Latest Press Releases

  1. Firm Foundations // 04.02.2010

    Founders of High-Tech Start-Ups Become Older – Downwards Trend Cannot Be Compensated by More Start-ups Founded by Older Entrepreneurs Germany’s founders of high-tech start-ups become older.

    Founders of High-Tech Start-Ups Become Older – Downwards Trend Cannot Be Compensated by More Start-ups Founded by Older Entrepreneurs Germany’s founders of high-tech start-ups become older. This is the finding…
  2. M&A Index // 26.01.2010

    ZEW-ZEPHYR M&A-Index - Mergers and Acquisitions at Record Low in 2009 – Rebound Emerging in 2010

    Worldwide activities in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) collapsed dramatically in 2009. Only about 18,500 mergers and acquisitions with majority interests and a total capacity of almost one trillion euro took…
  3. Research // 25.01.2010

    ZEW Survey Among Financial Market Experts Draw Conclusion of Financial Crisis - Changes in Supervisory Board Structure Mandatory

    The banks’ supervisory boards have not fulfilled their control function properly over the last few years and therefore are partly responsible for the crisis on the financial markets. The government definitely…
  4. CEE Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 22.01.2010

    ZEW-Erste Group Bank Sentiment Indicator for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) - Economic Expectations for Central and Eastern Europe Remain Optimistic

    The ZEW-Erste Group Bank Sentiment Indicator CEE that reflects the business outlook for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) increases by 7.1 points to 59.1 points in January. 67.3 percent of the polled financial…
  5. CH Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 21.01.2010

    ZEW-CS Financial Market Test Switzerland - Economic expectations brighten up slightly in January

    The ZEW-CS-Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Switzerland edged up in January 2010 by 2.2 points, reaching the 56.2 mark. The current rise outweighs the indicator’s slight decline noted in December 2009. This…
  6. ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 19.01.2010

    ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment - Recovery Slows Down Somewhat

    The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany decreased by 3.2 points in January 2010. The indicator now stands at 47.2 points after 50.4 points in the previous month. This value is still well above the…
  7. Information Economy // 18.01.2010

    Service Providers of the Information Society - Companies deploy Green IT primarily in order to reduce operating costs

    The term Green IT includes apart from the energy efficient and environmentally friendly production and disposal of information and communication technology (ICT) also the reduction of emissions via the use of…
  8. Information Economy // 14.01.2010

    Service Providers of the Information Society - Economic Sentiment among ICT Service Providers and Knowledge Intensive Service Providers Further Improves

    The economic situation among companies in the economic sector service providers of the information society further improves. Companies in this economic sector overall expect a positive development in the first…
  9. Research // 29.12.2009

    ZEW Financial Market Test - Financial Market Experts Expect Poor Year 2010 for Stock Markets

    The outlooks for stock markets in Germany and the USA are quite poor. A final result of an average of about 6,150 points is expected for the German stock market index DAX in 2010. In mid-December the DAX stood…