This report, yearly published, has reached its xx edition and analyzes the behaviour of the Italian buyers of built-in appliances taking into consideration: the sales performance for kitchens and built-in appliances, purchasing criteria by major buyers of built-in appliances, development of...

This paper presents the basic principles of the EU approach to cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of infrastructure projects, as embodied in the recently issued CBA Guide. After an introduction about the objectives and instruments of the 2007-2013 EU Cohesion Policy, and in particular the legal...

Abstract This paper, presented at the Sixth European Conference on Evaluation of Cohesion Policy (Warsaw, 30 November-1 December 2009), addresses the specific case of regional case studies, i.e., case studies concerned with the effects of a SF programme implemented in a region. In the following,...

World trade of clothes washers and driers is a new research that is part of a series of six reports on world trade of major household appliances (white goods). This survey provides an overview of the world trade of clothes washers and driers, with data and forecast at world-wide level and data...

The value of the office furniture market in Latin America is estimated to be about one third of the European one. Brazil is by far the largest office furniture producer and consumer in the area, followed by Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela and Colombia. This report analyses trends in office...

World trade of kitchen hoods is a new research that is part of a series of six reports on world trade of major household appliances (white goods). This survey provides an overview of the world trade of kitchen hoods, with data and forecast at world-wide level and data on the evolution of...

Production of lighting fixtures in Australia is estimated by CSIL under 200 million USD for the year 2012. Average yearly consumption growth during the last five years has been approximately 5%. Average turnover per employee is equal to around 150,000 USD in Australia. Australia is overall a net...

This report ranks 50 appliance manufacturers selected according to their volume of sales. The total turnover of the analyzed companies is worth around Eur 600 billion, including Euro 150 billion of the major appliances considered in this report: refrigerators and freezers, washers and driers,...

Hungary is the fourth home furniture consumer country among the New European Members after Poland, Czech Republic and Romania. Home furniture consumption reaches a value of about Euro 1 billion. Birth of Furniture Malls (such as Max City), the limited presence of specialist outlets and the...

This report offers a comprehensive picture of the office furniture market in Spain, providing trends in office furniture production and consumption, office furniture imports and exports, office furniture prices. The analysis of the office furniture sector in Spain covers: macro-economic...