Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Erwin is at his best when writing about lenses and Leica and the photo industry. But some of his general economic arguments are a bit suspect. For example, contrary to popular belief, German industry as a whole is very competitive. For every company that is not doing well (like the mobile division of Siemens mentioned by Erwin) there are others which are (including BMW and Porsche, also mentioned in the article). Germany is in fact the world's biggest exporter, surpassing both China, the USA and Japan. The high unemployment and low economic growth are mainly due to weakness in domestic demand and structural issues in the labour market. Leica is doing poorly because of failure of successive managements to recognize and adapt to the overall trends in its industry. Nathan David W. Almy wrote: > All, > > http://www.imx.nl/photosite/comments/c012.html > http://www.imx.nl/photosite/comments/c013.html > > The second is of particular interest. > > David W. Almy > Annapolis > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com