Mittelstand (SME) policy
Mittelstand (SME) enterprises are diverse: We observe a considerable heterogeneity in business models and industries, including crafts enterprises, service providers, liberal professions and industrial companies. Besides, the Mittelstand ranges from solo selfemployed to large (family) businesses. Also, the Mittelstand includes tech start-ups as well as established (innovative) firms. Therefore, the Mittelstand is not just a label for a few firms, but describes a heterogeneous and diverse universe of firms. The following documents have the objective to present ways to cope with this diversity when designing policy measures.
Please find below our contributions (some are currently only available in German language).
Further information
Regulatory Framework Conditions for a Future-Oriented Mittelstand Policy
Patterns of Regional Firm Exits: Determining Factors and Economic Consequences
Future Panel Mittelstand 2025: Labour shortage and digital transformation continue to challenge SMEs
No time to lose in research and innovation policy
What motivates young people to start their own business?
Auf dem Weg zu mehr Wettbewerbsfähigkeit
Praxischecks - ein wirksames Instrument zum Abbau bürokratischer Belastungen?
Wie eine sozial-ökologische Marktwirtschaft gelingt
Die Einkommenssituation von hybriden Selbstständigen
Enterprises perception of bureaucracy
"Mittelstand" companion and promotor of structural change
"Mittelstand" between facts and feelings"
"Mittelstand" policies in change
"Mittelstand" policies in practice - Business framework policy or funding policy
Wirtschaftspolitische Implikationen der Gründungsforschung
Reform of the points of single contact (PSCc)
Neue Ansätze für die Mittelstandspolitik – Impulse von internationalen Good-Practice-Beispielen
"Mittelstand versus Silicon Valley"
Die Renaissance des Protektionismus: Auswirkungen auf KMU
Regional start-up environments exemplified by selected hotspots
Times are a Changin'? The Emergence of New Firms and Rank Persistence
Chartbook "Mittelstand Future Panel 2024"
Early detection of threats and opportunities – Developing an early detection concept
SME-friendly organisation of public procurement
Maternity benefits for self-employed women
The underrepresentation of women in entrepreneurship
The role of family businesses and female-led family business in the economy