Question

1. Location is Germany
2. Population and demographics (ages, sex, etc.) Table or detail of the info and a small paragraph describing what is happening in the country.
3. Income per capita (most recent year)
4. Main exports and Main Imports (most recent year preferable)
5. GDP growth (%) over the past 5 years ( small explanation of what is happening in that country)
6. Incoming foreign direct investment over the past five years ($$$)
7. Key relevant issues (Politics, economics, social and trade)
8. Cultural values (Hofstede scale)
9. The country’s competitive advantage(s)
10. Future prospects (business, political movements, etc.

Answer 1

Germany

Population:

80,457,737 Est. by July 2018

Demographics:

Age	Percentage	Sex
0-14 years	12.83%	male 5,299,798 /female 5,024,184
15-24 years	9.98%	male 4,092,901 /female 3,933,997
25-54 years	39.87%	male 16,181,931 /female 15,896,528
55-64 years	14.96%	male 5,989,111 /female 6,047,449
65 years and over	22.36%	male 7,930,590 /female 10,061,248

It can be identified by as the percentage of 65 years and over is high; the country needs to invest more in health sector. And as the percentage of young i.e. 25-54 years (prime working age) is the highest (39.87%), the country must determine ways to produce more employment opportunities.

Birth rate       

8.6 births/1,000 population

Death rate     

11.8 deaths/1,000 population

Urban population:

77.3% of total population

Source of demographics:

July 2018 Data produced by Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.).

Income per capita:

GDP Per Capita 48,219.890 USD (December 2018)

Main exports:

• Cars,
• Vehicle parts,
• Packaged Medicaments,
• Planes,
• Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft and
• Human or Animal Blood

Main Imports:

• Cars,
• Vehicle Parts,
• Crude Petroleum,
• Packaged Medicaments and
• Human or Animal Blood

GDP growth (%) over the past 5 years:

• Germany GDP growth rate was 1.9% in 2014
• Germany GDP growth rate was 1.7% annual change in 2015
• Germany GDP growth rate was 1.9% annual change in 2016
• Germany GDP growth rate was 2.2% annual change in 2017
• Germany GDP growth rate was 1.4% annual change in 2018

Looking at the GDP growth (%) over the past 5 years it can be identified that the GDP growth % has reduced significantly from 2014 to 2019 in Germany.

Incoming foreign direct investment

2014: 2.274

2015: 3.141

2016: 3.153

2017: 2.343

2018:

Key relevant issues:

• Net take home of population is still increasing too slowly.
• Public debt ratio is falling at incremental rate.
• Imbalance between investment and saving is also witnessed.

Cultural values (Hofstede scale):

Germany has a score of 35 on HofstedePower distance scale, it proves to be highly decentralized society.

With a score of 67 in individualism, the society proves to be the truly Individualist.

Germany also is a uncertainty avoidant countries with the score of 65.

Competitive Advantage:

• Innovation,
• Highly skilled workforce, and
• Technological Advancement.

Future prospects:

• Business to business levels will keep on developing,
• Germany will keep to maintain strongest economy in Europe,