In the course of the previous year, the number of high-tech start-ups in Germany stabilised. These are the findings of a study conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim, in cooperation…
From 2004 to 2006, a total of 53 per cent of the companies in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg have successfully introduced innovations. 42 per cent of these companies were able to launch new or…
In the coming six months, a rather subdued development on the German and European stock markets is to be expected. Short-term and long-term interest rates will rise only slightly in this period. These are the…
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 new millennium. European…
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 lower its own emissions. As…
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 innovation activity of German…
In separate niche markets and regarding certain technologies, companies of the German ICT economy (manufacturers and providers of information and communications products and services) take the international…
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 Research (ZEW) in Mannheim and the…
A massive share price fall as recently observed at the Shanghai stock market raises the question of whether central banks are able to counteract asset price bubbles on the markets taking the according steps in…
