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Logistics Indicator in co-operation with ifo Institue as new partner

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ifo Institute new partner beginning Q3/2017

The world is in motion, this is a time of different thinking and digital action – which makes it all the more important to possess a reliable compass. Since 2008, the Logistics Indicator of BVL has served as a valuable tool for strategists and planners in logistics. It helps them to find their bearings and acts as a seismograph for a highly internationally interlinked sector of the economy that employs more than three million people in Germany.

After nine years of successful cooperation with the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), the BVL is now developing the Logistics Indicator further together with the ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at Munich University – using a considerably expanded data basis that will further enhance the robustness and validity of the Indicator. The Scientific Director is Prof. Dr. Timo Wollmershäuser, and this collaboration with the ifo Institute permits us to integrate the BVL Logistics Indicator with the ifo Business Climate Index, thereby ensuring improved comparability and allowing us to more effectively determine the position and status of logistics relative to other sectors of the economy.

Background and methodology

>> Transfer from „methodology ifw“ to „methodology ifo“

>> Detailled info about methodology (PDF)

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    Now is a time for plain talk: as one of the most highly interconnected countries in the world, Germany has a fundamental interest in open markets, fair rules and the advancement of international ...

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  • 3rdQuarter 2018

    Now is a time for plain talk: as one of the most highly interconnected countries in the world, Germany has a fundamental interest in open markets, fair rules and the advancement of international ...

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  • 2ndQuarter 2018

    The good news is that the business situation is better than ever before. For the second time in a row, 4,000 polled decision-makers in industry, trade and logistics services say the current situation ...

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    The climate in the German logistics industry is excellent – as underlined by the findings of the ifo Insitute for the BVL Logistics Indicator in the first quarter of 2018. The ifo Institute arrives ...

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  • 4th Quarter 2017

    The business climate in the German logistics sector improved noticeably in the fourth quarter and has now reached a new high mark. This is the finding of the monthly survey for the Logistics Indicator ...

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  • 2nd Quarter 2017

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Updated: 12.12.2019
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