Re:Germany’s great tuition fees U-turn
by rbehrends on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @11:38AM
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> Germany could not have produced Facebook.
"Could not" is a bit strong. "Unlikely" I'd agree with.
But my rationale is different: German businesses traditionally have a strong bias towards B2B models (esp. the "Mittelstand") and startups eschew consumer-facing business models. For example, America has Microsoft, Germany has SAP.
"Could not" is a bit strong. "Unlikely" I'd agree with.
But my rationale is different: German businesses traditionally have a strong bias towards B2B models (esp. the "Mittelstand") and startups eschew consumer-facing business models. For example, America has Microsoft, Germany has SAP.