Dr. Hans Freudenberg, Head of Ministry Department at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs, and Dr. Rainer Hägele, Head of Ministry Department at the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts…
The ZEW-IDI, sentiment indicator for the economic sector IT-related service providers, has slightly increased by 0.2 points in the fourth quarter 2006 and now reaches a value of 64.3 points. The business…
The worldwide mergers and acquisitions (M&A) climate went through something of a cooling-off period in 2006. The ZEW-ZEPHYR M&A Index experienced a corresponding low between the start of 2006 and December 2006,…
The integration subsidies provided by the Federal Employment Agency enable only few elderly unemployed to find work more rapidly. Even though statistics have proven a positive impact on women in eastern…
Fifteen years after its foundation in 1991, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim has become one of the leading economic research institutes in Germany. The number of employees as well as…
The financial market experts interviewed by ZEW expect the German share index (DAX) to increase by 5 per cent in the coming year. The potential of the US-American index Dow Jones is to lie at merely 2.5 per…
A company is successful as long as it has enough liquid assets, an appropriate financial performance and potential for the future. A planning and reporting system is an important instrument allowing the…
Acquiring the "Abitur", the German school leaving certificate equivalent to British A Levels, pays off. This is particularly true for students from households in which parents are less well-educated. In their…
In 2005, the number of business start-ups in Germany substantially decreased. Compared to the previous year it dropped by approximately 8 per cent. The decrease in the trade and manufacturing sector was…