Just north of Zwickau, it employs 5, 600 people and last year turned out around 240, 000 Passats and Golfs.

ECONOMIST: Industry in eastern Germany

Golfs on partner Dietmar Hopp's course in Walldorf, Germany. 5.

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Kraft often golfs with his players.

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Kraft also golfs with his players.

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In the interest of full disclosure, I am a founding editor of The A Position, though I have not been involved at all in Golf Road Warriors, and my golf travel musings can be found at my site, Larry Golfs The World.

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It used to be that a startup could only get in the door at a big IT shop with significant connections (like a venture backer who golfs with CIOs every week) or by piggy-backing on a partnership with some other, much larger firm.

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