Applications for International Technology Award may be submitted from today 26. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot For the fourth time the Deutsche Messe AG sponsors an international technology award, i.e. the Hermes Award 2007, which is to draw the attention to forward-looking new developments presented on the occasion of the Hannover Messe fair. The award is endowed with 100.000 Euro which means that it is one of the most prestigious international …
MittelstandsWiki launched officially 26. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot Well timed with the start of the Systems fair, the MittelstandsWiki know-how portal for small and medium-sized entities has officially been brought online. This new portal provides a common frame to the MittelstandsBlog, the ITK-, KMU-, Pod- weblogs as well as the SME Journal. All journals, the MittelstandsBlog and the comprehensive MittelstandsWiki are online magazines …
Commitment of SMEs abroad creates new jobs in Germany 25. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot The nationwide “Going International 2006” survey organised in the summer this year by the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Trade (DIHK) came up with interesting findings. In contrast to the accepted opinion, commitments abroad created more jobs in Germany than were made redundant. According to the study about 41 percent of companies operating abroad increased …
Entry standard well received on the stock exchange 25. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot One year after its introduction the Entry Standard has established itself as an alternative stock exchange segment for small and medium-sized entities with less stringent admission requirements. “The 66 companies listed, the high liquidity and the growing number of banks attending to the needs of SMEs going public are a proof of the high acceptance …
41 percent of SMEs do not take innovation seriously 24. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot Many small and medium-sized entities think that they could do completely without innovations. This finding which is alarming with regard to the competitiveness of German companies was brought to light by a Forsa survey among more than 500 companies with up to 1000 employees. Thus, 41 percent of those questioned consider the pressure on their …
SMEs in need of more equity capital 24. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to a new survey by the Verband der Vereine Creditreform e.V. the financial resources of small and medium-sized entities in Germany are still inadequate. Although the number of underfunded companies (an equity/balance sheet total ratio of less than 0.1) has fallen by 7.3 percent to 29.3 percent, the number of soundly financed companies (equity/balance sheet …
Europe’s 500 awards to 109 German companies 24. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot “Europe’s 500”, the ranking of the fastest growing companies in Europe, has now officially been published. The list of winners is available on the internet. With 109 companies on the list Germany is the country strongest represented. The leading German companies ranked by Europe´s 500 are the Leipzig-based Spreadshirt AG, Hirschberg-based pharmexx GmbH as well …
Fourth edition of after-work podcast 23. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot This time you had to wait a little bit longer for a new edition of our after-work podcast the reason being licensing delays. In contrast to last edition´s stunning example of women power we will this time listen to jazzy music by Martin Lindert from Lindis Bluescast.
Computer users back up their data either inadequately or not at all 23. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to a study by Kroll Ontrack, which is a software manufacturer and data rescue service provider, most computer users work quite carelessly. Even though about 40 percent of users consider their data to be of inestimable value, back up solutions are made use of either only occasionally or in a negligent manner. Thus, two …
Economic autumn forecast published by research institutes 20. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to the six German economic research institutes the economic upswing has gained substantial momentum this year and is going to continue next year. For 2006 the institutes expect the gross domestic product to increase by 2.3 percent in real terms whereas they forecast 1.4 percent for next year. Reason for the smaller increase in …