News from GBI-Genios at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2007

GENIOS adds industry reports from Deutscher Sparkassenverlag

In the category of industry information (Branchenberichte & Fakten) GENIOS has added the industry reports (BranchenReports) of the Deutscher Sparkassenverlag (DSV). The DSV is one of the largest media companies in Germany and a specialist publisher in the field of credit information. The DSV industry reports cover 60 branches and include information on market structure as well as the current market situation. Individual reports are approximately 30 pages long and are available in PDF format at a cost of €25,-- (incl. VAT) per report.

eBooks from the Verlag Rudolf Haufe and Rainer Hampp Verlag are now available via GENIOS

GENIOS also announced the availability of specialist business and management related publications in the form of eBooks. The eBooks portfolio is made up of publications from the Verlag Rudolf Haufe and Rainer Hampp Verlag. The eBooks are in PDF-format and can be accessed as complete publications or as individual chapters. For example the publication "Veröffentlichungspflichten nach dem neuen EHUG: Pflichten - Verfahren - Haftung" by Susanne Christ and Adrian Müller-Helle, referred to in the posting ECFI Buyer’s Guide of 5th September 2007 can be obtained as an eBook.

For further details contact Kathrin Büttner (kathrin.buettner@genios.de).

Deficiences in European Company Information

If you want to know more about why the level of detail in company information can vary from country to country, Louise Green from Bureau van Dijk (BvDep) has written a useful article in the June 2007 edition of Business Information Review. Titled "Deficiencies in European Company Information - Challenges for Vendors". The article distinguishes between the Anglo-Saxon countries' approach of providing information for shareholders and the Continental European approach of providing information for taxation and statutory purposes. The article then describes the services offered by BvDep across Europe.

Its accessible at http://www.bir.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/24/2/89 but you will have to register to access the full article and pay a fee for one-off access.