Their employee base, particularly in IBM and Siemens, included high proportions of knowledge workers.
In Siemens this included annual "round table discussions" by groups of line managers of their direct reports' evaluation, including the latter's wider attitudes to their performance, in order to "calibrate" decisions, provide consensus oversight, guidance to line managers and validation of the IPR result and the system used.
Siemens's products include motors, climate control systems, medical diagnostic equipment, power plants and communications networks.
The decision came after a review involving several agencies that already work for Siemens; the others included Publicis Worldwide, part of the Publicis Groupe, and two agencies owned by the Interpublic Group of Companies: McCann Erickson Worldwide and Springer & Jacoby.
Siemens, whose products include wind generators, high-speed trains and X-ray scanners, said sales in the three months through June rose 4 percent, to €19.2 billion, compared with the same period a year earlier.
Siemens, whose products include wind generators, high-speed trains and X-ray scanners, said sales in the three months through June rose 4 percent to 19.2 billion euros compared to the same period a year earlier, and new orders rose 22 percent to 20.1 billion euros compared to the same period in 2009.
Murphy believes that Ericsson met 3Com for buyout talks about '3 weeks ago.'" Murphy suggested other suitors might include Siemens, Alcatel, Nokia or Lucent, according to StockHouse.com.com
Siemens's broad array of products includes gear for power generation, trains and other transportation equipment, and medical devices like X-ray scanners.
Nokia Siemens Networks non-IFRS operating margin includes a positive impact from non-recurring IPR income of approximately EUR 30 million.
Siemens Electrical has taken over Schlesinger-Siemens's contracts, including those at the water treatment plant.
Advocating an expansion in the number of frequencies, or channels, that can be used for a single wireless data transmission is an industry group called the Home RF, which includes Motorola mot, Intel intc, Siemens and others.
