ifo Industry Colloquium 2020
Project period: January 2020 - December 2020
Research Areas:
Tasks
Platform for discussions of current topics from an industry-specific perspective.
Methods
In four sector forums – Manufacturing, Retail Trade, Construction, and Services – experts from companies, associations, politics and research discuss about current developments in these industries as well as about sector-specific focus topics such as digitization, innovation, productivity, international trade or labor market.
Data and other sources
Among others:
Industry reports (project “Branchen special”)
ifo Business Survey, ifo Economic Forecast
Joint Economic Forecast
International data sources such as OECD, Eurostat
Results
This year's virtual ifo Industry Colloquium, focused on the implications of the Co-rona crisis across and within industries. The industry forum addressed the ques-tion of how the Corona pandemic is changing supply chains and sales channels in foreign trade. The trade forum focused on the impact of the pandemic on trade in cities. The construction forum discussed the slowdown in construction activity and changes in building use. Finally, the services forum explored how the Corona crisis is affecting startups.