Valuable information brochure on online management consulting and coaching available for SMEs 5. September 2006 by Thomas Jannot Consulting and in particular coaching are so-called “personal” services for the success of which there is the precondition of an intense co-operation between consultant and customer. This precondition is even more important for coaching than for consulting. Against this background, how important a role can online-consulting play and is such a version of this service …
First conference to be held by Federal confederation of German service industry 5. September 2006 by Thomas Jannot On September 20th from 9 am to 5 pm the Confederation of the German service industry (BDWi) will stage their 1. Conference of German service companies in Berlin. The event is intended as a forum for the German service economy which also offers the opportunity to exchange views going beyond the realms of one´s own …
Banks reduce overdraw facilities 5. September 2006 by Thomas Jannot Entrepreneurs who overdraw their business accounts for more than 90 days should in due course reorganize their financial requirements. According to Basel II (see MittelstandsWiki) overdrafts would “generally be considered as a plain negative criterion and early warning signal” as reports the Wirtschaft magazine published by the chamber of commerce for Munich and Upper Bavaria. …
Products made in Germany are a big success in Russia 4. September 2006 by Thomas Jannot Russia is a huge country and also a market very difficult to open up. Eleven time zones and an average population density of 8.5 people per square kilometer are not exactly encouraging for small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) to venture into this market. However, it seems to be quite interesting a calculation to compare Moscow …
Seminar on customs issues informs importing and exporting SMEs 3. September 2006 by Thomas Jannot Whoever wants to be successful in international trade has to find their way about the jungle of customs regulations, given that irrespective of all the progress made with regard to market opening and harmonization there are still a lot of rules, controls and non-tariff trade barriers in place. Valuable know-how on this subject matter can …
EU estimates inflation rate in Eurozone to stand at 2.3 percent 3. September 2006 by Thomas Jannot In August the annual inflation rate (price change in the current month as compared with that of the previous year) in the Eurozone is expected to be 2.3 percent. Such is the forecast by the Statistical Office of the EU (Eurostat). For July this indicator was 2.4 percent.
ISO 20000 standardizes IT Service Management 1. September 2006 by Thomas Jannot Although ISO / IEC 20000 had already been introduced back in December 2005 as an international standard for IT Service Management, many companies still do not know its importance and its correlation with IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL). Information events taking place in Hamburg and Munich are to change this situation.
Expectations on outsourcing not met 1. September 2006 by Thomas Jannot More than fifty percent of all German companies are dissatisfied with their outsourcing projects. 55.2 percent of them deplore that the objectives to be met by outsourcing have hitherto not or only in part be achieved with the main objective of two thirds of executives questioned being the reduction of costs. These are the findings …
Conference on consequences of EuGH jurisdiction for German legislation 30. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot The focal point of a conference called “EU jurisdiction and consequences for German tax law” will be the opportunities and risks facing German companies in the wake of verdicts already passed or to be expected by the European Court of justice (EuGH). The conference taking place in Munich on the 13th of November is organized …
Half-year figures on wage settlements published 30. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to the Federal Statistical Office in the first half of 2006 standard wages increased by between 0.5 and 3.4 percent. These figures include increases agreed upon in new wage settlements as well as increases fixed by already existing agreements which took effect in the first half of 2006.