Early warning systems for SMEs available free of charge 17. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot Researchers and experts of an EU joint initiative called EQUAL have compiled an outstanding collection of software tools and information for early warning systems for small and medium-sized entities (SMEs). The tools are availalabe free of charge online in the form of a toolbox CD. This CD is taken care of by the chair of …
Ifo economic climate brigthening up once again 17. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot The ifo economic climate in the Eurozone has once again brightened up over the third quarter in 2007. This applies to both the current economic situation, which hit a six year high, and the long-term economic outlook. The latest provisional findings of the Ifo World Economic Survey (WES) forecast a sustainable economic upswing in the …
Social Networking more and more popular within companies 16. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot A survey conducted in spring this year by the “Institute for Corporate Productivity” on the issue of “Use of Social Networking” revealed that employees also make use of Social Networking in their daily work.
Online market for computer games booming 16. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot Computer and video games have become very popular. In particular the interest in playing games over the internet is increasing strongly. More than one third (38%) of all PC gamers play games online and among PC gamers aged between 14 and 29 this percentage even amounts to 58%. Particularly popular are card and chess games, …
Economic growth in the EU loses momentum 16. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot Europe´s GDP has grown much less in the second quarter than expected. Thus, GDP grow by just 0.3% in the Eurozone (EZ13) as compared to the first quarter and by only 0.5% in the EU27. In the first quarter of 2007 the growth rate had been +0.7% in the Eurozone and the EU27. These figures …
German wholesale prices slightly up in July 15. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to the Federal Statistical Office, the index of German wholesale selling prices was 2.6% up in July 2007 as compared to July 2006 and increased by 0.4% as compared to June 2007. Particularly strong have been the wholesale price increases for corn, seeds and animal feed since July 2006 (+38.9%). The wholesale prices for …
Climate protection in developing countries less expensive 15. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot Germany and other industrialized countries may lower the macro-economic costs caused by climate protection by investing in projects that lower emissions in developing countries. Calculations by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim show that the climate proctection goals of the Kyoto protocol can be reached in a much more cost efficient manner …
High expenditure on IT security in China 15. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot The growing economic power of China brings about big challenges to Chinese companies in terms of IT security. As a consequence Chinese companies plan to spend 19% of their IT budget on measures enhancing IT security. In the USA, however, companies there spend just 12 percent of their IT budget on IT security. These figures …
List of the oldest still operating German companies 14. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot Looking back in the history of the German economy one realizes that beer is a good basis for doing business. Among the 50 oldest still operating German companies more than 80% are breweries. According to the Hoppenstedt business information service provider, the oldest German company was founded 967 years ago in Bavaria. It was called …
German companies not so much esteemed in Germany 14. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot Each year the Reputation Institute in New York and a global research network present a list of companies with the highest standing. The reputation of German companies in Germany is examined by the “RapTrakTM Pulse Germany 2007” study. This study demonstrates how much efforts German companies put in their own good reputation. Just five German …