Experts predict an increase in the price of electricity, crude oil, mineral oil and natural gas. The ZEW Energy Market Barometer, a biannual survey carried out by the Centre for European Economic Research…
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany continued to increase considerably in August. The indicator now stands at +52.5 points as compared to +41.9 points in July.
Practical vocational training reduces the risk of unemployment to a greater extent than a university degree. A higher academic qualification is therefore not always the best way to guard against unemployment.…
Use of online advertising varies greatly amongst service providers in the information economy. Service providers in the telecommunications industry, however, spend the largest proportion of their advertising…
The development of the annual rate of growth in turnover in the German IT-related services sector in the second quarter of 2003 was better than the firms had forecasted in the previous quarter. It increased to…
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany increased considerably in July. The indicator gained +20.6 points versus the previous month and now stands at +41.9 points. It is now well above its…
The working day is increasingly characterised by tasks carried out using computers and the internet. 41 per cent of workers in the manufacturing industry and 57 per cent of workers in selected service…
The majority of temporary employment agencies in Germany are not expecting to see any positive outcomes following implementation of the Hartz-laws. Rather, they fear increasing personnel costs and falling…
