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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

How corporate finance moderates the effects of extreme weather events

Floods are the most prevalent natural hazard in Europe. Scientific research has shown that their frequency and destructive power will continue to increase due to global warming.

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Weniger Unternehmensinsolvenzen in Thüringen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Berlin und im Saarland

Im 1. Halbjahr dieses Jahres ist die Anzahl der beantragten Unternehmensinsolvenzen auf rund 12.800 (+6,7 %) gestiegen. Im Vergleich zum 1. Halbjahr 2025, in dem die Anzahl um 12,2 % zugenommen hatte, hat sich die Anstiegsrate jedoch halbiert.

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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