The monthly survey among financial experts conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, and supported by Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen, Vienna, recorded slightly lower…
The Financial Market Test Switzerland, carried out by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in cooperation with the Credit Suisse, revealed somewhat diminishing economic expectations in Switzerland…
Nearly 40 per cent of the companies in the economic sector service providers of the information society, which is characterised by a high ICT intensity and makes up around 8 per cent of the overall German gross…
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany decreased in January 2008 once again and now stands at minus 41.6 points after minus 37.2 points in the previous month. This is still well below its…
The German service providers of the information society are split over their business expectations for the first quarter 2008. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) service providers, comprising…
According to the assessment of leading financial experts from 18 banks, surveyed by ZEW on a quarterly basis, interest rates in the euro zone will slightly fall during the coming months. No significant changes…
Mergers and acquisitions not only increase concentration in product markets and therefore reduce competition to the detriment of consumers, they also result in a bundling of important technologies of corporate…
For the leading indexes of the German and the U.S. stock markets, Dax and Dow Jones, a rather lower potential for growth can be expected until the end of 2008. At the same time, the Euro will maintain its…
Research and Development both have an important role for increasing productivity, as well as for the innovative capability of an economy. For some time, there has been discussion on how an indirect support…
