Gunter Grittmann
Head of Information and Communication
E-mail: grittmann@zew.de
Phone: +49 (0)621-1235-132
Fax: +49 (0)621-1235-255
Kathrin Böhmer
Public Relations Officer
E-mail: boehmer@zew.de
Phone: +49 (0)621-1235-103
Fax: +49 (0)621-1235-255
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 increasingly conquering the business world. Every fifth firm in Germany is currently using wikis, blogs, social online networks or collaboration platforms. These are the findings of a current survey conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW). A total of 4,400 firms, which all have more than five staff members, in the manufacturing industry and selected service sectors were surveyed. read more