Comments on: Market Dynamism, US vs Europe http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2004/12/market_dynamism.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brown lee http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2004/12/market_dynamism.html/comment-page-1#comment-355 Brown lee Tue, 01 Mar 2005 14:07:29 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2004/12/market_dynamism.html#comment-355 <p>Dear Sir/Madam,<br /> I am Mr.Brown Lee,managinig director of HUAMAO ARTS AND CRAFTS <br /> IMPORT./EXPORT. CORP.(HMARTS) China.<br /> we are a group of business men who deal on Art and Craft and export<br /> into the Canada/America and Europe.<br /> We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a<br /> medium of getting to our customers in the Canada/America and Europe<br /> as well as making payments through you to us.Please if you are<br /> interested in transacting business with us, we will be very glad.<br /> Please contact us for more information.<br /> Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to<br /> negotiate your mode of which we will pay you for your services as our<br /> representative in Canada/America and Europe Please if you are<br /> interested forward to us your phone number/fax and your full contact<br /> address.<br /> Thanks In advance<br /> Managing Director,<br /> Mr.Brown Lee.<br /> PLEASE REPLY THROUGH MAIL BOX: hmarts@email.com.</p> Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Mr.Brown Lee,managinig director of HUAMAO ARTS AND CRAFTS
IMPORT./EXPORT. CORP.(HMARTS) China.
we are a group of business men who deal on Art and Craft and export
into the Canada/America and Europe.
We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a
medium of getting to our customers in the Canada/America and Europe
as well as making payments through you to us.Please if you are
interested in transacting business with us, we will be very glad.
Please contact us for more information.
Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to
negotiate your mode of which we will pay you for your services as our
representative in Canada/America and Europe Please if you are
interested forward to us your phone number/fax and your full contact
address.
Thanks In advance
Managing Director,
Mr.Brown Lee.
PLEASE REPLY THROUGH MAIL BOX: hmarts@email.com.

]]> By: Tony http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2004/12/market_dynamism.html/comment-page-1#comment-354 Tony Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:47:36 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2004/12/market_dynamism.html#comment-354 <p>Being from Germany, I have to say something. <br /> However, I can not comment on the situation in France.</p> <p>1. Discounting is no longer illegal in Germany. Most regulation have been removed. Only actions that "distort the market" (marktverzerrend) are illegal, e.g. selling goods for less than you paid for them to impair an smaller competitor.</p> <p>2. Entanglement between state and private companies is far less than you think and the goverment (both the current under chancelor Schroeder as well as the previous under chancelor Kohl) is trying to privatize a lot (Even things like protection for military facilities). The federal republic of germany still owns a large stake in companies like Volkswagen, Deutsche Telekom and Deutsche Bahn (German Rail), but it is selling time and again shares they hold. The only reason why they don't sell these companies faster is, that the goverment is making a larger profit, when they sell the company slower...</p> <p>3. By now, we have relative strict control of goverments subsidizing private companies through the EU. Yes, I admit, it could be improved, but for example the german goverment can not subsidize Volkswagen without getting in trouble with the French (and vice versa if the French where trying to subsidize say Renault). Obviously, if the German government should decide to subsidize EADS (whos main competitor is Boeing), the French wouldn't protest...</p> <p>4. If you want to talk about state entanglement: Take a look at Italy: The italian government has been entagled in Olivetti and FIAT, and it has done these companies no good at all...</p> <p>5. If a company makes bad products, it will not help the company if the state gets involved. If the time has come for a company, state money usually doesn't save it. Philip Holzmann comes to my mind. They went "belly up", got a credit backed by the german state, restarted their buisiness and a year later, they are "belly up" again. In particular, the car market is very rough. Every german car manufacturer has had bad times (Volkswagen and Opel currently have bad times, ten/fifteen years ago it was Mercedes and BMW), but they came out of it again. They had to improve their products...</p> <p>6. About the entrepreneurship: Yes, it isn't easy here to start a company, but still a lot of people try it (and a large number fails).</p> <p>7. Standard in germany is a five day work week, 6 weeks of vacation. Weekly working time is 36 to 40 hours, with plans by the industry to change it to something like 42 hours. Only Volkswagen has a four day week, but currently I would not take Volkswagen as a good example.</p> <p>8. Unlimited unemployment is a thing of the past here in Germany. From january 2005, new regulations called "Harz IV" will be inplace. Everybody who is unemployed for a long time will be forced back into employment.</p> <p>So, these are my two Euro cents for today.<br /> :-)<br /> </p> Being from Germany, I have to say something.
However, I can not comment on the situation in France.

1. Discounting is no longer illegal in Germany. Most regulation have been removed. Only actions that “distort the market” (marktverzerrend) are illegal, e.g. selling goods for less than you paid for them to impair an smaller competitor.

2. Entanglement between state and private companies is far less than you think and the goverment (both the current under chancelor Schroeder as well as the previous under chancelor Kohl) is trying to privatize a lot (Even things like protection for military facilities). The federal republic of germany still owns a large stake in companies like Volkswagen, Deutsche Telekom and Deutsche Bahn (German Rail), but it is selling time and again shares they hold. The only reason why they don’t sell these companies faster is, that the goverment is making a larger profit, when they sell the company slower…

3. By now, we have relative strict control of goverments subsidizing private companies through the EU. Yes, I admit, it could be improved, but for example the german goverment can not subsidize Volkswagen without getting in trouble with the French (and vice versa if the French where trying to subsidize say Renault). Obviously, if the German government should decide to subsidize EADS (whos main competitor is Boeing), the French wouldn’t protest…

4. If you want to talk about state entanglement: Take a look at Italy: The italian government has been entagled in Olivetti and FIAT, and it has done these companies no good at all…

5. If a company makes bad products, it will not help the company if the state gets involved. If the time has come for a company, state money usually doesn’t save it. Philip Holzmann comes to my mind. They went “belly up”, got a credit backed by the german state, restarted their buisiness and a year later, they are “belly up” again. In particular, the car market is very rough. Every german car manufacturer has had bad times (Volkswagen and Opel currently have bad times, ten/fifteen years ago it was Mercedes and BMW), but they came out of it again. They had to improve their products…

6. About the entrepreneurship: Yes, it isn’t easy here to start a company, but still a lot of people try it (and a large number fails).

7. Standard in germany is a five day work week, 6 weeks of vacation. Weekly working time is 36 to 40 hours, with plans by the industry to change it to something like 42 hours. Only Volkswagen has a four day week, but currently I would not take Volkswagen as a good example.

8. Unlimited unemployment is a thing of the past here in Germany. From january 2005, new regulations called “Harz IV” will be inplace. Everybody who is unemployed for a long time will be forced back into employment.

So, these are my two Euro cents for today.
:-)

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