Translation of "Unternehmensnahe dienstleistungen" in English

There was also an expansion in business support services such as IT and freelance activities.

The overall economic conditions for a continued upswing in the business-related services sector are evaluated positively.

Not only is Austria a favored tourism destination but also business related services are developing successfully.

In 2006, the number of companies offering corporate services increased considerably.

The economic situation in the business-related services sector gained further momentum in the first quarter of 1998.

Taken as a whole, the business-related service sector will create further apprenticeship positions within the coming three years.

A survey of business service providers involved in cross-border business (see box 4 in annex) found that over 47% of firms providing business services to other EU countries realise 10% or less of their turnover in EU markets other than their home base.

The biggest gains for the EU would include: business services to ASEAN;

By focusing on areas currently outside the WTO such as business services, the three agreements will complement the multilateral system well.

This Programme will also provide SME business support in markets outside the Union.

In some cases, it seems that wage structures do not create appropriate incentives to attract people into economic activities that are key to productivity and economic growth such as research and business services.

Pharmaceutical companies have profound effects on upstream economic sectors through their spending on intermediate inputs (including chemical products and business-related services) and investments (in buildings, lab equipment, and manufacturing plants).

These shifts are not a reflection of a decline in the importance of industry, but are mainly the result of fundamental changes in the value creation process, in which company-related and product-related services are playing an increasing role.

There are, however, some differences between the individual industries of the business-related services sector regarding the economic situation.

Nor does it change the basic picture if we take into account the fact that the labour costs in important sectors which supply manufacturing industry (for example trade, logistics and business services) are relatively cheaper in Germany.

While the favourable economic situation leads to an increase in employment, the willingness to train apprentices in the business-related services sector remains unchanged, at least in the short term.

The business-related services sector encompasses tax advisors and certified public accountants, business consultants, architects, technical consultants and planners, vehicle renting, machine renting, forwarding companies and logistics firms, software providers, advertising agencies and waste management firms.

The innovation survey covers firms from various industries including mining, manufacturing, energy- and water- supply, waste disposal, construction, business-related services and distributive services.

Tel Aviv emerged as a high-tech centre in the 1990s and the city currently employs forty percent of national employment in finance and 25 percent of national employment in business services.

The survey included 1,000 innovative companies with a minimum of five employees from the following sectors using ICT: industry, trade, transport and logistics, financial services, business-related services (including renting, IT, engineering companies, management consulting, advertisement and other services for companies).

This subgroup includes those branches of service and industry whose input stages link them closely to the manufacturing industry: the manufacturing industry itself, supplier industries, construction, logistics and corporate services.

This figure is completely exceeded if business-related services are included.

Personnel costs were slightly lower in other business activities than in the rest of the service sector.

Women accounted for more than 47% of the number of persons employed in other business activities.

In addition to the universities, affiliate institutes offer their services to the businesses.

Employment in business services, in particular, has increased at rates much above average over past years.

The challenge is to strengthen value creation and productivity, in particular for business support services.

This applies to all industries and sizes of enterprises with the exception of the business-related services and the large enterprises.

Globalisation and the linkage between service firms and their multinational clients is one well-documented reason for such growing demand in the field of business services.

Specialisation and differentiation in business services that may be scarce in certain Member States is also contributing to cross-border demand.

A survey of business service providers involved in cross-border business found that over 47% of firms providing business services to other EU countries realise 10% or less of their turnover in EU markets other than their home base.