Wirtschaftswoche magazine reveals the appeal of India to SME 11. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to the initiative Perspektive Mittelstand the German economy directs its attention to the East. Not only, however, does this attention comprise Middle and Eastern Europe, but it has already reached China and India. These markets currently present a particularly high growth.
Portal provides guidance to SME on Mezzanine financing 11. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot In an interesting guide on the Perspektive Mittelstand portal Dr. Jürgen Kaack, managing director of the STZ-Consulting Group informs on important aspects of the so-called Mezzanine financing ⇒ Wikipedia).
69 percent of SME interested in on-demand software 11. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot On-demand software(⇒ Wikipedia) is playing an increasingly important role in small and medium-sized entities (SME). This is the result of a corresponding survey commissioned by salesforce.com carried out among 1000 SME. According to the survey 69 percent of the companies questioned generally consider web-based business solutions to be of interest, with major SME employing more …
Outsourcing of IT services worthwhile for SME 11. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot For major enterprises the development of software in India or South Africa Software has been the rule for quite a long time. But this approach is not profitable to small and medium-sized entities (SME) and the risks are too big, aren´t they? Experts think that this is not true. On the contrary, the outsourcing of …
Discretion protects SME doing business in crisis areas 11. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot Small and medium-sized entities (SME) are in a dilemma, if they are offered lucrative contracts in crisis areas. On the one hand they cannot afford to turn down such opportunities, on the other hand they hardly dispose of the means enabling professional protection of their employess on the scene. A typical example is the recent, …
Magazine rectifies prejudices against small and medium-sized companies 11. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot The Bundesagentur für Arbeit in an extensive article directs the attention of the readers of the Uni Magazin to the good career opportunities and particularities presented by small and medium-sized companies while at the same time rectifying some frequent prejudices felt among the public and in particular among the future graduates at universities and colleges. …
SMEs may go public at a cost of 50.000 instead of 200.000 Euros 9. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to information made available by the EU the current costs of an initial public offering (IPO) amount to between 200.000 and 500.000 Euros. In addition, there is a similarly high annual sum which must be spent in order to stay on the stock exchange. Costs which only few small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) are …
Prospectus requirement may lead to more security for investors in SMEs 9. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot A critical article on FAZ.NET (Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung) deals with the pros and cons facing investors in shares of small and medium-sized companies listed on the Entry Standard market segment of the Frankfurt stock exchange.
Small and medium-sized companies may benefit by change to Vista 9. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot Small and medium-sized entities (SME) are said to particularly benefit from shifting from Windows XP to its successor Vista, if they cannot rely upon a fully-grown server structure and if they have many notebooks in use. According to the expert magazine „Computer im Mittelstand” a new tool, the so-called Windows Collaboration, co-ordinates the virtual teamwork …
Small and medium-sized companies are among the winners on the stock exchange 8. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot On Wednesday and Thursday the second General Standard conference of the German Stock Exchange took place in Frankfurt. About 40 companies listed in the Entry Standard and General Standard met with investors and analysts. For the first time this provided companies quoted in the Entry Standard with the opportunity to present themselves to investors and …