Enterprises in Germany are planning to expand innovation expenditure in 2013 and 2014. Having reached an impressive value of EUR 137.4 billion in 2012, the expenditures on innovation…
In the period between 1995 and 2007, energy efficiency, i.e. a more economical use of resources producing emissions, was improved by 18 per cent globally. This is an important…
Demand for corporate and government bonds continues to dwindle in 2014. Stocks as a capital investment are likewise expected to become less attractive. By contrast, raw materials are…
Many important impulses for national economies emanate from high-tech start-ups. In particular industrial start-ups within the high-tech sector, though comparably small in number,…
After many years of honorary service in the ZEW Sponsors’ Association for Science and Practice, Dr. Dr. Peter Bettermann, who had chaired the association for nine years, has left…
Access to the regular labour market is much harder for immigrants than for the native-born population in many European countries. Governments in Europe thus use active labour market…
The number of firms founded in the large-area federal states of Western Germany declined between 2000 and 2012, except two short-term interim highs. Bavaria is less affected by this…
