Approximately 87 per cent of German companies have outsourced their IT services such as system support, hardware maintenance, software programming, or user support to a greater or lesser degree to external…
With effect from February 21, 2005, Dr. Friedrich Heinemann (40) was appointed head of the Research Department “Corporate Taxation and Public Finance” at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in…
At this year's first supervisory board meeting of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Jürgen Strube, president of the Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of…
In Germany, prices for natural gas and electricity are likely to rise over the coming six months. By contrast, crude oil, mineral oil and coal prices are expected to remain stable in the short term. On a…
Rezzo Schlauch, MP, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, was appointed member of the supervisory board at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim.
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The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany clearly increases by +9.0 points in February. It now stands at +35.9 points following +26.9 points in January. Thus, the indicator again stands approximately…
Within the framework of the current debate about company taxation in Germany, there were repeated calls from the media asking the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) to create an overview of the…
The contentious discussion on the German nuclear phase-out, which has flared up again over the past weeks, shows that the debate on this issue is far from over. Given the 28 per cent share of nuclear energy in…
A trend reversal is likened regarding the German industry's innovation behav-iour. The share of industrial firms investing in new products or processes has once again increased a great deal in the "year of…