Latest Press Releases

  1. Information Economy // 18.10.2010

    Service Providers of the Information Society - Mobile Devices Are On the Rise

    Mobile devices like smartphones or tablet PCs are being used in many firms today. These devices make it possible for the mobile users to access the internet and internet-based…
  2. Information Economy // 14.10.2010

    Service Providers of the Information Society - ICT Service Providers Boost Sentiment

    In the third quarter 2010, the sentiment in the economic sector of service providers of the information society consisting of ICT service providers and knowledge intensive service…
  3. Research // 12.10.2010

    German Companies All Set For Demographic Chance By Applying Specific Personnel Measures

    The percentage of older staff members in the total number of employees in German companies has been continually increasing for the last few years. To avoid losses in productivity,…
  4. Research // 23.09.2010

    Bachelor Implementation and Its Short-Term Effects

    By introducing the Bachelor degree at German universities, political decision makers in Germany hoped, among other things, to overcome the skilled worker shortage. They expected that…
  5. Research // 22.09.2010

    ZEW Study: Dawn of Hope for the IT Industry - Slight Increase in High-Tech Start-Ups

    Software Start-ups Support Positive Development, Research-intensive Industries still Losing / Founders Name Biggest Problems The number of high-tech start-ups in Germany increased by…
  6. ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 14.09.2010

    ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment - Expectations Decrease Strongly

    The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany drops by 18.3 points in September 2010. The indicator now stands at minus 4.3 points after 14.0 points in the previous month. This…
  7. Research // 13.09.2010

    Broadband Internet Access Makes Firms More Innovative

    The effective use of modern information and communication technologies requires a high-performance broadband infrastructure. The European Commission (EU 2020 strategy) and the German…
  8. ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 17.08.2010

    ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment - Slight Decrease

    The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany drops by 7.2 points in August 2010. The indicator now stands at 14.0 points after 21.2 points in the previous month. This value is…
  9. Research // 11.08.2010

    ZEW Survey Among Financial Market Experts - Consolidate and Not Stimulate the Economy

    Now is the right time for politicians to change the course from stimulating the economy, e.g. by providing loan and bail-out programmes, to a policy of savings. This is the opinion of…
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