About the Author

Jutta Falkner

As a business journalist, Dr. Jutta Falkner has been involved with East-West economic relations for more than 30 years. In the early 1990s, she acquired a majority stake in "Ost-West-Kontakte Verlags- und Werbegesellschaft mbH & Co. KG", Hamburg, and developed it into one of Germany's leading foreign trade publishers under the name "OWC-Verlag für Außenwirtschaft GmbH". The publications focused on the markets of Eastern and Central Europe as well as Asia. She directly accompanied and commented on the economic development of Eastern and Central Europe by Western companies. After selling the publishing house, she now publishes, among other things, BusinessPortal Norwegen.