Kienbaum launches job portal 20. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot The Kienbaum Executive Search consultancy has gone online with a new jobportal. The renowned company offers job seekers a highly interesting internet application platform giving access to all job adverts published by Kienbaum. Applicants are given the opportunity of applying directly for a certain job and can also leave their profile to be matched with …
European Institute of Technology to be founded 20. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot The EU Commission has proposed the foundation of an European Institute of Technology (ETI). From the year 2008 a network consisting of “Knowledge and Innovation Communities” is to fulfill the tasks of the ETI. The ETI is to be financed by public and private sponsors. Says José Manuel Barroso, President of the Commission: “We need …
Strong increase in exports to Rumania and Bulgaria 18. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot Rumania and Bulgaria will join the EU in 2007. Therefore it is worthwhile having a look at the development of exports into these countries. Preliminary figures for the first six months of 2006 were published at the beginning of this week by the Federal Statistical Office. According to these figures the value of goods exported there …
EU considers standardisation to provide opportunities to SMEs 17. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot The European Commission’s message voiced on the occasion of today’s world standardisation day 2006 celebrated in Brussels is: small and medium-sized entities should seize the opportunities provided by standardisation and profit from them by increasing their competitiveness. Among other things, the participants of the world standardization day discuss topics such as methods of user-friendly standardization …
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Good experiences made with “Certified Entrepreneur” 17. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to statements by the German institute for small and medium-sized entities (DIKMU) and the Oskar-Patzelt foundation the demand for the “CE – Certified Entrepreneur” certificate is continuously increasing. A current success example is said to be Mr. Dieter Bläsing, who is an entrepreneur running a photographic business to whom the new certificate provides the …
More and more SMEs do business in the USA 13. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot It is not only major companies which are doing more business abroad, but also with small and medium-sized entities the share of international business in their total turnover is on average more than 20 percent. The EU is still the region preferred by German companies, if the question comes to relocating business segments abroad, but …
Leasing increasingly popular with SMEs 13. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to the conclusion of an article published on the Handelsblatt website leasing is becoming more and more popular with small and medium-sized entities. In smaller companies it is very often seen as an alternative to traditional forms of external financing. This fact is underlined by the “Mind – Mittelstand in Deutschland” study which was …
Summary on rating methods gives valuable information to SMEs 13. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot The Finanzstandort Deutschland (IFD) initiative has published a highly interesting brochure for small and medium-sized entities which is free of charge and provides a summary of rating methodes and their qualitative as well as quantitative parameters currently applied by banks. The purpose of this brochure is to make comparable the evaluation of borrowers and accompanied …
Federal Minister against broadcasting fee for PCs with internet access 13. October 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to a press statement by the ITK Journal the German minister of justice, Mrs. Brigitte Zypries, thinks that at present it would not be a good idea to charge a special fee on personal computers with internet access. In her opinion, right now users already pay quite a lot for public broadcasting services (also see GEZ …