The upswing in the business-related services sector, which had been on-going since mid-1996, has become weaker in the first quarter of 1999. The end of 1998 had already prefigured an economic slowdown. In the…
More than 60 per cent of new high-tech start-ups in Germany and Great Britain are active in the international arena already in their initial years of business. This is the result of a survey including 600…
In the course of the Supervisory Board meeting of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Dr. Jürgen Strube, Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board at BASF AG, was elected new Vice Chairman of the…
For the second time in a row the economic situation has failed to improve for business-related service providers. Already since the third quarter of 1998, the business situation has remained at stalemate in the…
The draft legislation for the corporate tax reform for 1999, 2000 and 2002 is on the table. However, the measures already to be implemented in 1999 fall short of expectations. They are unlikely to provoke any…
The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and Prof. Jacobs, chairholder at the University of Mannheim, analysed the draft legislation for the corporate tax reform for 1999, 2000 and 2002 with respect to…
Since the oil price is lower than it has been in a long time, many a company comes up with the idea to secure a favourable purchase price for oil for themselves on the long run by buying forward. However, there…
In the context of the coalition talks between the Social Democratic Party of Germany and Alliance‘90/The Greens, the implementation of an ecological tax reform was agreed upon. Concrete information concerning…
Despite remarkable progress in terms of adjustment, the productivity of the East German industry is still below the West German level. However, the individual East German businesses differ considerably from one…