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In 2012 shares will again become more attractive to investors and corporate bonds will become more important. The demand for real estate will be as strong as in 2011, whereas sovereign bonds will lose their…

VC investors in Europe positively affect firms’ growth, productivity, investment and innovations. VC investors also helped their portfolio firms to outperform during the financial crisis. These findings come…

If politics and economy do not manage to considerably increase the labour force participation of senior employees and women in the coming years, the German economy and thus all German citizens will face…

The ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for Central and Eastern Europe including Turkey (CEE) has slightly decreased by 4.6 points in December 2011 to a level of minus 41.4 points. Economic…

The ZEW-CS Indicator dropped by 7.7 points to minus 72.0 points in December 2011. The ZEW-CS Indicator is calculated monthly by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in cooperation with Credit Suisse…

The slowdown of the economic growth is still noticeable in the transport markets. The growth of the transport volume both in Germany and for international traffic will significantly decrease in the next six…

Innovation, skilled employees and customised products and services are the success factors of German ICT (Information and Communication Technology) companies for accessing foreign markets. These are the…