Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany benefit from more favourable tax rates if they opt for the legal form of a partnership. This is the case regardless of whether a limited company distributes…
The electronics, engineering and chemicals industries are the three most innovative in Germany. More than 70 per cent of businesses in these sectors have introduced new products and processes. In the…
The European investment fund market is still far from being a real domestic market. Obstacles in law and taxation mean that investors in the European market face much higher costs than they do, for example, in…
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany increased slightly by +0.3 points in May and now stands at +18.7 points versus +18.4 points in the previous month.
Biotechnology is key in the 21st century. The fact that it is now harder for new biotechnology firms to establish themselves in Germany than it was several years ago, is therefore quite justifiably a cause for…
The enormous share price losses seen in the last 18 months have jeopardised many listed companies in Germany. Their shares can currently be bought up at very low prices.
Service providers in the information industry expect the prospects of trainees in this sector to worsen as a result of poor economic conditions. Despite the newly implemented governmental programme which aims…
The annual rate of growth in turnover in the German IT-related services sector declined to 1.7 percent in the first quarter of 2003 from 2.1 percent in the previous quarter. The poor economic development in…
Unlike large firms, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) continue to spend ever decreasing amounts on the development of new products and services, as well as on rationalisation measures. Following a rise…
