In the EU there are currently more than 7.5 million young people who are neither in employment nor in any form of vocational training. The EU’s latest response to this issue is the so-called “Youth Guarantee”.…
The German cultural and creative industries continue to expand. In 2013, total sales of the sector climbed to EUR 145 billion. The number of regular employees paying into the social insurance system increased…
Increasing energy efficiency is an important step on our way to a more climate- and resource-friendly building stock. In reality though, energy savings generated through energy efficiency measures tend to be…
Germany is still in a good shape when it comes to innovation strength. In an international comparison of 35 industrial nations, Germany ranked sixth. The leading countries, Switzerland and Singapore, remain…
The recent spate of bad economic news is akin to a freezing autumn rain ruining the end of a sunny late summer’s day. Bold optimism characterised the first half of 2014. The German economy seemed to be brimming…
When industrial production melds seamlessly with modern information and communication technologies (ICT), a new economic era called "Industry 4.0" will arise, some experts predict. To explore the potential of…
