Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft
Thomas Dapp
Deutsche Bank Research
The “creative economy” is an important economic factor in Germany, write former Deutsche Bank/AGI Fellow Thomas Dapp and Philipp Ehmer, producing goods and services worth over 60 billion euros in 2009. The industry has significant growth potential for the future, but some changes within the sector are necessary – namely some changes to copyright and patent statutes – to achieve the maximum growth potential.