Economic expectations for Switzerland continued to deteriorate slightly in November. In the wake of the much more significant decline in the previous month, the relevant indicator edged down by 3.4 points,…
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany has climbed by 9.0 points in November 2010. The indicator now stands at 1.8 points after minus 7.2 points in the previous month. This value is below the…
In the years after a cartel has been detected, the number of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the respective economic sector increase considerably. This indicates a causal relationship between the detection of…
German welfare recipients accepting a so called One-Euro-Job (Ein-Euro-Job) are less likely to find regular employment, which is subject to social insurance contribution, than similar long-term unemployed…
Young firms in Germany have coped considerably well with the economic crisis. Their turnover and profit situation proved stable and, according to the firms, will improve next year. "Young firms consider…
Within a professional training programme at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim, 19 employees at the Chinese Ministry of Finance and other state institutions in China and Vietnam visited…
Web 2.0 applications like facebook and twitter have established themselves as information and communication media in our private domain. Today the use of Web 2.0 in business, labelled “Enterprise 2.0”, is…
The economic and financial crisis has lead to heavy losses in the worldwide mergers and acquisitions (M&A). However, this development did not stop the buying mood of Chinese firms. In the second half of 2009…
For the five largest office real estate markets in Germany, namely Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Munich, decreasing returns are expected until the end of 2011. The top rents will slightly decrease…