In 2011 the innovation expenditures of German companies increased by 9.2 per cent and reached a new all-time high of 131.9 billion euros. It was the larger companies which accounted for the major part of the…
The Basel II Accord implemented a tighter regulation of the banking sector. The importance of external credit scoring conducted by rating agencies has thus grown significantly for banks providing business…
Major customers such as industrial companies, huge business enterprises, municipalities, and other final consumers demanding large amounts of energy can expect stable prices for electricity, oil, natural gas,…
Exploiting shale gas using the controversial "fracking" method has led to a strong decrease of gas prices in the United States. In the European Union (EU), however, fracking, i.e. the extraction of gas…
Japan and Germany clearly are the innovation leaders in innovative coal technologies. Given the decreasing domestic importance of coal, however, this lead is at risk. These are the findings of a study conducted…
Economic expectations for Central and Eastern Europe including Turkey (CEE) have highly increased by 20.9 points in January 2013. The ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for the CEE region now…
Economic expectations for Switzerland have improved by 8.6 points in January 2013, raising the ZEW-CS Indicator to a level of minus 6.9 points. The ZEW-CS Indicator is calculated monthly by the Centre for…