Oliver Schenker

Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH MDM is a media company based in Leipzig, Germany, and is led by CEO Claas Danielsen. The German company provides funding for film and television productions, as well as supporting young talent in the industry. MDM also offers courses and awards, such as the Siegfried Kracauer Prize, for film critics and scholarship recipients. The company is ultimately controlled by the State of Saxony.

Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH (ZEW) is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Mannheim, Germany. Founded in 1990, the firm conducts research in the field of applied and policy-oriented economics and provides national and international research with important data sets via its research data center. They support politicians, companies and administrations at national and European level in overcoming economic policy challenges through in-depth advice. ZEW pursues the economic analysis of functioning markets and institutions in Europe as an overarching research guiding principle. Their main research interests are in the areas of competition and regulation. Methodologically, research at ZEW is based in particular on microeconomic and micro econometric approaches.