The report analyzes the lighting fixtures market in Asia Pacific. It provides historical statistical data of Production, International trade and Market size 2007-2012 of the lighting fixtures industry for the 11 countries considered. Macroeconomic forecasts up to 2015 are also provided. Demand...

The office furniture production in Japan accounts for worth US$ 3,500 million. The economy relies on huge flows of money from abroad, that in 2008 reached their peak increasing by 10.7% if compared with the previous year. The level of concentration of the industry is extremely high, with the...

The CSIL report provides an overview of demand drivers for doing business in China: demographics, revenues, real estate investments in the major 200 cities country wide. The report is based on macroeconomic statistical data and direct interviews with a sample of companies to watch. This new CSIL...

This report offers a comprehensive picture of the office furniture sector in Romania, providing trends in office furniture production and consumption, office furniture imports and exports. Office furniture distribution channels are also examined. For each country the main economic indicators are...

This Report is the result of 200 interviews with key players (Contract Furniture Manufacturers, Design Studios and Builders, Hotel Chains and other relevant Clients) and two years of CSIL research in China, on contract-related topics. Figures and analysis are described from two different point...

This paper draws and expands from a recent ex-post evaluation carried out for the European Commission aimed at assessing the long term effects produced by a sample of ten major infrastructures in the Transport and Environment sectors and interpreting the key determinants of the observed...

The World Furniture Outlook 2014-2015 by CSIL provides an overview of the world furniture industry with historical statistical data (production, consumption, imports, exports) and 2014 and 2015 furniture markets scenario for 70 countries. This market research report also includes: Growth of...

This paper briefly reviews some of the empirical findings of a research team of the University of Milan on privatization in different countries. The discussed effects include: effects on consumers, tax-payers, workers, shareholders; on aggregate growth, public finance, firms’ productivity,...

This paper comments an important book by Maurice FG. Scott, «A New View of Economic Growth». The main contribution of the book is to show that capital investment can sustain endogenous growth, as it embodies technical progress. Neoclassical theories of growth are based on an error in...

This report provides an overview of the world trade of major appliances (including the following segments: refrigerators+freezers, washers+driers, dishwashers, hoods, cooking appliances) with 2004-2010 data at world-wide level and 2005-2010 data on the evolution of appliances trade in 50...