Strict budgetary rules increase the credibility of countries with a low fiscal reputation. According to a study conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim, the establishment of…
Immediate data transfer is the attribute of the Internet that should be improved first, according to 46 per cent of the participants of a survey conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW).…
Two new studies within the framework of the on-going overall evaluation of family-related benefits in Germany were published on June 20, 2013. The final reports titled "Evaluation of Family-Related Benefits in…
The proportion of Berlin-based firms which introduced new products or processes reached 57 per cent in 2011, thereby exceeding the comparable figure for the overall German economy by seven percentage points. In…
The growth of the German gross domestic product (GDP) will accelerate in 2013. For the first and second quarter of 2013, experts expect a median GDP growth of 0.2 and 0.3 per cent. In the third quarter an…
The annual job growth in science spin-offs is on average about 3.4 percentage points higher than that of other start-ups in knowledge-intensive economic sectors (research-intensive industry and…
Appropriately equipped workplaces, reduced working hours and performance requirements, mixed-age work teams, general training, specific training as well as part-time work for older employees: these are some of…
In the last 15 years, some 600 patent infringement litigations were heard in Germany each year. This is the highest number in Europe, and it is largely due to the combination of relatively low costs and quick,…
