Web 2.0 applications like facebook and twitter have established themselves as information and communication media in our private domain. Today the use of Web 2.0 in business, labelled “Enterprise 2.0”, is…
The economic and financial crisis has lead to heavy losses in the worldwide mergers and acquisitions (M&A). However, this development did not stop the buying mood of Chinese firms. In the second half of 2009…
For the five largest office real estate markets in Germany, namely Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Munich, decreasing returns are expected until the end of 2011. The top rents will slightly decrease…
Basel III better protects banks from future crises. That is the opinion of the majority of 214 financial market experts surveyed by ZEW on the proposed new international rules on bank capital standards known as…
The percentage of older staff members in the total number of employees in German companies has been continually increasing for the last few years. To avoid losses in productivity, many firms already rely on…
By introducing the Bachelor degree at German universities, political decision makers in Germany hoped, among other things, to overcome the skilled worker shortage. They expected that obtaining a university…
The effective use of modern information and communication technologies requires a high-performance broadband infrastructure. The European Commission (EU 2020 strategy) and the German government (broadband…
Now is the right time for politicians to change the course from stimulating the economy, e.g. by providing loan and bail-out programmes, to a policy of savings. This is the opinion of 263 financial market…
Hong Kong and Singapore are the particularly attractive for German investors due to tax reasons. For foreign direct investments, German investors only have to shoulder an effective tax burden of 11.8 percent in…