Various obstacles, such as a shortage of skilled workers, high labour costs, high corporate taxes, as well as increasing regulatorydensity and high-energy costs, hamper investment in Germany. In particular, the lack of significant tax reforms has eroded Germany's tax at-tractiveness compared to...

Aggregate investment in Germany has developed much less dynamically than forecast prior to Russia's invasion in Ukraine. The reasons for the subdued investment dynamic are uncertainty about future energy prices, increased interest rates and - in the case of housing investment - increased...

Investitionen haben eine wichtige Rolle für das wirtschaftliche Wachstum einer Volkswirtschaft. Detaillierte Untersuchungen der Investitionstätigkeit von Wirtschaftszweigen liefern daher wesentliche Einblicke in wirtschaftliche Entwicklungstendenzen und helfen, Verschiebungen in der Bedeutung...

Nach den Ergebnissen der aktuellen Erhebung hat das deutsche Verarbeitende Gewerbe mit rund 55 Mrd. Euro seine Investitionen 2014 nominal um gut 3% erhöht. Für 2015 planen die Unternehmen im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe die Investitionsausgaben um rund 7% zu steigern. Hauptzielsetzung der...

Investment in brands drives the allocation of resources in our economy. It increases competition, pushes firms to innovate, and decreases asymmetries in the market leading to a higher level of economic development. Investment in brands and intangibles has seen an increase in the last fifteen...

As building-integrated photovoltaic (PV) solutions can meet around one-third of electricity demand in Germany and China, both countries are interested in exploring this potential. PV technologies have demonstrated significant price reductions, but large-scale global application of PV requires...