Organizer SME Monitor 1/2011

Interview

• "Keeping calm is also an entrepreneurial task". Employer - president Valentin Vogt in conversation

Study results

• Swiss SMEs prepare for hard times
• Uncertain business outlook
• Payment practices still room for improvement
• New machines and equipment must ensure higher productivity
• Investments in IT: not everywhere with the same priority
• Health promotion in companies: Only statistically not a priority?
• You never stop learning: Companies invest in the further training of their employees
• More and more SMEs are opting for sustainable and environmentally compatible solutions
• Succession planning is a perennial issue for more than a quarter of respondents
• The resource "employee" comes under pressure
• Fewer and fewer companies are training apprentices: Will there be a shortage of young talent in the end?

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