In Germany the business situation of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) service providers, comprising enterprises of the branches software and IT-services,…
The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, increased its earnings in the business year 2007. The earnings rose to 14.72 million Euros and thus notably exceeded…
China’s share of the international M&A market has markedly increased since the turn of the century. Both the value and the number of transactions in which Chinese enterprises…
In the German banking sector, outsourcing of business processes will increase further within the next five years. Especially the outsourcing of payment transactions and research has…
The economic sentiment indicator for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), which is calculated on the basis of a monthly survey conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research…
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany rose in March 2008 by 7.5 points and now stands at minus 32.0 points after minus 39.5 points in the previous month. This is still…
According to market experts, German energy policy focuses too strongly on environmental compatibility, while a significantly lower priority is given to other important objectives,…
The Supervisory Board of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, re-elected Gerhard Stratthaus, Minister of Finance of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, to…
The consolidation in the German banking sector will continue in the future. Especially German savings banks and mutual savings banks will close additional branches. On the contrary,…