The Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation-EFI), including Prof Dr Friederike Welter (IfM Bonn/University of Siegen), presented its annual report to Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger today.
About 3 % of a company's turnover with 125 employees in the mechanical and plant engineering sector is tied up annually by the fulfilment of bureaucratic obligations. The figure is more than one per cent for a large company with a turnover of 239.5 million euros.
How does the innovation system in Germany support small and medium-sized companies? What role do universities and Fraunhofer Institutes play in SMEs' innovation activities, and to what extent does dual the dual education system contribute to their economic success?
Sowohl Vorgaben als auch Anreize von Institutionen spielen eine wichtige Rolle bei der Entwicklung von Unternehmertum. Ebenso beeinflussen aber auch beispielsweise ungeschriebene Regeln und Werte in einem Land unternehmerisches Handeln
The article "It's right nearby: how entrepreneurs use spatial bricolage to overcome resource constraints" (Free Access) by Prof. Dr Steffen Korsgaard, Ass. Prof. Sabine Müller and Prof. Dr Friederike Welter has been awarded the title "highly recommended" by the editors of "Entrepreneurship & …
The earlier companies reacted with innovations to the economic challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the better they survived the crisis. It hardly mattered whether they initiated business model, product, service or process innovations.
In the liberal professions, 57.7 out of 100 newly founded companies with at least one dependent employee in 2015 were still on the market in 2020 - in contrast, only 46.6 were based on the economy as a whole.
Bureaucratic obligations have become a considerable burden for industrial SMEs, which also threatens to slow down investments. And the great amount of demands put upon companies continues to grow. A recent study by IfM – the „Institut für Mittelstandsforschung“ in Bonn – commissioned by the IMPULS …
Die wirtschaftlichen Folgen des russischen Angriffskrieges gegen die Ukraine und der Energiepreiskrise treffen das Baugewerbe aktuell sehr stark. Die Bauwirtschaft hat bislang wenige Krisen von einer solchen Dimension meistern müssen.
Most hybrid self-employed (90 %) focus their work on a dependent activity – for nearly every ten hybrid self-employed, self-employment is the primary activity. "The majority of hybrid self-employed is probably able to make sufficient provisions for their old age," reports IfM researcher Dr Olivier …
In the liberal professions, the average disposal asset profit has risen continuously since 2001. The positive trend in agriculture and forestry began after the global financial and economic crisis in 2010.
The collection of sustainability information is becoming increasingly important in many small and medium-sized enterprises. Due to European Union (EU) requirements, much of this information will have to be published in the future. It is also becoming increasingly important when taking out loans.
The Mittelstand businesses still perceive an increasing bureaucratic burden despite various instruments and initiatives by politicians to reduce bureaucracy. Prof Dr Welter recommended in her keynote speech at an event of the SPD Economic Forum at the end of November that the consequences of …