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Participation in external events Mittelstand quiz as a point of attraction

Können die Begriffe Mittelstand und Familienunternehmen synonym verwandt werden? Ab welcher Beschäftigtenzahl gehören Unternehmen dem Mittelstand an? Was bedeutet die Abkürzung "KMU"?

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Participation in external events IfM President appointed to NRW steering committee

The North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of Economic Affairs, Mona Neubaur, has invited Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Friederike Welter as a member of the recently established Fin.Connect.NRW steering committee.

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Participation in external events 25 successful years of EXIST

Prof Dr Dr h.c. Friederike Welter honoured the 25th anniversary of EXIST start-ups from science in her keynote speech in Berlin at the beginning of June. She highlighted the development and significance of the state funding programme.

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Participation in external events State maternity pay for self-employed women?

Around 2% of all self-employed women have a child every year. About a quarter of these women have health insurance with daily sickness benefits, which are paid during the maternity protection period. The benefits paid by health insurance companies for this are in the low millions.

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Participation in external events IfM-Researchers at the Diana Conference

Public childcare provision influences the start-up activities of both women and men and therefore also the gender gap in start-up activities.

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Podcasts Why The EU internal market is important for the international companies in Germany

Many Mittelstand enterprises are involved in global value chains as suppliers – or even as lead companies. Due to the growing geopolitical crises, this integration becoming increasingly risky.

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Press release Increase corporate acceptance through targeted climate regulation

Überwiegend herrscht in den mittelständischen Unternehmen in Deutschland Konsenz darüber, dass es der ökologischen Transformation bedarf. Aktuell besteht jedoch die Gefahr, dass ein zu hoher Detaillierungsgrad sowie eine überbordende Zertifizierungspflicht zu Ausweichstrategien führen könnten.

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Press release More startups in agriculture, forestry and in the liberal professions, fewer in the commercial sector

Im vergangenen Jahr starteten mehr Gründerinnen und Gründer in der Land- und Forstwirtschaft (+ 4,5 %) sowie in den freien Berufen (+ 1,7 %) als in 2022. Dagegen sanken die Existenzgründungen im gewerblichen Bereich geschätzt um 5 %.

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Participation in external events Options for overcoming the skills shortage

Managers surveyed for the Mittelstand Panel 2023 identified the shortage of skilled workers as their biggest challenge in 2023, just as they did in 2021 and 2022.

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Participation in external events Reducing bureaucracy efficiently

Dr Annette Icks and Michael Holz believe that a paradigm shift in politics is needed to efficiently reduce bureaucracy. They presented their findings at an event organised by the New Social Market Economy Initiative in Berlin on 22 May.

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Participation in external events Focus on start-up research

What characterises an entrepreneur? What are the basic needs for start-ups?

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Participation in external events Activating economic policy preferred

How can economic and financial policy measures strengthen growth potential in the long-term? Does the risk exist that structural change and transformation will lead to deindustrialisation in Germany?

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Press release Fewer obstacles for the Mittelstand!

Dr Constantin Terton (German Confederation of Skilled Crafts; ZDH) called for a return to the social market economy and a focus on the values of individual responsibility and performance orientation at today's Mittelstand Roundtable in Berlin ...

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Awards IfM-Präsidentin got the Floriansplakette

Handwerk NRW e.V. and the Düsseldorf Chimney Sweep Guild have today in Düsseldorf awarded Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Friederike Welter with the Florianplakette.

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IfM Publications How public procurement is becoming more SME-friendly

Public procurement law will be amended in the current legislative period in order to promote both the legal certainty of award decisions as well as SME-friendliness.

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