Abelshauser, Werner, 36
Adenauer, Konrad, 20
AGRITECHNICA, 86
Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart, 28
Association of the German Trade Fair Industry (AUMA), 85
AUMA. See Association of the German Trade Fair Industry
Barve, Manoj, 65, 82, 100
Bayazit Genc, Osman, 121
BDI. See Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V.
Benz, Carl, 38
Bömers, Katharina, 63
Borse, Achim, 91, 98, 114–115
Bosch, Robert, 37
Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. (BDI), 44–45
Bunsen, Robert, 37
Business Mentality: Germans Consult, Americans Serve (Magee), 100
Business relationships, 117–126
Chamber of Industry and Commerce, 42–43
Charles the Great, 20
Cross-cultural communication, 81–82
Culture, 65–68, 75–80
Daimler, Gottlieb, 38
d’Arc, Jeanne, 30
Deane, Neil, 125
De’Ath, Sue, 83, 103
de Gaulle, Charles, 20
Deutsche Bahn Service Centers, 4
Deutsche Bank, 37
Deutsche Mark, 30
Die Deutschen und ihre Mythen (Münkler), 59
Die Deutsche Wirtschaft, 8–10, 12–13
Diesel, Rudolf, 38
Doing Business with Germans: Their Perception, Our Perception (Schroll-Machl), 79
Dresdner Bank, 37
Dual education system, 40–43
Dumont, Rena, 57–59, 65
Eichmann, Adolf, 26
Employment, 33–36
Entrepreneurial funding policy, 14
Face-to-face presentations, 98–108
Federal states size and inhabitants, 16
Flooding, 6
Franco-German Friendship Treaty, 20
Frankfurter Buchmesse, 89, 92
Gandhi, Mahatma, 30
GDPR. See General Data Protection Regulation
GDR. See German Democratic Republic
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), 94
German Democratic Republic (GDR), 28
German trade shows, 85–90
Germany
business relationships, 117–126
culture, 65–68, 75–80
dual education system, 40–43
employment, 33–36
geography and population, 1–8
households in, 7
labor market, 33–36
“Made in Germany,” 40–43
manners and habits, 68–73
map of, 3
Mittelstand, 8–14
money spending, 46–51
Nazi Germany, 24–27
1949–1990 and beyond, 27–31
politics, 53–57
regional pecularities, 14–17
religion, 6
Second World War, 24–27
trade associations, 44–45
weather, 5
German Youth Employment Protection Act, 42
Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI), 12
GTAI. See Germany Trade and Invest
Habits, 68–73
HANNOVER MESSE, 86
Hauser, Andreas, 115, 121
Henry IV, 21
Hernandez, Ruben A., 103
Hidden Champions – Aufbruch nach Globalia (Simon), 11
Hitler, Adolf, 24–27, 125
Höhne, Gudrun, 106–107
Holocaust, 26
Holocaust (mini series), 27
Holy Roman Empire, 20
Hospitality, 118–126
Hostility, 119
Households, 7
private consumption expenditure, 50
Industrial Revolution, 36
Infratest dimap, 6
ISPO MUNICH, 88, 93
Ittstein, Daniel, 101, 114
Janouch, Stephan, 67, 72, 96–98
Joint Venture, 80
Kerr, Judith, 19
Kohl, Helmut, 30
Kolbe, Hermann, 37
Korte, Karl-Rudolf, 61
Kreuter, Dirk, 90
Krüger, Jens, 62–63
Labor market, 33–36
The Life of Others (film), 29
Lost in Translation—German Directness, American Euphemisms: The Hell of Cross-Cultural Communication (Magee), 113
Luther, Martin, 21–22
MacKichan, Andrew, 17, 75
“Made in Germany,” 31, 40–43
Magee, Otto John, 100, 104, 113
Manners and habits, 68–73
Master Craftsman, 43
Maybach, Wilhelm, 38
Measurement Valley, 12
Medium-sized companies, 10–11
Meetings
online, 98–108
sales, 90–98
Merkel, Angela, 53–54
Mittelstand, 8–14
Modern Germany (Deane), 125
Money spending, 46–51
Münkler, Herfried, 59–60
National Product Classification for Production Statistics, 38
Nazi Germany, 24–27, 76, 124
O Cal, Cal, 39, 64, 115
1-Euro-Jobs, 34
Online meetings, 98–108
Oreskovich, Tina, 66
Ossi, 30
Paradiessucher (Dumont), 57
Politics, 53–57
Population, 1–8
Pragmatism, 40
Presenting Across Cultures (Hernandez), 103
Private consumption expenditure, 50
Refugee crisis, 63
Regional pecularities, 14–17
Religion, 6
Request for proposal (RFP), 108–115
Request for quotation (RFQ), 108–115
RFP. See Request for proposal
RFQ. See Request for quotation
Rundfunk, Bayerischer, 55–56
Sachdev, Arjun, 99
Sales meetings, 90–98
Schmitz, Lukas, 121
Schroll-Machl, Sylvia, 79
Schulz, Martin, 53
Second World War, 24–28
Siegel, Stewart, 14
Simon, Hermann, 11–12
Skilled workers, shortage of, 33
Small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), 8–9
SMEs. See Small-and medium-sized enterprises
Social plan, 35
“Solidaritätszuschlag,” 49
Steinmeier, Frank-Walter, 54
Syed, Hasan, 64, 68, 75, 91, 114
Tell, Wilhelm, 30
Trade associations, 44–45
Trade shows, 85–90
Trust-based working time, 34
VDA. See Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V.
VDMA. See Verband Deutscher Maschinen-und Anlagenbau
Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V. (VDA), 85
Verband Deutscher Maschinen-und Anlagenbau (VDMA), 44
von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang, 30, 39–40
von Liebig, Justus, 37
von Siemens, Werner, 37
Weather, 5
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Kerr), 19
Wippermann, Peter, 62–63
Wurz, Alexander, 17, 102