Acceleration and change create opportunities and hope – but also uncertainty and sometimes fear. In recent years, we have been shaken across all territories, industries and markets in ways that are unparalleled.

In addition to a global pandemic, massive political changes and new armed conflicts, companies must adapt to further accelerating digitalization and automation and the challenges of climate change – to name just a few topics.

Will we see golden 20s or a depression? Will Europe remain a stabilizing factor, or lose out? Will artificial intelligence dramatically reshape our markets?

This study aims to find out how companies and entrepreneurs position themselves on the future and how they deal with uncertainty and doubt.