The extraordinary growth of international private equity transactions in recent years already earned private equity investors a reputation as the secret multinational companies of the…
The recovery of the ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany gained momentum in April 2007. The indicator rose by 10.7 points and now stands at 16.5 points after 5.8 points in…
In the past three months, more than a third of the IT-related service providers increased their expenses on information and communications technologies (ICT). About 35 per cent of the…
In the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol starting 2008, it is intriguing for Russia to sell its emission rights via the European Emissions trading system without the obligation to…
The ZEW-IDI, sentiment indicator for the economic sector IT-related service providers, has slightly decreased by 0.5 points in the first quarter 2007 and now reaches a value of 63.8…
The innovative strength of the German economy is crucial for the international competitiveness of German companies. However, the latest available figures show that in 2005, the…
In separate niche markets and regarding certain technologies, companies of the German ICT economy (manufacturers and providers of information and communications products and services)…
The dynamism of the recovery process traced by the ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany slackened off somewhat in March 2007. The indicator rose by 2.9 points and now…
Why does Europe fail to produce and advance new companies of world standing such as Amazon, Google and Ebay? An international research team of the Centre for European Economic…