more
Finance Globalisation Economy Ten things Stephanie Kelton wants you to know about the economy In times of government spending on an unimaginable scale, a discussion of the ideas of "Modern Monetary Theory" is more topical than ever. One of its probably most famous advocates is the US-American professor Stephanie Kelton. 03.09.2020 Learn more
Globalisation Retail Consumption Economy 70th International Retail Summit: The most important take-aways What does Covid-19 imply for retail? How do you build a successful urban farming company? And how do department stores hold their ground? Answers were provided by innovators and retail giants at the GDI Retail Summit from 10 to 11 September 2020. A summary. 15.09.2020 Learn more
Globalisation Retail Economy How China reorganises global value chains "Belt and Road" visualises a new Chinese world order in which the US have disappeared, says Bruno Maçães, non-resident Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington and former Portuguese Secretary of State for European Affairs. Maçães will speak at the GDI Retail Summit on 11 September 2020. 19.08.2020 Learn more
Finance Globalisation Economy Stephanie Kelton: “Every deficit is good for someone” US economist Stephanie Kelton dispels old myths: “Everything that we've been led to believe about deficits and the role of money and government spending in the economy is wrong, especially the fear that deficits will endanger our long-term prosperity.” The bestselling author of The Deficit Myth is convinced that deficits are not a bad thing. Here, in a video interview, and in a GDI livestream on 10 September 2020, Stephanie Kelton provides solutions for a post-Covid economy. 05.08.2020 Learn more
Retail Economy What comes after the crisis? Across Europe, besides isolated regional lockdowns, easing measures are being introduced. The summer holidays are beginning. A lot of things seem to be "normalising". But there are many unknowns: How will the global recession affect us? Are the supply chains reorganising? Who are the winners and losers of the crisis? 25.06.2020 Learn more
Digitisation Society Self-optimisation Technology Economy The quantification of our society "Social life, health data, consumption: Everything that can be measured will be measured," said Steffen Mau, Professor of Macrosociology, in the webinar "Quantification: Keeping Score in a Metric Society" with GDI researcher Jakub Samochowiec. Video 24.06.2020 Watch now
Business models Retail Consumption Economy The Future of Retail Is Here – webinar recording What trends have shaped China's e-commerce? And what does this mean for the future of retail in Europe? Jack Ma biographer Duncan Clark and GDI CEO David Bosshart gave insights in a webinar. Video 11.06.2020 Watch now
Work Digitisation Economy Future of work: The office is in the cloud From a technical point of view, the future of work has long been here, writes GDI researcher Stefan Breit in an article. Due to the corona pandemic, the mind-shift is now following. Remote is becoming the standard, on-site the exception. An information graphic shows how and where we will work in the future. 14.05.2020 Learn more