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Information on Mittelstand enterprises

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Geopolitical challenges

For many decades, the multilateral dismantling of trade barriers and broad trade policy stability contributed ...

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SME Development Barometer

IfM Bonn uses the "Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises", to report semiannually on the current ...

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IfM Bonn News

Maternity leave scheme for the self-employed

Employees are protected by statutory maternity leave provisions. Self-employed women currently do not have this protection.

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Transparency and trust are the foundations of every successful research partnership

The more transparent universities are about their research and knowledge-transfer activities, the easier it is for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to find the right scientific expertise to help develop innovations.

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IfM-Position Paper

The Mittelstand between De-Risking from China and Business Risks

For years, we at the Institut für Mittelstandsforschung have advocated that laws and regulations at both national and

European level should, as a matter of principle, be drafted from the perspective of small and medium-sized enterprises.

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Figure of the Month

In the first 6 month of 2026

143,000

businesses were started and 127,000 were closed down.

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Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus"

Regulations in the Circular Economy: How Can Environmental Protection Be Promoted While Simultaneously Strengthening Small and Medium-Sized Businesses?

The establishment of a circular economy offers significant market potential for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

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Cooperation with University of Siegen

Zukunftspanel Mittelstand

Zukunftspanel Mittelstand

NUI region ranking

Offensive Mittelstand

Data of the IfM Bonn

Data of the IfM Bonn

Third party research