Compulsary website copies for the National Library under discussion 20. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot As was reported today by the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM), the German government is apparently discussing the introduction of compulsory copies of websites and weblogs for storage in the National Library. According to BITKOM experts such a rule would lead to additional annual costs of about 115 million Euros …
Economic development very dynamic in June 20. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot An optimistic status report was published today by the Federal Ministry for economic affairs.The overall economic development is a sustainable one and continued with remarkable dynamism, says the Ministry. GDP, adjusted for price and season, increased by 0.5% after it had increased by 1.0% in the previous quarter. Thus, over one year GDP, adjusted for …
Sponsorship for innovation has increased by 37 percent 18. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs sponsorship for innovation in small and medium-sized entities looks back on two record years. Since 2005 sponsorship offers for innovative small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) have increased from 415 million to 570 million Euros which corresponds to an increase of 37%, said Mr. Hartmut Schauerte, who is …
There are more and more workaholics among top managers 15. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to the »Work-Life-Balance« study which was conducted by the Kienbaum management consultancy in co-operation with the Harvard Businessmanager, 80% of German top managers work more than 50 hours per week. Managers earning more than 200.000 Euros a year even work 60 to 70 hours each week. Thus, this group of German top executives on …
50.5 years is the best age for being managing director 15. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot On average managing directors of German companies are 50.5 years old. This is the finding of a recent survey by Bürgel Wirtschaftsinformationen which examined the age structure of about 881.000 executives heading companies which are entered in the commercial register. Most managing directors, i.e. 16.9%, are between 40 and 44 years of age, followed by …
One in two executives want the job of their bosses 15. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to the »Executive Quiz« survey conducted by Korn/Ferry International, which is an international personnel agency, 73% of all executives believe that they could outperform their bosses. Furthermore, 65% insinuated that they would like to have their bosses’ job.
More investment thanks to high capacity utilization 13. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot It is not only export-oriented companies which invest in expanding their capacity but also those concentrating on the domestic market. Thanks to this Germany is well prepared for sustainable and long-term economic growth. This is the finding of the Spring 2007 survey conducted by the SME panel of the Association for the German Industry (BDI).
Worries about job and family lead to less interest in purchasing proprietary 13. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot Being afraid of losing their jobs is the main reason for Germans not buying real estate. 53.8% of those questioned said so in a study conducted in 2007 by HypothekenDiscount. The fear of accumulating too many debts was mentioned by 46.6% of people in this context and constitutes the second most important reason for which …
Salaries in the IT sector rose by 3 percent 12. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot Annual salaries of executives and specialists in the field of IT technology have risen by on average 3.0 percent. Currently executives in the IT business earn 105.000 Euros annually on average. An IT specialist on average receives 60.000 Euros. These are the findings of a salary study called “Führungs- und Fachkräfte in der Informationstechnologie 2007″conducted …
Corporate social responsibilty makes sense from an economic point of view 11. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot Companies assume social responsibility because this enables them to benefit economically and to ensure sustainable development. These are points on which the almost 350 students from Germany and Poland agreed. These were questioned by the RKW Kompetenzzentrum in the summer of 2006 on the topic of »Corporate Social Responsibility« (CSR). The study aimed at sounding …