How far has the German economy come with digitalization so far? The industry association Bitkom investigated this question in a study reported by Michael Kroker on wiwo.de . Accordingly, 89 percent of the 604 participating companies see digitalization as an opportunity, and 78 percent state that they now have a digital strategy. Nevertheless, over half of the companies see themselves as laggards when it comes to digitalization. The following applies: the smaller the company, the higher the proportion of latecomers. Only in companies with more than 2,000 employees are the pioneers in the majority.