Commerzbank raises awareness for the needs of SME 16. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot “Economy in motion – challenges and strategies facing Germany” is the name of a major survey among 4001 German SME which forms part of a recent initiative called UnternehmerPerspektiven launched by the Commerzbank. Martin Blessing, member of the board of director and in charge of the Mittelstandsbank, presented the findings:
Virtual guide is to promote co-operation between SME 16. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot Researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have developped a virtual guide which is supposed to facilitate the co-operation between small and medium-sized entities (SME). The pilot provides SME with confidentiality agreements, online questionnaires, check lists, action plans and training guidelines. The service is the result of a joint project called “InVirtO” which was sponsored by the …
SME too hesitating about internet telephony 16. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot In contrast to major enterprises, SME are still doubtful as concerns „Voice over IP” (VoIP, telephoning via Internet). The main reason for this is the fear of the costs entailed by the implementation of such a new technology. According to a study of the outsourcing service provider Accenture and the Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung (GfK), 43 …
For entrepreneurs wanting to sell their SME the time may be just right 16. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot The Handelsblatt magazine recently published an interesting article on the subject matter of mergers and acquisitions of small and medium-sized entities (SME). According to the magazine about two thirds of all transactions in the M&A business refer to the selling of a company. Seldom the market for the selling of SME had been that favourable …
SME in the United States rely on ERP and CRM 16. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot As was reported by the consultancy and market researcher Access Markets International (AMI) Partners in New York, the SME in the USA first of all rely upon software solutions for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM).
SME frequently use content management systems 16. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot The Austrian Computerwelt magazine has published an interesting article on Content Management Systems (CMS) and small and medium-sized entities (SME) on their website. The article´s author, Roland Kissling, presents a study carried out by Tekom and TC and more GmbH which examined the current situation on the CMS market for technical documentations by questioning 18 …
What SME need to know about the findings of surveys, statistics and studies 16. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot Whenever it seems to be appropriate, the results of surveys, statistics and studies are used in particular by associations and political parties in order to further their cause. But how reliable are these alleged pieces of evidence actually?
Innovation centre for logistics makes research and development accessible to SME 16. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot The professorship for conveyor systems, material flows and logistics at the Technical University in Munich has recently been extended by an innovation centre for logistics (liz). Here companies have access to a broad forum of research and development. The co-operation with the centre is particularly advantageous to small and medium-sized companies, since these companies in …
ifm institute provides useful information to SME 16. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot The Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (ifm) is a central institution at the university of Mannheim carrying out research projects on subjet matters which are of high importance to small and medium-sized entities (SME). This institue was founded in 1989 on the initiative of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, but it works nationwide and deals with European …
FAZ magazine sees optimism among SME at a peak 16. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) edition of May 12th 2006 writes: »The optimistic mood among SME currently seems to be boundless«. This is the result for April of a monthly survey commissioned by the KfW in co-operation with the ifo-Institute in Munich. The reference value of the previous year is said to have been surpassed …