Conduct an analysis of the economic and business environment in Germany. Identify opportunities and challenges involved in doing business there.
Things to cover:
a) Demographics: Population, growth rate, distribution of population (age groups), rural vs.
urban, cities vs. villages
b) Per capita income levels, wealth distribution
c) Major exports and trading partners
d) Business environment: Government
attitude to foreign investment and trends, ease of doing
business, trade regulations
e) Inflation levels, currency exchange rate; risks of devaluation versus the dollar
f) Education and literacy levels, availability of skilled labor, labor costs
g) Member
ship in regional economic and trading
blocs
h) Legal system: Protection of intellectual property rights, enforcement of contracts
