Haselhorst Associates and H&Z are growing even closer. In August 2026, Haselhorst Associates GmbH was legally merged into H&Z Unternehmensberatung GmbH. The merger does not affect ongoing projects and clients. The people behind our projects and our long-standing client relationships, as well as our expertise, remain unchanged.
However, we are expanding the expertise available to you with our new business unit H&Z Performance & Restructuring.
The smart city market in Germany is more dynamic than ever before. This is shown by our Smart City Ranking 2025. This year, we have once again closely examined all cities with a population of 30,000 or more and analyzed how German smart cities have developed since the launch of the first ranking in…
The German economy is under pressure, and a multiple crisis scenario is weighing on companies in a wide range of industries. Owner-managed companies are particularly affected. Our latest white paper shows how the use of a CRO can help them in particular.
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For our new practical dossier, our Urban Transformation team investigated the extent to which cities in Germany have already developed and established monitoring and evaluation concepts for measuring the progress of smart city measures.
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For this year's summer event, our entire team came together for an unexpected sporting activity: we went surfing – in the north of Munich. The location was O2 Surftown, Germany’s first surf park.
Effective April 22, 2025, our partner Dr. Maximilian Eberl was appointed Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO) to the management board of the ETO GROUP in Stochach. As an experienced restructuring expert, he complements the existing management team led by Dr. Michael Schwabe (CEO), Patrick Boos (COO),…