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Participation in external events | 08.04.2022 Publishing successfully in entrepreneurship journals

Which topics are currently in the focus of scientific entrepreneurship journals? Is it to be expected that other multimodal methods such as photos or videos will also be considered in academic publications in the future?

Press release | 04.04.2022 Despite the ongoing pandemic, more there were start-ups in 2021

While the pandemic continued to pose significant challenges to some sectors of the economy in 2021, such as businesses with customer-facing and providers of personal services, the number of start-ups rose by 1.4% to 336,000 in 2021. Nevertheless, the numbers did not yet reach the pre-pandemic level.

Press release | 29.03.2022 Needs of the German Mittelstand amid the social-ecological transformation of market economy

"Together with the Mittelstand companies, we want to achieve the goal of climate neutrality. That is what we are working towards. We will facilitate that companies can use their self-produced renewable electricity. This will reduce their costs and help them achieve the goal of using 80 per cent …

Prof. Dr. Friederike Welter (IfM Bonn/Universität Siegen)

Awards | 23.03.2022 Prof Dr Friederike Welter was re-elected as EXIST Chairwoman

Die Siegener Universitätsprofessorin und Präsidentin des IfM Bonn ist auf der konstituierenden Sitzung des Förderprogramms EXIST - Existenzgründungen aus der Wissenschaft erneut zur Vorsitzenden des Sachverständigenbeirats gewählt worden.

Press release | 23.03.2022 How state support works in the crisis

The various Covid19 support packages have had the anticipated stabilising effects on many solo self-employed workers and small entrepreneurs. Direct payments such as the Überbrückungshilfe and the possibility of furlough for employees subject to compulsory social insurance have opened up room for …

Press release | 15.03.2022 Skills shortage poses a challenge to Mittelstand enterprises in the manufacturing sector

The skills shortage will be the biggest challenge for companies in the manufacturing sector in the future. Digitalisation, competitive pressure, and the capacity to innovate follow on the list.

News & Updates | 07.03.2022 Significant differences dealing with diversity in companies

Sixteen years after the introduction of the General Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz - AGG), there are still significant differences in the way companies and public administrations deal with diversity and in strategies against discrimination in the workplace.

Press release | 04.03.2022 Only every fifth family business led by a female boss

Just under 600,000 of the 3.2 million family businesses in Germany are run by women. This is about every fifth family business. Compared to the number of women in the workforce (46.7%), women-led family businesses are therefore significantly underrepresented.

External publications | 03.03.2022 Number of upcoming handovers increases

Comparing succession estimates in 2018 to early 2022, the number of businesses that search for a successor increased.

Participation in external events | 22.02.2022 IfM-Researcher at EBES

How strong is the individual willingness to take risks in entrepreneurial house-holds with two working partners? Dr Stefan Schneck will give answers to this question at the 39th EBES conference at the beginning of April in Rom.

Participation in external events | 18.02.2022 Women like to start up in the liberal professions

Nearly 53 % of all new businesses in the liberal professions are founded by women. The number of start-ups is particularly high in university cities such as Berlin, Leipzig or Cologne.

Press release | 18.02.2022 Market-based approaches preferred in environmental policy

The majority of companies in the manufacturing sector are aware of the risks emanating from climate change. Accordingly, they consider aspects of climate protection in their business decisions: in a survey conducted by IfM Bonn in 2021, more than half of the company representatives stated that they …

News & Updates | 02.02.2022 Appointed to the BaFin Advisory Board

Prof. Dr. Friederike Welter (IfM Bonn/University of Siegen) has been appointed as a member of the advisory board of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).

IfM Publications | 31.01.2022 Business development during Corona

How has the Covid 19 pandemic affected businesses? How have government support measures influenced economic dynamics? Prof. Dr. Erik Stam and Jasper van Dijk give answers to these questions using the example of entrepreneurial development in the Netherlands in 2020.

Press release | 25.01.2022 NUI regional ranking: Munich rural district remains at the top

For the third time running, the rural district of Munich takes the top spot in the NUI region ranking in 2020. The following ranks are held by the city of Leverkusen, the rural district of Miesbach, the city of Rosenheim, and the rural district of Starnberg.