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Germany’s midsized companies have a lot to teach the world

By Ben | Published: December 20, 2010

The second world’s largest exporter next to China is Germany, despite its high labor costs and strong euro. It is the home of durable “Mittelstand” companies that have survived hyperinflation and two world wars. In the Economist of November 25, 2010, Bernd Venohr of the Berlin School of Economics and Hermann Simon of Simon-Kurcher & ... more »