The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany has decreased by 27.7 points to a level of minus 16.9 points in June 2012. This is the indicator's strongest decline since October 1998. The worsening of the…
Economic expectations for Central and Eastern Europe including Turkey (CEE) have increased by 9.2 points in May 2012. Consequently, the ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator CEE currently…
Economic expectations for Switzerland have dropped by 6.1 points in May 2012. Thus, the ZEW-CS-Indicator currently manoeuvres at the minus 4.0 points-mark. The ZEW-CS Indicator is calculated monthly by the…
Public subsidies to research projects contribute significantly to the success of young biotech companies. They enable the development of technological innovations and have a positive impact on the financing…
The companies in the automotive industry had been on an extended shopping trip during the last decade. But in 2011, M&A activities in the sector collapsed. The worldwide number of acquisitions, mergers, and…
"The European Fiscal Contract hasn't got anything to do with stubborn austerity policy", clarifies Dr. Friedrich Heinemann. The head of the Research Department "Corporate Taxation and Public Finance" at the…
In 2011, only 13 per cent of the companies in the information economy sold products and services on the Internet. However, 65 per cent of the companies within this sector used the Internet to obtain goods and…
On Thursday April 26, 2012, the three-day meeting of about 200 young economists started at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. They take part in the "Spring Meeting of Young…
