External publications
All publications that IfM scientists have published externally are compiled here.
258 Results
External publication | 2025 Business succession in Germany: The role of women-led businsses
In Germany, around 38,000 owner-managed businesses are up for succession every year.
External publication | 2025 Comparing the Prediction Performance of Random Forest, Lasso, and Logit in the Context of IPO Withdrawal
This paper examines the prediction of IPO withdrawal using machine learning methods and conventional regression.
External publication | 2025 Young and small firms and resilience to extreme weather events
Regions with high levels of entrepreneurial initiative, in which there are many young and small businesses, are more economically resilient to extreme weather events.
External publication | 2025 Why reducing psychological costs in public tenders is more important for SMEs than reducing bureaucratic effort
This article presents the findings of a research project conducted by IfM Bonn on the bureaucratic burdens faced by SMEs in the construction industry when participating in public tenders.
External publication | 2025 No time to lose in research and innovation policy
The German federal government has set out in its coalition agreement a comprehensive catalogue of measures on education, research and innovation.
External publication | 2025 Social Innovation and Social Digitalisation
The last few years have seen a growing awareness in society and politics that technological innovations alone aren't enough to tackle major social challenges like climate change or an ageing population.
External publication | 2025 Challenges in the water industry require innovative solutions
Germany will face more frequent regional and seasonal water shortages in the future. Conflicts over water use between different users are therefore to be expected, but these can be mitigated through innovation.
External publication | 2025 Rooting so we can flow: Weaving the Fabric of Transformational Scholarship in Entrepreneurship
Contemporary permacrises have enhanced calls for a re-thinking of entrepreneurship scholarship.
External publication | 2025 Entrepreneurship Education II. Curricular approaches, skill orientation, content analysis
This anthology addresses a broad spectrum of didactic factors of entrepreneurship education in the context of economic education in a theoretically sound manner.
External publication | 2025 Report on Research, Innovation and Technological Performance in Germany 2025
The Expert Commission wants to use its 2025 annual report to solve the challenges mentioned from an innovation economics and R&I policy perspective.
External publication | 2025 Report on Research, Innovation and Technological Performance in Germany 2024
The 2024 Annual Report of the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation should be read against the background of this tension between multiple current crises on the one hand and long-term transformation requirements on the other.
External publication | 2025 Report on Research, Innovation and Technological Performance in Germany 2023
The Commission of Experts’ Annual Report 2023 contains several proposals for new governance structures.
External publication | 2025 Bureaucracy costs of companies in the mechanical and plant engineering industries – follow-up study 2025
This study analyses the bureaucratic burden caused by regulations of the EU, central government, federal states and municipalities in the German machinery and equipment manufacturing industry.
External publication | 2025 European SMEs, Corporate Finance, and Economic Resilience to Floods
The authors investigate how the debt-to-equity ratio and maturity structure of SMEs influence their resilience to flood disasters.
External publication | 2025 Public childcare – a neglected element of entrepreneurship ecosystems?
The authors explore in their chapter the impact of public childcare provision on women’s and men’s start-up activities in Germany.
External publication | 2025 Legitimacy of women entrepreneurs: forced to behave according to rules?
The authors analyse in their contribution whether female entrepreneurs behave strategically differently to their male counterparts when dealing with bureaucracy.
External publication | 2025 How women-led businesses fared in the Covid-19 pandemic
Have women-led businesses been more impaired by the coronavirus pandemic than men-led businesses? Did female entrepreneurs use support measures to the same extent as their male counterparts?
External publication | 2024 The equity crowdfunding choice: A demand-side perspective
In recent years, equity crowdfunding has become increasingly popular for capital-seeking start-ups.
External publication | 2024 Determinants of Hidden Champions
This study explores the factors that affect the likelihood of German companies to be a hidden champion.
External publication | 2024 Legitimacy of women entrepreneurs: forced to behave according to rules?
Legitimacy is essential to ensure the continued existence of companies. Depending on whether stakeholders consider entrepreneurs’ behavior to be appropriate, they decide whether to provide entrepreneurs with resources.