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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

Resilience according to the Big Five traits

"Psychological literature defines resilient prototypes as individuals who score highly on the Big Five traits: extraversion, openness, conscientiousness, agreeableness and emotional stability. ..."

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Research findings of the IfM Bonn at the Federal-State Committee on Mittelstand Enterprises

There has been ongoing public debate for some time as to whether there is a need for a new legal form known as the "Gesellschaft mit gebundenem Vermögen" (GmgV). At the Federal-State Committee on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Berlin in early October, Dr Nadine Schlömer-Laufen gave an …

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IfM-Position Paper

Reversing the burden of proof in bureaucracy – a step in the right direction

At its meeting in early July 2026, the German Federal Government’s coalition

committee agreed to reverse the burden of proof for reporting requirements.

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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