Innovation activities of enterprises in manufacturing industry and mining in the New Länder hardly differ from those of enterprises in the old Länder. Any differences can be mainly attributed to the varying…
The productivity of businesses in Central and Eastern Europe has increased considerably over the past few years. According to a recent ZEW study, this development is related to the increased tendency of Central…
East German companies in the trade and traffic industries, the so-called distributive service providers, are significantly more innovative than companies in West Germany. The share of innovative companies as…
Business-related service providers are on the rise. In the second quarter of 2000, the seasonally-adjusted rate of annual revenue growth in this sector was 5.4 per cent. Following a short-lived slow-down in the…
At slightly more than 90 cents against the dollar, the euro is massively undervalued. Yet, the development of the euro exchange rate is still a matter of concern. An intervention by the European Central Bank,…
Even though small and medium-sized enterprises with less than 500 employees (SMEs) represent the lion's share of companies in manufacturing industry that invests in new and improved products and production…
Traditional instruments of active labour market policy such as job creation and further education schemes for the jobless that are promoted by the employment offices in order to reintegrate the participants in…
The continuous upswing in the business-related services sector since mid-1999 weakened in the first quarter of 2000 as compared to the previous quarter. Correspondingly, the seasonally adjusted annual sales…
