Ex-post evaluation of infrastructure projects is attempted by international and national organisations in different ways. Qualitative case studies, relying on documentary analysis, interviews and surveys, are regularly carried out, for example, by the European Commission, the World Bank, the...

The aim of this paper is to study the characteristics of the internationalisation process and to identify its determinants in a representative sample of firms in the Italian automotive chain. The main findings of an econometric analysis based on micro-evidence are that: a) the firms engage in...

This report offers a comprehensive picture of the beds and mattresses sector in 16 Western European countries, providing trends in bed bases and mattresses production and consumption, bed bases and mattresses imports and exports, distribution channels and product trends. A breakdown of...

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 XXV edition of this report offers a comprehensive picture of the office furniture market in 16 Western European countries, providing office furniture industry statistics (production and consumption, imports exports), office furniture prices, marketing policies and distribution. Market...

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...

Malaysia is a leading furniture exporter. CSIL ranked the country as the 8th world furniture exporter in 2011. Exports account for 67% of domestic production. Exports are mainly destined for the United States, Japan, Singapore, Australia and the United Kingdom, which together absorbed almost 60%...

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,...