More and more SMEs do business in the USA 13. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot It is not only major companies which are doing more business abroad, but also with small and medium-sized entities the share of international business in their total turnover is on average more than 20 percent. The EU is still the region preferred by German companies, if the question comes to relocating business segments abroad, but …
Leasing increasingly popular with SMEs 13. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to the conclusion of an article published on the Handelsblatt website leasing is becoming more and more popular with small and medium-sized entities. In smaller companies it is very often seen as an alternative to traditional forms of external financing. This fact is underlined by the “Mind – Mittelstand in Deutschland” study which was …
Summary on rating methods gives valuable information to SMEs 13. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot The Finanzstandort Deutschland (IFD) initiative has published a highly interesting brochure for small and medium-sized entities which is free of charge and provides a summary of rating methodes and their qualitative as well as quantitative parameters currently applied by banks. The purpose of this brochure is to make comparable the evaluation of borrowers and accompanied …
Federal Minister against broadcasting fee for PCs with internet access 13. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to a press statement by the ITK Journal the German minister of justice, Mrs. Brigitte Zypries, thinks that at present it would not be a good idea to charge a special fee on personal computers with internet access. In her opinion, right now users already pay quite a lot for public broadcasting services (also see GEZ …
EU data base to promote transparency and analyze competitors 11. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot Actually a new data base storing information on EU grants and set up by the EU Commission is meant as a weapon in the fight against money squandering or bad investments. Furthermore, from a political point of view, it is to increase the faith of EU citizens by promoting more transparency. But the data base …
Study on the innovative potential of SMEs from the goods-producing industry 10. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot Quite often small and medium-sized entities distinguish themselves by their innovative power. A new study called “Empirical success factors for increased innovative power” prepared by the Fraunhofer IAO offers a synopsis of all the important benchmark values of the parameters and indicators relevant to business success, in particular for the success of innovative companies operating …
Most detailed credit counselling to SMEs offered by WGZ bank 10. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to a current survey by the Financial Times Deutschland (FTD) it is the cooperative WGZ bank which at present prepares small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) in the most detailed manner for rating talks by giving a 20-pages expert opinion. To this end the bank uses a computer programme called „Mind” which helps to draw …
Sales engineers earn the most 9. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot In Germany engineers are very much sought-after. The industrial sector talks about a serious lack of qualified engineers and laments about not being able to staff vacancies for months to come. How much money employers have to pay in order to keep or recruit top engineers is shown by a current salary study carried out …
74.000 domains unblocked again 9. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot The argument about “.eu” domains continues. The Eurid domain allocation company which had 74.000 eu-domains blocked has suffered a strong setback in current legal proceedings, as was reported by the pressetext news agency. By means of an interim order under a penalty of a 25.000 Euro fine per domain and per hour a court in …
WiMAX, UMTS and WLAN broadcasting may be alternatives to DSL 9. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot In Germany the most common internet access is DSL. But the current discussion about the introduction of broadcasting fees is causing quite a stir. Which are the advantages and disadvantages of the different broadcasting techniques? Are they also suitable for business use and what are their characteristics? To whom are the new business models, based …