External publications
All publications that IfM scientists have published externally are compiled here.
258 Results
External publication | 2018 The German Mittelstand: antithesis to Silicon Valley entrepreneurship?
While medium-sized companies enjoy a high level of international recognition, in Germany they are sometimes regarded as not sufficiently innovative, growth- or technology-oriented compared to companies in Silicon Valley.
External publication | 2018 Business Transferability Chances: Does the Gender of the Owner-Manager Matter?
The article examines the question of whether the entrepreneurial behavior of entrepreneurs differs in the run-up to a business handover.
External publication | 2018 Women´s Entrepreneurship in Europe
The handbook shows the challenges that need to be overcome in the research field of "Female Entrepreneurship", both now and in the future.
External publication | 2018 The Role of Gender in Family-Business Research: A Systematic Review of the Literature
The article provides a systematic literature review of the interaction between gender and family businesses.
External publication | 2018 Three waves and counting: the rising tide of contextualization in entrepreneurship research
Although the first research activities made very slow progress, the contextual topic within entrepreneurship research has made good progress in recent years.
External publication | 2018 Contextual Entrepreneurship: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Over the past decade, context research has developed into an important field of science.
External publication | 2018 The largest family businesses in Germany - Company Survey 2017: Cooperation with Start-ups
As part of the study series "The largest family-owned companies in Germany", the IfM Bonn conducted a survey of around 250 of the 4,700 largest family-owned companies in spring 2018 for the ninth time.
External publication | 2018 The use of self-management by small and medium-sized enterprises 2013-2016
The law to further facilitate the restructuring of companies (ESUG) changed the types of proceedings that allow companies threatened by insolvency to continue.
External publication | 2018 [Übersetzen nach: English] Entrepreneurial resourcefulness in unstable institutional contexts: The example of European Union borderlands
This paper aims to understand entrepreneurial resourceful behavior in contexts characterized by difficult economic conditions and institutional changes.
External publication | 2018 Women entrepreneurs´ financing revisited: taking stock and looking forward
Do financing agencies discriminate against women entrepreneurs, or is this simply a perception? Does the persistent underrepresentation of women in the financing industry, especially in venture capital, play a role?
External publication | 2017 The largest family-owned companies in Germany, key figures update 2017
As part of the study series "The largest family businesses in Germany", the IfM Bonn analyzed the balance sheet and P&L data of family businesses with annual sales of 50 million euros or more in the fall of 2017.
External publication | 2017 Data security and missing standards in medium-sized businesses
This book contribution examines the question of whether data and legal security as well as the lack of standards and norms represent significant challenges for the realization of Industry 4.0 for manufacturing companies in Germany.
External publication | 2017 SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Canada
The report provides a comprehensive assessment of the structure and performance of SME and entrepreneurship activity in Canada, the business environment and framework conditions for SMEs and entrepreneurship, the strategic framework and delivery arrangements for policy, national SME and entrepreneurship programmes and the local dimension of the policy.
External publication | 2017 Business Takeover or New Venture? (Why) Do Women Prefer New Ventures?
This paper analyzes the role of (nascent) entrepreneurs’ sex in choosing the mode of business entry. Using a unique data set and estimating logit regressions we show that nascent entrepreneurs’ sex indeed affects their intended and actually chosen mode of entry.
External publication | 2017 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Growth of Women´s Entrepreneurship
In this monograph, a renowned group of international authors describes where and in what form gender plays a role in the ecosystem of entrepreneurship.
External publication | 2017 The largest family businesses in Germany - Company Survey 2017
In the context of the study series "Die größten Familienunternehmen in Deutschland" the IfM Bonn has conducted a survey of about 312 of the more than 4,500 largest family businesses in spring 2017 for the eighth time.
External publication | 2017 Driving factors of innovation in family and non-family SMEs
This study examines the extent to which innovation behavior differs between family-run and non-family-run small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
External publication | 2017 [Übersetzen nach: English] Wider Greenwashing: Wie integre CSR-Akteure sich absichern können
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is not only a management strategy that offers opportunities, but also involves risks. For example, opportunism can seriously jeopardize the success of CSR-related policies pursued by companies.
External publication | 2017 Innovativeness and business relationships in women-owned firms: The role of gender stereotypes
The paper examines the connection between business relationships and the innovative power of companies managed by female owners. In particular, it examines how gender stereotypes influence these contacts.
External publication | 2017 On the influence of vocational orientation measures at schools on the career choice behavior of young people
Young people's choice of career is a much-discussed topic, both in school and company practice and in the context of education and labor market policy. Last but not least, it is a popular subject of investigation in pedagogical-didactic research.