High-profile conference on RFID taking place in Berlin 25. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot There is a conference with the motto of „RFID: Towards the Internet of Things» which will take place in Berlin on June 25th and 26th. This conference is organized by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs (BMWi) in co-operation with the Federal Ministry for Education and the European Commission. Not only is the new »Radio …
OECD says Germany has strongest growth of all G7 countries 25. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot In its economic outlook published yesterday the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) forecast the global economic upward trend to continue. As regards Germany the OECD has markedly increased its growth forecast expecting economic growth of 2.8% this year (adjusted for calendar: 2.9%) and 2.5% for next year (adjusted: 2.2%).
German company leaders overaged 25. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot Hoppenstedt which is a provider of business information has revealed some alarming facts after scanning their data bases on managers. Thus, 4500 German family-owned companies are currently in need of a new manager given that their current managers are 65 years of age or older. From a mathematical point of view this means that 10% …
E-business increasingly popular in SMEs 25. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot Small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) are under strong innovation pressure. Thus, 24% of company owners believe that in the coming two years their businesses will be faced with far-reaching changes, while another 43% consider these changes to be of medium extent. For this reason, for more than one in four companies (27%) the modernization of …
Ifo business climate index still high 25. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to forecasts by the Munich based ifo-Institute the economic prospects for Germany are still promising. This opinion is based on the ifo business climate industrial index for May. Even though the companies questioned consider their current business situations to be slightly less favorable than in April this year, they are nevertheless optimistic with regard …
1.2 billion people worldwide use the internet 25. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot Over a period of five years the online community has doubled. In 2007 alone the global number of internet users is expected to rise from 1.13 to 1.23 billion people. Back in 2002 there were just about 600 million people using the internet. By the end of 2010 the figure of 1.5 billion users will …
Interactive tool on German foreign trade available online 25. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot A very sophisticated but also easy to use interactive tool on German foreign trade was recently made available online by the Federal Statistical Office. The interactive tool can currently be viewed and used with the Internet Explorer and the Firefox browser. It features official statistical data which are presented in the form of dynamic diagrams. …
Strong growth of German biometrics market 23. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot The German market for biometrics will grow by more than 200 percent in the years to come. This is a finding of a study by Roland Berger. From about 120 million Euros in the year 2006 turnover will presumably grow to 300 million Euros by the year 2010. The most important technology remains that of …
German young people are the best online-shoppers 23. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot Almost fifty percent of young Germans (48%) aged between 16 and 24 shop online. In no other European country is online shopping so popular as with young Germans. In the list of most frequent online-shoppers Germans are followed by the Swedes (45%) and the Danes (41%). The EU average is 24 percent. Online shopping is …
European trademark protection will be cheaper in future 21. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot At the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Trade in Alicante in Spain it is possible to apply for trademarks and design patents for goods and services which guarantee their holders trademark protection in the entire EU. However, so far fees were relatively high. Therefore, in today´s session of the EU council on competivity in …