Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which are maintaining research and development (R&D)activities abroad clearly show an higher employment increase than SMEs restricting R&D to Germany. Thus, SMEs doing…
At the moment, the partial takeover of Postbank by Deutsche Bank will not lead to job losses. "Only with a possible total takeover at a later moment, jobs will be cut, but not in the same amount as with the…
The European Central Bank's (ECB) decisions about key interest rates are of great importance to the European economy and the worldwide financial markets. Monetary policy decisions should therefore be well…
According to energy market experts, the energy security in Europe will decrease over the next ten years. Especially the energy security through crude oil is assessed pessimistically. Regarding the question on…
In summer 2008, nearly 24 per cent of the firms in Baden-Württemberg assess their business situation as positive. With 23 per cent a nearly equal part currently finds itself within a negative business…
Energy experts expect rising prices for natural gas, coal, electricity and crude oil over the next six months. The vast majority of them estimate that even in the long term (over the coming five years), the…
The Summer Olympics in Beijing bring China into the focus of worldwide publicity. However, the Olympic Games will have few longterm effects on the Chinese economy. Direct impulses on Chinese stock markets by…
To keep the number of start-ups in Germany on a high level in 2050, the percentage of women venturing into independence has to increase by six percentage points and the number of university graduates by ten…
It is to be expected that within the next months, costs in the Information Technologies (IT) will decrease. These are the findings of a survey among 200 IT experts conducted by the Centre for European Economic…