Think Tanks versus "Denkfabriken"?

In Germany it is more likely that think tanks communicate through more direct channels with the government. The relationship is different in the United States, where think tanks are closer to the private sector and communicate through the media. In his in-depth study, Josef Braml analyzed 430 German and US think tanks with a comprehensive survey, and conducted 40 expert interviews with the CEOs of the most prominent institutes on both sides of the Atlantic.