Fast Lane or Obsolete? German Mittelstand on the Road to the Future
summary
German mid-sized companies (Mittelstand) face heavy pressure to transform but often fail to scale pilots into broad deployments. The panel examines why digitalization and AI initiatives frequently don’t deliver—pointing to issues of focus, organizational setup, and financing—and discusses what is needed to create economically viable, scalable solutions. Participants include leaders from Sage, KfW, and Communardo Group.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Digitalization in Mittelstand
- 3:11AI adoption hurdles
- 10:10Bureaucracy and regulation
- 16:22AI potential via process integration
- 21:14Trial and error for AI innovation
- 25:25Future-proofing via succession
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