Compared internationally, the German stock market is expected to show above-average growth in 2011. Stocks in the engineering as well as chemical and pharmaceutical industries are…
Costs for the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) will rise significantly over the next few years. This will put public approval of subsidies for renewable energies in danger. This is…
More than one fourth of businesses in Germany now offer customers the possibility of rating their products and services on their own company website. Some businesses evaluate online…
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany has climbed by 2.5 points in December 2010. The indicator now stands at 4.3 points after 1.8 points in the previous month. This…
German companies extensively use the option of outsourcing information technology services to external providers (IT outsourcing). In 2009, the share of outsourcing companies was 78…
Handovers of small and medium-sized family-operated enterprises in Germany, i.e. companies with 40 to 5,000 employees, to the next generation or new owners go more smoothly than…
Many business ideas of newly founded companies were developed while the founders were employed at private companies. New start-ups based on such ideas are considerably more innovative…
For 59 percent of the companies using social media such as wikis, blogs, online social networks and cooperation platforms, these tools are part of their business strategy. However,…
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany has climbed by 9.0 points in November 2010. The indicator now stands at 1.8 points after minus 7.2 points in the previous month.…