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…
Basel III better protects banks from future crises. That is the opinion of the majority of 214 financial market experts surveyed by ZEW on the proposed new international rules on bank capital standards known as…
Since October, the ZEW-Erste Group survey for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE region) has expanded by the inclusion of Turkey. Thus, the analyzed CEE region comprises one additional country and the assessment…
Economic expectations for Switzerland continued to diminish significantly in October. The ZEW-CS Indicator dropped by 22.4 points, dipping into very negative territory at minus 27.5 points. The ZEW-CS Indicator…
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany has dropped slightly by 2.9 points in October 2010. The indicator now stands at minus 7.2 points after minus 4.3 points in the previous month. This value is…
Mobile devices like smartphones or tablet PCs are being used in many firms today. These devices make it possible for the mobile users to access the internet and internet-based services and applications…
