Germany is a major economic and political power in Europe. It has a population of over 81 million people and its capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany has a highly skilled workforce and is known for its leadership in technology and manufacturing. Some of its top exports include motor vehicles, machinery, and chemicals. Germany also has strong economic and cultural ties with India through bilateral trade and cooperation.

1. GERMANY

2. PRESENTED BY:
Swati Singh
Shruti Rathi
Sonam Verma
Mayura Rajguru

4. INTRODUCTION
• Germany officially the Federal Republic of
Germany.
• In German called as Bunderepublik Deutschland.
• Germany is the major economic and political
power of the European continent.
• The country consists of 16 states.

5. • Bordered by Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic,
Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium,
Netherlands, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
• The chief of state is the President and the head of
government is the Chancellor.
President: Joachim Gauck
Chancellor: Angela Merke

6. • Capital: Berlin
• Financial Capital: Frankfurt
• Language: German (mainly)
Other languages: Sorbian
Romani
Danish
North Frisian
• People learn ENGLISH as first foreign language.

7. • Total area: 356,854 sq km
land: 349,520 sq km
water: 7,334 sq km
• Motto: "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit."
"Unity and Justice and Freedom.“
• National Anthem: Das Lied der Deutschen
• National bird: Eagle
• National tree: Oak

8. • Currency: Euro €
1 Euro =84.47 INR
• Population: 81.89 million (2012)
• Country code: +49
• It is 4.5 hrs behind India
• GDP per capita: 41,514.17 USD (2012)
GDP growth rate: 0.7% annual change ( 2012)
• Religion: Christians 62.5 %
Muslims 4 %
Jews 0.2 %.

9. A SHORT GLIMPSE

10. LANGUAGE
• The official language
of Germany is Standard
German.
• According to W3Techs,
6.0% of websites are written
in German
• Making it the third most
used language on the
Internet.

11. FESTIVALS
• Carnival in Germany.
• International Film Festival in Berlin
• Wine Festival and Wurstmarkt in Bad Duerkheim
• Rhine in Flames Festival
• Carnival of Cultures in Berlin
• Oktoberfest in Munich
• Christmas

12. DANCE
• German dance is example of the exchange and the
relationship among the Courtly Dance, the social dance,
and the folk dance.
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Three German Dances.
• This set of dances includes three individual dances.
• Each dance changes in instrumentation, only the violins
play in all three dances.

14. DANCE FEATURES
• Dance 1: begins with a series of repeating phrases that
are emphasised by the violins.
• Dance 2: The main tune is once again played by the
violins at the beginning, and is repeated.
• Dance 3: SCHLITTENFAHRT; means “ Sliegh Ride”, it may
have been written independently of the others, as it is
very different in style.

15. GERMAN MUSIC
• Germany is the largest music market in Europe.
• third largest in the world.
• The Rock am Ring festival is the largest music festival in
Germany.
• Germany hosts many large rock music festivals annually.

17. FOOD HABITS
• Breakfast commonly consists of bread, toast, or bread rolls
with cold cuts, cheese or jam, marmalade or honey, eggs,
and (often strong) coffee or tea.
• milk, cocoa or fruit juices for children.
• Germans likes to have their meal on time.
• The German dinner – called “Abendbrot”, meaning
"evening bread“.

19. SLIDE DISHES
• Noodles, potatoes and dumplings in all forms are very
common.
• A wide variety of cakes and tarts are served
throughout the country, most commonly made with
fresh fruit.

20. FOODS ON OCCASIONS
• Special meals usually include meat, fish, or fowl, along
with one of a number of starchy foods.
• Christmas dinner often consists of goose, duck, or
turkey, supplemented by red cabbage and potatoes or
potato dumplings.

21. DRESS CODE
• Men wear a dark business suit with a white or light-
blue shirt and a tasteful tie during a business
meeting.
• Women go for a trouser suit or a coat and skirt
combination in black, navy, or beige, with a simple
blouse or elegant shirt.

22. FORMALATTIRES

23. CULTURAL DRESS

24. CULTURAL DRESS
• The national dress represents an important part of the
country's heritage and sense of identity.
• Lederhosen's traditional leather shorts, straps, knee high
socks and hats are one of the world's most famous
looks.
• The dirndl comprises many garments that make up the
entire outfit.
• It was made up of a fitted bodice which was worn with
a blouse, a full skirt, petticoat, and an apron.

25. TOURIST PLACES
• Germany is a principal attraction for foreign tourists.
• Germans themselves are among the world's most
enthusiastic tourists.
• German tourism constitutes a major drain on German
foreign exchange.

26. NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE

27. BRANDENBURG GATE

28. HEIDELBERG OLD CITY

29. HOLSTENTOR

30. COLOGNE CATHEDRAL

31. OKTOBERFEST

32. LINDAU

33. FRAUENKIRCHE

34. ROMANTIC RHINE

35. RÜGEN CLIFFS

36. TOP COMPANIES
1. Allianz Worldwide - Insurance
2. Daimler Chrysler - Consumer Durables
3. Deutsche Bank Group - Banking
4. Deutsche Telekom - Telecommunications Services
5. E.ON - Utilities
6. Siemens Group - Conglomerates
7. Munich Re - Insurance
8. RWE Group - Utilities
9. Deutsche Post - Transportation
10. BMW Group - Consumer Durables

37. GOVERNANCE IN GERMANY

38. THE BUNDESTAG
• The lower house in the German political system is the
Bundestag.
• It is the Federal Parliament with 600 directly elected
representatives of people.
• Its members are elected for four-year terms.
• The Bundestag elects the Chancellor for a four-year
term

39. THE BUNDESRAT
• The upper house in the German political system is the
Bundesrat.
• It is the Federal council with delegates nominated by
state government of 16 Lander
• The Bundesrat has the power to veto legislation that
affects the powers of the states.

40. THE JUDICIARY
• The Constitutional Court is located in Karlsruhe in the
state of Baden-Württemberg.
• Germany's supreme court is called the Federal
Constitutional Court.
• There are 16 judges divided between two panels called
Senates.
• Half of the judges are elected by the Bundestag and
half by the Bundesrat.
• Once appointed, a judge can only be removed by the
Court itself.

41. EDUCATION SYSTEM

42. • Education is compulsory from the age of 6 through 14.
• All children enter in the same program, but at the age
of 10, they go to one of four types of schools.
• The track that they enter determines which type of
school they can next enter, and finally, weather they
will go to a university or enter a technical field or trade.
• From the age of 6 through 9 all children must attend
Grundschule or primary school.

43. • The lowest track in the German education system is the
Hauptschule (General school).
• It's starts with 5th grade and goes up through the 9th
grade.
• A Hauptschule is a school where the students prepare
for occupations that require training.
• They also continue learning basic subjects as well as
English. After this, they go to a vocational school which
lasts about 2 years.

44. • A Realschule is a school that's a little more advanced
that the Hauptschule.
• Here students learn the basic subjects which will
prepare them for a mid level job in business.
• if a student receives high enough grades to transfer to
a Gymnasium.

45. • The gymnasium is one of the tracks a student could go
to after primary school.
• This school prepares students to enter a university
• . The gymnasium goes from the 5th through 13th
grades.
• Here students learn subjects like German, math,
physics, chemistry, geography, biology, art, PE, religion
and history.
• They are also required to learn two foreign languages.
(One has to be English)
• In the 13th grade students prepare for the Abitur.

46. TOP UNIVERSITIES
1. Free University of Berlin
2. Goethe University Frankfurt
3. Humboldt University of Berlin
4. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
5. Technical University of Berlin
6. Technical University of Munich
7. University of Munich
8. University of Göttingen
9. University of Bonn
10. University of Freiburg

47. MANAGEMENT STYLE OF
GERMANY
• The German style of competition is rigorous but not
ruinous.
• German managers and workers are often close
• German industry works closely with government.
• The German management style is not litigious.
• they do not need a visible bottom-line result quickly.
• Germans value order, privacy and punctuality.
• Germans respect perfectionism in all areas of business
and private life.

48. MEETING AND GREETING
• At a business or social
meeting, shake hands
with everyone present
when arriving and
leaving.
• Introduce yourself by your
last name only and not
first name.
• Never shake hands with
one hand in your pocket.

49. BODY LANGUAGE
• Germans may appear reserved and
unfriendly until you get to know them
better.
• "Thumbs up" gesture means "one" or is
a sign of appreciation or agreement.
• Making hands into two fists, thumbs
tucked inside the other fingers and
making pounding motion lightly on a
surface expresses "good luck."
• Never use the "okay" sign (index finger
and thumb jointed together to make
a circle). This is considered a rude
gesture.
• Don't point your index finger to your
own head. This is an insult.

50. CORPORATE CULTURE
• Germans take punctuality for business meetings and social
occasions seriously.
• Rank is very important in business.
• Germans generally discuss business after a few minutes of
general discussion.
• Decision making is slow with thorough analysis of all facts.
• In German business culture, it is very important to refer to
your German colleague with his or her title plus the last
name. If someone is introduced to you with an additional
title (e.g., Dr.), use it.

51. •The primary purpose of a first meeting is to get to know one
another and to evaluate the person, to gain trust, and the
check chemistry.
•Germans generally discuss business after a few minutes of
general discussion.

52. DINING ETIQUETTE
• Do not discuss business
during lunch or dinner unless
your German host initiates
the conversation.
• Nobody drinks at a dinner
party before the host has
drunk.
• Guten Appetit is said before
eating and means "enjoy
your meal".
• A guest of honor is seated to
the left of the hostess if it is a
man and to the right of the
host if it is a woman.

53. • Keep your hands on the table at all times during a meal.
• Use a knife and fork to eat sandwiches, fruit, and most
food.
• Germans don't tend to stay long after dinner. The
honored guests are expected to make the first move to
leave.
• A "thank you" is usually done in person or with a telephone
call.
• Do not ask for a tour of your host's home, it would be
considered impolite.

54. •If you are taking a break during the meal, but would like to
continue eating or would like more food, cross the knife and
fork on your plate with the fork over the knife.
•When finished eating, place knife and fork side by side on
the plate

55. GIFTS
• Give books, bourbon, whiskey or classical music. American-
made gifts are very appropriate.
• Do not give pointed objects like knives, scissors,
umbrellas etc.
• When invited to someone's home, always bring a small gift
for the hostess.
• Give an uneven number of flowers (unwrapped, not 13),
yellow roses, tea roses or chocolates.
• Yellow and white chrysanthemums and calla lilies are
given for funerals only.

56. HELPFUL HINTS
• A man or younger person should always walk to the left
side of a lady.
• Traditional good manners call for the man to walk in
front of a woman when walking into a public place. This
is a symbol of protection and of the man leading the
woman.
• Don’t lose your temper publicly. This is viewed as
uncouth and sign of weakness.

57. WOMEN IN BUSINESS
• Traditionally, there has been
little acceptance of women in
high positions of responsibility
and power in business.
• Women, especially foreign
women, must establish their
position and ability immediately
in order to conduct business
successfully in Germany.
• A woman should not feel
inhibited to invite a German
man to dinner for business and
will not have any problems
paying.

58. THE CULTURAL DIFFERENCE
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecPdYfOFI28
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMbjaOyZwys

59. ENTERPRENEURSHIP IN
GERMANY
• Matt Cohler, Facebook co-founder, active US VC
investor (Benchmark Capital) “I’d bet on Berlin. I
believe Berlin has the best shot in the Western world
outside of Silicon Valley at becoming a place with a
true tech startup ecosystem. (…) I mean a place with
an enduring ecosystem powered by a network effect
that gets stronger over time. Like what Hollywood is for
entertainment, London and New York are for big
finance, Milan and Paris are for fashion, and Silicon
Valley is for technology …
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRJlqgMqVbA

61. BARRIERS FOR
ENTREPRENEURS IN GERMANY
• Lack of finance is a big reason. Small companies need
angel investors and venture capital to survive and
grow. But these sources of capital are frail in Germany.
• German venture capitalists are cautious.
• Fear of failure is another dampener. It would deter 42%
of Germans from starting a company, GEM’s polling
finds.

62. GERMANY-INDIA RELATIONS
• For the year 2010, Indo-German trade relations
achieved a new high, with trade volume crossing the
€15 billion mark. According to figures released by the
German Federal Statistics Office, between January to
December 2010, the total volume of bilateral trade
increased by 17.9 per cent compared to a negative
percentage in 2009. First 5 months of this year has
shown an outstanding growth of 28% in total volumes.

63. EXPORTS
• Motor vehicles, Machinery,
Chemicals, Computer and
electronic products, electrical
equipment, pharmaceuticals,
metals, transport equipment,
textiles, rubber and plastic
products.
• Germany exported 1407,098
million USD goods in 2012
• It is second largest exporter of
goods.
• It exports machineries to
India.

64. TRADE PATNERS IN EXPORT
• European Union (58.2 %)
• US (7.0 %)
• China (6.1 %)
• Switzerland (4.5 %)
• Russia (3.3 %)

65. MAJOR IMPORTS
• Machinery, data processing equipment, vehicles,
chemicals, oil and gas, metals, agricultural products.
• Germany imported 1167,423 million USD goods.
• It is third largest importer of goods.
• It import leather, textile goods to IT solutions from India.

66. TRADE PATNERS IN IMPORT
• China (10%)
• Netherlands (8%)
• France (8%)
• Belgium-Luxembourg (6%)
• Italy (6%)

67. FOREIGN POLICY OF
GERMAN
• Today's German foreign policy has to be geared to
three key guiding principles:
• strengthening Europe as a model for cooperation and
integration
• advocating peace and disarmament
• seizing the opportunities offered by globalization for the
benefit of all.

68. ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN
GERMANY
• Germany is a founder member of the European Union
and takes an active part in the activities of all its
subordinate institutions.
• As befits a country with high employment costs but a
well educated population and a well trained
workforce, the most exciting prospects today are
offered by industries at the forefront of technology and
by the providers of sophisticated technical,commercial
and financial services and Agriculture and tourism are
less significant.

69. • Traditionally, the German economy is oriented towards
manufacturing. This extends to the service sector,
where there are many companies developing and
applying leading edge technologies for industrial use.
• For decades, manufacturing output has exceeded the
consumption requirements of the domestic economy;
in effect, Germany is and remains a major exporting
nation in order to maintain domestic employment.
• In order to maintain domestic employment keeping
with this tradition.
• Germany’s recovery from the economic crisis was
export-led. Nevertheless, unemployment remains a
perennial problem, although by January 2011 it had
fallen to 7.9%, that is, very nearly back to its pre-crisis
level.

70. • Germany is the largest producer of lignite in the world.
Germany is also rich in timber, iron ore, potash, salt,
uranium, nickel, copper and natural gas. Energy in
Germany is sourced predominantly by fossil fuels,
followed by nuclear power, and by renewable energy
like biomass (wood and biofuels), wind, hydro and
solar.
• The service sector contributes around 70% of the total
GDP, industry 29.1%, and agriculture 0.9%. Most of the
country's products are in engineering, especially in
automobiles, machinery, metals, and chemical
goods.[23] Germany is the leading producer of wind
turbines and solar power technology in the world.[24]
Combination of service-oriented manufacturing,[25]
R&D spending, links between industry and academia,
international cooperation and the Mittelstand
contribute to the overall competitiveness of the
economy of Germany.[26][27]

71. • Germany is the world's top location for trade fairs.
Around two thirds of the world's leading trade fairs take
place in Germany.[28] The largest annual international
trade fairs and congresses are held in several German
cities such as Hanover, Frankfurt and Berlin.

72. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• http://atlas.media.mit.edu/country/deu/
• http://export.gov/germany/marketresearchongermany
/countrycommercialguide/doingbusinessingermany/in
dex.asp
• http://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/germany
• http://business.mapsofindia.com/trade-relations/india-
germany/german-exports-to-india.html

73. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• http://atlas.media.mit.edu/country/deu/
• http://export.gov/germany/marketresearchongermany
/countrycommercialguide/doingbusinessingermany/in
dex.asp
• http://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/germany
• http://business.mapsofindia.com/trade-relations/india-
germany/german-exports-to-india.html

74. THANK YOU … !