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  1. CEE Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 15.12.2011

    ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE): Economic Sentiments Slightly Decrease – Current Situation Dives into Negative Territory

    The ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for Central and Eastern Europe including Turkey (CEE) has slightly decreased by 4.6 points in December 2011 to a level of minus 41.4 points. Economic…
  2. CH Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 14.12.2011

    ZEW-CS Financial Market Test Switzerland - Expectations Deteriorate Further

    The ZEW-CS Indicator dropped by 7.7 points to minus 72.0 points in December 2011. The ZEW-CS Indicator is calculated monthly by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in cooperation with Credit Suisse…
  3. ZEW/Prognos Survey // 14.12.2011

    ZEW/ProgTrans Transportmarktbarometer – Despite Slowdown of Economic Growth: Slight Price Increase in the Transport Market Expected Until Mid-2012

    The slowdown of the economic growth is still noticeable in the transport markets. The growth of the transport volume both in Germany and for international traffic will significantly decrease in the next six…
  4. Research // 06.12.2011

    Taking the Lead in Innovation – A Crucial Success Factor for the Internationalisation of German ICT Companies

    Innovation, skilled employees and customised products and services are the success factors of German ICT (Information and Communication Technology) companies for accessing foreign markets. These are the…
  5. Research // 29.11.2011

    ZEW Survey Among Financial Market Experts – Inflation Risk in the Eurozone Decreases During the Next Year

    During the next year, a slight decrease in the Eurozone’s inflation rate can be expected. At least, this is the opinion of the majority of the 238 financial market experts surveyed by the Centre for European…
  6. Information Economy // 28.11.2011

    Information Economy – Cloud Computing Accelerates Business Processes and Generates Efficiency Gains

    More than 37 per cent of all companies engaged in the information economy do already rely on cloud computing. 48 per cent of these cloud users accelerated their business processes and 40 per cent obtained…
  7. Research // 24.11.2011

    A Comment by Prof. Dr. Michael Schröder (ZEW) on the Measures Currently Planned by the EU Regarding the Regulation of Credit Rating Agencies

    Last week, the European Commission presented its proposals regarding the regulation of credit rating agencies to the European Parliament. Altogether, these proposals constitute a major step forward for an…