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European Investment Bank

Report Part Title: Germany

Report Title: DIGITALISATION IN EUROPE 2020-2021:


Report Subtitle: Evidence from the EIB Investment Survey
Report Author(s): European Investment Bank
Published by: European Investment Bank (2021)
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Germany

Adoption of digital technologies (% of firms), by sector

100

80

60

40

20

0
Germany EU Germany EU Germany EU Germany EU
Manufacturing Construction Services Infrastructure

Single technology Multiple technologies

Source: EIBIS (2020).


Note: A firm is identified as digital if at least one advanced digital technology is implemented in parts of the business. See Box 1
for the definition of digital technologies in EIBIS. Firms are weighted using value added.

Adoption of different digital technologies (% of firms)

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
3D printing Robotics IoT Big data/AI Virtual reality Platforms Drones

Germany EU

Source: EIBIS (2020).


Note: A firm is identified as digital if at least one advanced digital technology is implemented in parts of the business. See Box 1
for the definition of digital technologies in EIBIS. Firms are weighted using value added.

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Employment by firm size (% of employment) and digital adoption (% of firms), by
firm size

100 100

80
80
60
60
40

40 20

0
20

Small

Medium

Small

Medium
Large

Large
Micro

Micro
0
Germany EU Germany EU

Micro Small Medium Large Single technology Multiple technologies

Source: Eurostat and OECD Structural Business Statistics, and US Census Bureau 2017 (left panel). EIBIS (2020) (right panel).
Note: Micro firms: 1 to 9 employees, small firms: 10 to 49 employees, medium-sized firms: 50 to 249 employees, large firms: 250+
employees. A firm is identified as digital if at least one advanced digital technology is implemented in parts of the business. See
Box 1 for the definition of digital technologies in EIBIS. Firms in EIBIS are weighted using value added.

Firms’ management practices and firms reporting COVID-19 will lead to an increase
in the use of digitalisation (% of firms), by digital intensity

100 80

80
60
60

40 40

20
20
0
Germany EU Germany EU
Strategic business Performance pay 0
monitoring system Germany EU

Non-digital Digital Non-digital Digital

Source: EIBIS (2020).


Note: A firm is identified as digital if at least one advanced digital technology is implemented in parts of the business. See Box 1
for the definition of digital technologies in EIBIS. Firms are weighted using value added.

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