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  1. Research // 12.05.2009

    Financial Crisis Might Boost the Consolidation of the Banking Sector

    Since the international financial market crisis has broken out, the impact of the state on the financial sector increases. Especially the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman…
  2. Dates and News // 11.05.2009

    Students Experience Research Firsthand at the ZEW

    A core task of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) is to support young talents and to prepare them for the work in economics. On the 9th of May 2009, the ZEW invited very…
  3. ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 21.04.2009

    ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment - Positive trend continues

    The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany continued to improve in April 2009. It rose by 16.5 points and now stands at 13.0 points after minus 3.5 points in the previous…
  4. Information Economy // 20.04.2009

    Service Providers of the Information Society - Social Software Applications still on the Rise

    Around 39 percent of the companies in the sector service providers of the information society use at least one social software application in their business workflow. In this context,…
  5. Information Economy // 15.04.2009

    Service Providers of the Information Society - Economic Crisis Hits ICT and Knowledge-Intensive Service Providers

    The ZEW-IDI, a sentiment indicator for the whole sector service providers of the information society, falls by 14.2 points to 39.9 points in the first quarter 2009. Therefore the…
  6. ZEW Annual Report // 09.04.2009

    ZEW Excels in Difficult Economic Times – Wolfgang Franz and Thomas Kohl Pleased about Annual Result 2008

    Despite the recessive macro-economic situation and increasingly difficult conditions on national and international research markets, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in…
  7. Research // 08.04.2009

    FAZIT Company Survey by ZEW– Many Companies in Baden-Württemberg are Sceptical of Social Software Applications

    More than 75 per cent of the companies in Baden-Württemberg working in the IT and media sector or selected ICT (Information and Communication Technology) user industries know social…
  8. Research // 07.04.2009

    ZEW Survey among Financial Market Experts - Sympathy for "Bad Bank light"

    Direct investments in financial institutions by the Federal State and the establishment of a "bad bank light" is the most suitable way of reorganising German banks which were…
  9. Research // 01.04.2009

    EU Regulation Intensifies Competition

    State regulation of competitive industries aims at creating a lot of competitiveness. The current EU regulation puts these goals into effect considerably better than other regulation…
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