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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

Mittelstand Enterprises and the Circular Economy

Policy makers are seeking to promote the circular economy in Germany and across Europe in order to reduce dependence on exports of raw materials and intermediate products.

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What makes academic spin-offs different

How do academic spin-offs differ from start-ups in general? Dr Natalia Gorynia-Pfeffer and Julia Schauer explore this question in their Policy Brief using data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor.

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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

The EU single market remains the most important export market for SMEs:

62 per cent

of the total value of goods exported by all SMEs in 2024 went to EU Member States.

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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