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  News // 27.05.2024

  Strengthening Germany as a Centre of Innovation

  manufacturing, information and communication technology services, the electrical industry, the chemical/pharmaceutical industry and mechanical engineering in particular spend substantial amounts on R&D, with [...] with upward momentum over the past ten years. It is also noticeable that sectors such as the metal industry and mining have shown less innovation efforts over time. However, Germany is not sufficiently [...] infrastructure, a reliable legal system, established cooperation between research institutes and industry, etc. – have not improved significantly during this period. For a country whose companies are so
• Publications // 04.05.2022

  Refereed Journal - Greenwashing in the US metal industry? A novel approach combining SO2 concentrations from satellite data, a plant-level firm database and web text mining,
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  Press Releases // 21.04.2022

  Experts Anticipate Slowdown of German Economy

  greatest impacts being suffered by vehicle manufacturing, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, steel and non-ferrous metals, and mechanical engineering. - The German economy is expected to grow 2.0 per cent in 2022
• Publications // 06.04.2022

  ZEWnews English edition - 03/04 - 2022

  de/PM8101-1" target="_blank" title="To the article">No Evidence of Systematic Greenwashing in the US Metals Industry Q&A:
• Publications // 24.02.2022

  ZEW Discussion Paper - Greenwashing in the US Metal Industry? A Novel Approach Combining SO2 Concentrations From Satellite Data, a Plant-Level Firm Database and Web Text Mining

  between the number of employees in the metal industry and local SO2 concentrations. The web-based analysis showed that only 8% of companies in the metal industry could be classified as engaged in [...] concentrations compared to their ”non-sustainable” counterparts, which we interpreted as an indication of the absence of general greenwashing in the US metal industry. However, the large share of firms [...] the false portrayal of companies as environmentally friendly. The analysis focuses on the US metal industry, which is a major emission source of sulfur dioxide (SO2), one of the most harmful
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  Press Releases // 24.02.2022

  No Systematic Greenwashing in the US Metals Industry

  particulate matter and acid rain. Among other things, it is released by production processes in the metal industry, which is one of the largest sources of emissions worldwide. [...] Do metal processing companies in the USA make themselves appear more eco-friendly in terms of their sulphur dioxide emissions than they actually are? To investigate this, a team of researchers in collaboration
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  Press Releases // 12.02.2021

  German Economy Remains on Course for Innovation Despite the Pandemic

  communication services sectors. In contrast, business-related service providers, the metal industry, the consumer goods industry and wholesale trade recorded particularly strong declines,” says Christian Rammer [...] in R&D. This share is particularly high in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry (66 per cent), in the electrical industry (44 per cent) and in mechanical engineering (41 per cent). [...] expenditure,” explains Dr. Christian Rammer, senior researcher at ZEW’s “Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics” Department, as well as project leader of the Mannheim Innovation Panel. By contrast,
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  Press Releases // 30.04.2018

  Men and Women Still Not on an Equal Footing in the Workplace

  and financial service providers, with 28 per cent. Bringing up the rear are the metal, electronic and automotive industries with just eight per cent. The percentage of women in managerial positions is strongly [...] feeling less supported than men. This particularly applies to women working part-time and those in non-managerial positions. However, women in management positions were more likely to say that they felt
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  Press Releases // 08.02.2018

  Innovation Expenditure in the German Economy Reaches New Record High

  automotive industry accounted for one third of total innovation expenditure in Germany and more than half of total innovation spending in the industrial sector. In addition, the metal industry, the mechanical [...] in innovation activities in the industrial sector,” explains Professor Bettina Peters, deputy head of the ZEW Research Department “Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics”. Comparing the level of [...] engineering sector and the plastics processing industry also increased their innovation budgets. In the electrical, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, innovation expenditure remained largely unchanged
• Press Releases // 21.10.2016

  Sentiment Amongst German Business Managers in China Improves

  services sector and in the consumer goods industry in the coming six months. "Expectations for the building sector as well as for the steel and metal industry, however, remain gloomy," explains Dr. Michael [...] Michael Schröder from the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW). "For these industries, the experts continue to expect a significant decline in investment activity." The German managers recognised