Situation Report Medium-Sized Companies 1993/94

The economic situation of Rhenish-Westphalian medium-sized companies.
Topics: area of business affiliation; entry in the trade roll; number
of employees; administrative district; judgement on the business
situation in 1993 and at the time of survey; judgement on the turnover
situation in 1993 in comparison to the previous year; development of
the costs situation in 1993 in comparison to the previous year; change
of sales prices; change of the profit situation; judgement on the
profit situation; change of the position of one´s own capital;
satisfactory furnishing the company its own capital; investments in
1993 in comparison to the previous year; type of investments conducted
in 1993; financing of the last investments conducted; change of number
of employees; expected development for 1994 regarding the business
situation, turnover, costs situation, sales prices, the profit
situation; expected development of investments in comparison to the
previous year; expected main focus of investments in 1994; planned
employee level for 1994; current greatest problems of the company;
effect of the over-all economic recession on the company; type of
reaction of the company to the current economic situation; judgement on
the quality of the business location in national and international
comparison.