The green machine
A second wind for German industry?
Mar 11th 2010
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Sir, very interesting article. Thank you.
However, I think the author misses something really important: how research and innovation are organised in Germany with Max-Plank and Fraunhofer institutes. Both are world-class institutions, in general far better than German universities and comparable to world top research institution. Max-Plank institutes focus on basic research and Fraunhofer institutes on applied research.
The strong collaboration between German companies and Fraunhofer institutes does make a difference. That is why so many companies from other countries envy this model.