Entrepreneurs hold discussion on three years of experience with limited legal form 17. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot Can the British “limited company” (Ltd) be considered as kind of “improved German private limited company” (GmbH) or are certain risks involved played down by counseling agencies and carelessly overlooked by entrepreneurs? Does the Ltd really provide the ground for illegal machinations which is a point reiterated by critics and which causes many banks and …
Economic advisers count on foreign European markets 17. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot For its study “Trends and perspectives for the counseling of small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) the Berlin based German institute for SMEs (DIKMU) questioned about 2000 economic advisers in Germany on the most important issues for the future and current trends in the counseling of SMEs. The main finding: increased competition, decreasing professional fees and …
Salaries paid in the IT sector depend on company size and location 14. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot The Kienbaum executive consultancy has presented their »Executives and experts working in information technology branches« salary study for the year 2006 which examined 190 companies. According to the findings of the study, executive staff on average earn 101.000 Euros annually, whereas a specialist´s salary amounts to 57.000 Euros. On average executive salaries have risen by …
Online traders often neglect the needs of their customers 14. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot In spite of growing demand only one quarter of German online traders intend to expand their service portfolio. This is the finding of a joint study by Novomind and the FAZ institute.
Market-orientated planning instrumental to the success of SMEs 14. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot Many markets are very dynamic and subject to ever faster changes. In this context it becomes obvious that on the basis of a backward planning one can easily miss one´s objectives and set the wrong priorities. Furthermore, incorrect assumptions on sales and turnover may put at risk the financial result. In addition to analising the …
Clever apprentices and young professionals sought after by the building industry 14. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot Apprentices and training centres, students and young professionals from the building industry should come up with some smart ideas and take part in the sixth edition of an ITcompetition called »Built upon IT – Career prospects in the building industry«. For the competition it is possible to submit individual as well as teamwork. Professors, training …
Risk of Fraud in doing business over the Internet smaller than expected 13. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot The risk of fraud involved in doing e-commerce is overestimated to a large extent. This is the conclusion drawn by the Pago 2006 report, which on the basis of 50 million real purchases has analysed the »Trends of the year 2005 in the purchase and payment behaviour in the relevant e-commerce branches«. The figure on …
First Change Management in SMEs course of studies to start soon 13. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to a report by the University of Bremerhaven for the first time in Germany there will be a course of studies called “change management in SMEs” starting in Bremerhaven in the winter semester 2006/07. It is a fact that SMEs are particularly affected by the change of the general economic environment. The master course …
Executive assistant´s time management decisive for success of SMEs 13. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot Mrs. Manuela Franzò, who is a consultant and a “inner boss”, is absolutely sure that the job of an executive assistant in a small or medium-sized entity (SME) represents a real management challenge. The scope of duties of such an executive assistant who is quite often the only such person in SMEs is in most …
European charter wants facilitations for SMEs 13. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot For the European Commission small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) are at the centre of their policy. For that reason a day dedicated to SMEs is celebrated today in Brussels. Its motto: The EU is good for SMEs and SMEs are good for Europe. Similar events will take place in the first two weeks of June …