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A Look back in Time
360° economy
In many industries, it is not enough to optimize the production factors within a region, a country or even a continent. The companies look all over the world for the best solution. International networking sometimes leads to the prevalence of certain helplessness in economic policy. The systems are too complex for undesirable developments to be corrected with a few twists of the wrist at the well known adjusting screws. The introduction of the joint European currency – the Euro – makes the economic region’s strength evident. The influence of the capital markets bring the danger of bubbles forming.
The world as a village
Web 2.0 represents a force – in markets and opinions – that companies have to take into account. In the virtual world, new models of society are tried out – still playfully – and the real world is made virtual on the Internet of Things. Instead of breaking into far-off galaxies, research breaks into the microcosm. Nanotechnology makes materials with new characteristics possible. The tangible effects of climate change ensure that work on the implementation of new energy concepts is intensified. The end of fossil fuels approaches.
