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Public service broadcasting in a convergent media world

The economic importance of ARD

The study provides an economic rationale for public funding and provision of broadcasting content in a converging media world. Furthermore, it discusses in which institutional structures public service broadcasting content should be provided and which experiences and findings resulting from the comparison of public service financing in an international context.

Survey of medium-sized businesses 2016

The SME Survey 2016 was conducted from August to September on behalf of Berliner Sparkasse / Landesbank Berlin. The responses of 1,200 representatives of small and medium-sized companies from the region were evaluated.

In the context of this survey, the companies were asked about the currently prevailing business climate and their future expectations regarding obstacles, challenges and investment and financing plans.

The economic importance of the film industry in Germany

DIW Econ has analysed the economic significance of the film industry on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi) and in cooperation with Goldmedia and the Hamburg Media School.

For the first time, the study provides reliable economic figures and detailed analyses of the activities of the entire film industry in Germany.

Tourism as an economic factor in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will develop a new state tourism concept in 2016. The most crucial goal of the first phase of the development was to measure the economic importance of the tourism industry in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

DIW Econ was commissioned to calculate the economic importance of the tourism industry in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in cooperation with the German Institute for Economic Research in Tourism (dwif).