Economic expectations for 2003 are significantly worsened by the expected tax cuts being postponed due to the flooding catastrophe. From a political point of view, it is understandable that in the middle of an…
The recent floods cause many citizens to fear the consequences of global climate change. Environment and climate protection could therefore become an important election issue.
Proposals made by the German Hartz Commission (German unemployment benefit agency) cannot all be tarred with the same brush. Each module for innovation deserves separate consideration. Some modules seem to…
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany falls by 25.7 points in August. It is now standing at 43.4 points compared with 69.1 points in the previous month. This is the largest decrease in two years.
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Businesses which have implemented group work, profit centres or flat hierarchies in the last several years have thereby been able to sustainably increase their productivity. Introducing a system in which…
The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) increases the productivity of service providers in Germany. The extent to which productivity increases, however, depends on the strategies used, and…
For more than two years, global share prices have been falling sharply. This loss in the value of shares seems to put consumers off spending, and is therefore damaging overall economic growth.
The optimistic expectations of service providers in the information economy have once again been disappointed in the second quarter of 2002. The rate of growth in turnover in this economic sector has slowed and…