NEWS & INSIGHTS
Arms boom instead of car crisis? Berlin’s industrial fantasy shattered by reality
Germany’s industry is caught in a downward spiral: car manufacturers in crisis, crumbling supply chains, thousands of jobs hanging in the balance. But there is also this: full order books at arms manufacturers, because billions from new debts taken on by the federal government are ending up here. So can the special arms programme save the industry from further decline?
The Due Diligence Private Equity Still Gets Wrong: Human Capital
Most due diligences can slice the numbers a thousand ways. Markets, models, margins – all dissected surgical precision. But the one factor that decides whether any of it turns into performance — the people expected to deliver — is still often checked last, or lightly, or not at all.
Here’s the quiet contradiction in private equity: Financial DD predicts potential. Human Capital DD predicts reality. And the gap between the two is where value is most often lost.
The due diligence that private equity still underestimates: human capital
In private equity, financial and commercial due diligence primarily analyse potential. However, whether this potential is realised is decided solely by the organisation that is to implement it. Human capital due diligence reveals whether leadership, roles and culture are actually capable of delivering value enhancement plans – or whether this is precisely where the latest and most expensive loss of value occurs.
HAGER TOP VOICES:
In the latest episode of #SaharMeets, Sahar Zabler talks to Franz von Ditfurth, Member of the Management Board of Mainzer Aufbaugesellschaft (MAG). They discuss the importance of networking in the real estate industry, the influence of digitalization and sustainability as well as current trends and challenges.
Shortage of skilled workers for plant fire departments
The HAGER Business Unit Automotive & Mobility brought together renowned experts from the German automotive industry for the Top Voices panel discussion entitled “Transformation in the automotive industry”. Key topics were the resilience of automotive suppliers and the stagnating e-mobility. The most important assessments and forecasts.
Shortage of skilled workers for plant fire departments
The HAGER Business Unit Automotive & Mobility brought together renowned experts from the German automotive industry for the Top Voices panel discussion entitled “Transformation in the automotive industry”. Key topics were the resilience of automotive suppliers and the stagnating e-mobility. The most important assessments and forecasts.
“E-cars must become cheaper than combustion engines”
The HAGER Business Unit Automotive & Mobility brought together renowned experts from the German automotive industry for the Top Voices panel discussion entitled “Transformation in the automotive industry”. Key topics were the resilience of automotive suppliers and the stagnating e-mobility. The most important assessments and forecasts.
The use of artificial intelligence in modern medicine
Find out in an interview with Michaela Bender & Natalie Erdmann how artificial intelligence is used in hospitals and what challenges and opportunities it presents.
From apprentice to Head of IT & Digital Innovation: Inamullah Qayyum’s success story at HAGER
Inamullah Qayyum began his training as an IT specialist for system integration in September 2014. A decade later, on May 1, 2024, he took up the position of Head of IT & Digital Innovation. This period was characterized by significant milestones and steady personal growth.
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