EU officials to receive practical training in SMEs 19. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot 350 senior EU officials from the directorate general of companies and industry (GD ENTR) are to work for one week in small and medium-sized entities (SMEs). This unusual kind of work at the economic frontline is part of a so-called “company experience” programme launched on the 17th of July by the Commission. It aims at …
GEZ insists on broadcasting fees to be paid for using company computers 19. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot The German office for collecting radio and TV fees (GEZ) assumes that company computers are also used for listening to radio and watching TV, which is an absurd allegation in the eyes of entrepreneurs. Nevertheless from January 1st 2007 fees will also have to be paid for company computers equipped with an internet connection, if …
Email marketing software available free of charge to SMEs 17. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot It is a fact that email marketing is also useful to small and medium-sized entities. Whereas spam emailing is simple, but illegal, legal and serious email marketing requires some adequate technical equipment and so far could only be provided by external service providers or using expensive computer software. These solutions, however, were often too expensive …
Taxation of real assets threatens SMEs 17. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot With regard to the cornerstones of a company taxation reform which were fixed by the German government on Wednesday, Mr. Mario Ohoven, who is chairman of the Confederation of German small and medium-sized entities (BVMW), declared: “The German government has realized at last that tax cuts mean smaller revenues at first, but will lead to …
Company relocations provide new opportunities 14. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot Due to globalization companies have to face growing competition, but at the same time they are also provided new opportunities by new markets. In this context the Kienbaum management consulting company carried out the “New company locations as a challenge to managers” study which is based on the experiences of 75 relocations over the past …
Clients are valuable innovators 13. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot The Pressetext news agency reported that nowadays many companies count on their customers as so-called co-innovators in order to refine the findings of large-scale market research and marketing processes. “In their search for innovation an increasing number of companies do not simply rely on their own research and development units, but also take advantage of …
E-business is decisive factor for being competitive 13. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot The importance of e-business for German companies keeps growing. This is the main finding of the e-business barometers 2006/2007 study carried out by Fraunhofer IAO in co-operation with the Wegweiser GmbH, the Confederation of German Industry (BDI) and BITKOM. The investment climate in the field of e-business is as good as never before since surveys …
Study analyses payment processes over the Internet 13. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot Based on the online-questionning of over 500 people, a new study called “Payment processes over the Internet” which was carried out by the ibi research scientific institute at the University of Regensburg presents current trends in electronic business. The study comes up with information on business models and the current situation of online sales as …
M’BlogDocuments available free of charge for download 11. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot M’BlogDocuments are electronic brochures for owners and decision makers of small and medium-sized entities. They provide practical background knowledge and specific guidance by professionals for professionals.
Huge investment potential in trade 11. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot Der Handel economic magazine, in co-operation with the Lexware software producer have prepared the “Investment potential in SMEs” (IPM3) study in order to provide information on the investment potential among German SMEs as a whole and on trade companies in particular to its advertisers.