How to negotiate successfully with French business partners 13. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot A seminar on the 14th of September in Frankfurt/Main provides German business people with the opportunity to find out how to communicate successfully with French business partners and how to avoid misunderstandings due to cultural differences. The seminar is organized by the German-French Chamber of Commerce (Chamber for Foreign Trade, AHK) and the Chamber of …
Labour costs of almost 28 Euros per hour 13. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot West German industrial companies had to spend 27.87 Euros per labour hour in 2005. Only in Norway (29.45 Euros) and Denmark (28.33 Euros) industrial labour cost were still higher. On the other hand, the major competitors on the world market such as Italy, Japan, the United States, Great Britain and France only had to pay …
Foreign trade successful in the first half of the year 13. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot Slowing down a little bit – in part due to a few working days less in the month of June – a very successful development over the first half of the year has come to an end for the German export industry. Imports keep being at a high level too, said Mr Anton Börner, chairman …
Off topic: Ontario Golf prospectus & Indian Summer 13. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot Since there is no good business without relaxation here a brief recommendation to golf sports fans among our MittelstandsBloggers: The Ontario tourist association has just published a marvelous “Golf Ontario Style 2006” golf guide in PDF format (8MB) which in addition to publicity also contains a lot of information on the golf scene. The guide …
Competition for EU environmental communication award started 13. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot As of now companies may submit their application for participation in the “EMAS Award 2006” EU competition for environmental communication. This was announced by the Association of German Chambers of Commerce (DIHK) which is responsible for the selection of the most suitable German aspirants. The German Chambers of Industry and Commerce being responsible for taking …
ADVERT: READY FOR DIGITAL AUDITS? 10. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot Digital audits represent big challenges to small and medium-sized entities (SMEs). This subject matter is complex and the need for information is huge. What preconditions do companies have to fulfill? And how can a data processing system provide the necessary infrastructure to this end? Test your company, get an overview of the facts and the …
Payment behaviour quite often inadequate 9. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot The payment behaviour of European companies´ is anything but satisfactory. This is the message of a press report by the psychonomics AG. In the eyes of foreign business partners it is in particular the payment behaviour of Italian companies which leaves much to be desired: About one quarter of all business relationships (26 percent) are …
Printers pose a threat to IT security 8. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot The pressetext news agency has reported on a warning against security caps caused in IT networks by multi-purpose network printers and copying machines. This is the conclusion drawn by security experts at last week´s Black-Hat-conferences in Las Vegas. In a public presentation, Mr. Brendan O´Connor, who is an IT security expert, demonstrated that such devices …
SMEs capitalize on continuous R&D 8. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot Small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) continuously doing research & development (R&D) benefit from market innovations to a much higher extent than companies not engaging at all in their own R&D activities. This difference is particularly marked for companies launching completely new products or processes onto the market. In these cases the share of such innovations …
Mittelstandsblog presents Second After-WorkPodcast 6. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot Please click here and then on Play in order to listen to the podcast. Do you feel like finishing work or having a break? Well close your email programme, put your feet on the desk, relax and take 20 minutes off.