Using a classification method developed in this paper, the quality of qualitative survey data of the manufacturing industry at micro-economic level is investigated. For single companies, recent opinions on recent production developments are compared to quantitative results of industrial...

The answers to qualitative questions put to economic operators can be integrated in standard macro-economic analysis by using a "quantification" procedure chosen among the probabilistic approach, the regression methods or the latent factor approach. The first one is the most commonly used. It is...

GfK, the German-based market research company, transformed itself into an SE in 2009. Management saw the change as reflecting GfK’s international perspectives and structure, although it also had the side effect of avoiding a major change in the composition of the supervisory board. The...

This study on the functioning of retail electricity markets for consumers in the EU is the follow up to the first market study conducted in 2009/2010, and published by the European Commission in 2010. The objectives of the current study are to investigate if a well-functioning electricity market...

Das Barometer zu den Verbrauchermärkten 2016 bietet auf der Grundlage von Daten, die im Jahr 2015 erhoben wurden, einen Überblick darüber, wie die Bürgerinnen und Bürger der EU die Leistung wichtiger Waren-und Dienstleistungsmärkte der Verbraucher beurteilen. Das Barometer dient zur...

Verbraucherbarometer sind ein wichtiges Instrument zur Überwachung der Lage der Verbraucher im Binnenmarkt und enthalten Informationen, die auf nationaler und auf europäischer Ebene in vielfältige Bereiche der Politik einfließen. Sie sind insoweit einzigartig, als sie Trends unter...

One way to prepare for EU membership is not just to learn all the EU rules, but also to look at how other countries have coped with the demands of membership and learn from their successes and failures. In essence, preparation for membership requires a sort of risk analysis and market research....