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Annual Report of the European Commission: How did Austria do?
The European Commission presented its annual reports on 27 EU member states. How did Austria do? Well, it kinda ended up with a black eye. The report took a pop at Vienna for a number of structural shortcomings, including tax burden on labour, pension and healthcare expenditures, house prices, restrictive regulation in the services markets, stagnating productivity and and not enough action on spreading digital technologies. That isn’t a particularly good report card for the previous coalition government of ÖVP und SPÖ. Let’s see if the new coalition government of ÖVP und FPÖ can make the grade the next time around.
March 11, 2018
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Austria: On Verge of Losing Business Attractiveness
The new tax package does not only burden car drivers and smokers but also the economy will have to contribute to the budget with several hundreds of millions of Euros annually.
January 15, 2014
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Austrian Industrial Sector Well Positioned in International Competition
In 2012, the Austrian industrial sector was well positioned in the international competition, according to a study by the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (Wifo).
October 14, 2013
Austria Ranks Third in EU Productivity Study
The report points out structural weaknesses and suggests more effective public spending in the fields of education, research and innovation.
October 14, 2011
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Austrian Unit Labor Costs Down in 2010
The Austrian competitiveness improved in 2010. Against 2010, unit labor costs decreased by 5.5%.
September 20, 2011
Labor Chamber: Productivity Grew Significantly More Than Salary Increases
Personnel costs per employee of Austrian companies, according to the Labor Chamber (AK) have grown less than half as strong as productivity since 2003.
April 30, 2011
R&D: High Activities of Austrian Firms with Foreign Co-Investors
The OECD publishes its Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2010 for Austria. 23% of R&D expenses are funded from abroad.
January 4, 2011
Study: 41% of Working Time in Austria is Unproductive
According to a study by the consulting firm Czipin Consulting, productivity continued to fall in 2008 and 2009.
November 16, 2010
Horváth & Partners Study - CEE remains attractive
A new study of the Horváth & Partners Management Consultants studied the success factors for setting up the subsidiaries of production sites in CEE.
September 8, 2010
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