Being more efficient using telecommunications 6. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot A new highlight of our series of informative brochures for small and medium-sized companies is ready for use: M’BlogDocument 0607 – Being more efficient using telecommunications. Author of this brochure is Dr. Jürgen Kaack, who is managing director of the STZ-Consulting Group.
IT salaries rising 6. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot For the first time in many years IT salaries are rising again, as was reported by the PersonalMarkt.de salary consultancy. According to the consultants, it is in particular data base administrators who are profiting from this development. One reason for this is the fact that retailers, craft businesses, groups of companies and banks make increased …
1000 SMEs have found company successor 6. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to the operators of the nexxt-change internet site on average 40 companies per week find a successor thanks to this medium. Since the online start of the site in January, about 1000 small and medium-sized companies, which would otherwise have had to be closed down, were provided with successors. Thus, nexxt-change is making an …
EU facilitates access to small loans and mezzanine capital 6. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot On Friday the European Commission presented a package of measures aimed at supporting SMEs during their setting up and expansion phase by facilitating their access to loan capital. The Commission´s objective is to triple annual early phase investments within the EU from currently two billion Euros to six billion Euros by 2013.
New guide on open source software published 6. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot The Pressetext news agency reports that the Confederation of information management, telecommunications and new media (BITKOM) published a guide on the utilization and application of open source software (⇒ Wikipedia) in business activities. According to the confederation this kind of software is often used in a thoughtless and legally doubtful manner. The guide is aimed …
New law bringing relief to German SMEs passed 6. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot The lower house of German parliament, the Bundestag, passed the so-called relief law for SMEs some days ago.
Expert comments on private equity 4. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot In an informative article published in today´s edition of the Börsen-Zeitung Mr. Walther Becker, who is an expert on the stock exchange, gives a description of the current situation of international private equity (⇒ Wikipedia). Major globally active investment trusts are swamped with funds by their institutional investors says Mr Becker. These trusts which can …
Bad reputation of self-employment in Germany 4. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to Mrs. Gundula Englisch, who is a journalist and film producer, in Germany company executives and senior civil servants have a higher standing than a clever self-made man. Entrepreneurship and self-employment currently have the worst reputation ever in Germany. This was a “consequence of a collective lack of independence, which was deeply rooted in …
MittelstandsBlog set up library of M’BlogDocuments 29. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot From today we provide our readers with even more valuable information. Renowned authors such as Dr. Kaack, managing director of the STZ Consulting Group, and Manuela Franzò, who is an economic adviser, publish comprehensive articles worth reading which are available free of charge for download in PDF format. These M´BlogDocuments are electronic brochures for small …
Worldwide telephone numbers for foreign customers 29. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot Not only global players have major customers abroad, but also quite a lot of global leaders among small and medium-sized entities manufacturing innovative niche products. Quite often, however, these companies cannot afford a branch in the countries of their customers. This is a fact which may rapidly become an economic disadvantage as compared to local …