Business and Finance

This area provides up-to-date and interesting developments from the world of business, economics and finance.

A wealth of information is available on topics ranging from stock markets, consumer climate, labor market policies, bond markets, foreign trade and interest rate trends to stock exchange news and economic forecasts.

Is your R&D department equipped for the future?

What steps must research and development (R&D) departments take today to set themselves up to deal with the challenges of tomorrow? In a collaborative project…

Global financial crisis delays the high investment potential of European High North

Some investment projects in the European High North are postponed and some are totally turned down.The energy sector is facing new challenges and changes. The…

The transformation to a networked factory

How can companies evolve their manufacturing activities in the direction of a smart, networked factory in line with Industry 4.0? In the MetamoFAB project,…

Inducing climate-smart global supply networks: Nature Commentary

So far, however, the effects on global production and consumption webs are missing from most assessments. This is a serious deficit, argues Anders Levermann…

Not so ‘evil’: Finance study makes case for hedging

None other than Warren Buffet has attacked derivatives as “time bombs – both for the parties that deal in them and the economic system.”But now, for the first…

New patent mapping system helps find innovation pathways

To help answer those questions, researchers, policy-makers and R&D directors study patent maps, which provide a visual representation of where universities,…

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