The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany dropped by -6.4 points in March. Compared with +69.8 points in February, the indicator's current level of +63.4 points is far above its historical average of…
Employees usually do well accepting fixed-term employment contracts for a start since the probability of passing on to an employment contract of indefinite duration during the first year amounts to 38 per cent.…
In view of a more positive assessment of the economic development and foreign trade trends, the transport industry is expected to record an increased transport volume in all transport branches as well as a…
In Baden-Württemberg, 12 per cent of the companies in the IT and media sector, and selected user branches of information and media technology telephone via the Internet (Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)). 18…
Since summer 2005 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have increasingly benefitted from economic recovery and thus ended the past year in good spirits as in the boom year of 2000. 2006 also promises to be…
In Baden Württemberg, more than 41 per cent of the companies in the IT and media sector and selected user branches of information and media technologies partially or entirely outsource IT services to external…
The innovation expenditures of the German economy in the year 2004 have risen by two percent to 100 billion Euros. For 2005 and 2006 the firms plan further increases to their budgets of one (2005), respectively…
Germany is once again discussing the implementation of statutory minimum wages. According to Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Franz, President of the Mannheim Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), their…
Politicians tend to favour the model of so-called 'national champions' to ensure the international competitiveness of German enterprises. With regard to the energy sector, this should be seen in the light of…
