Publications
IfM Bonn publishes its research findings primarily in its publication series: study results are published as "IfM-Materials" - or in condensed form as a "Denkpapier" (summary). Statistical analyses and results appear in the series "Daten und Fakten". Discussion and technical papers from all research areas are published as "Working Papers".
In addition, until 2012 selected articles were published in the series "Schriften zur Mittelstandsforschung" (Gabler Verlag). Under the "External Publications" tab, you find numerous essays by IfM researchers that have appeared in (peer-reviewed) specialist journals and external publication series.
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IfM-Background-Paper | 2021 Prospects for SMEs in the Covid 19 pandemic. Part 1: Challenges for SME policy
The demands of business associations and SMEs for a perspective on opening up the currently closed sectors of the economy are becoming louder and louder at the beginning of the second Corona pandemic year.
External publication | 2021 Digital B2B-Platforms - Status quo and Perspectives for the Industry in Germany
Compared to digital C2C platforms, B2B market segments are smaller and more specific. Therefore, network effects have a weaker impact on B2B platform mar-kets, which means that monopolisation tendencies are also lower.
Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus" | 2021 The (underestimated) potential of craft roll data for start-up and SME research
The business statistics of the Chambers of Skilled Crafts and Small Businesses hold a worthwhile data potential for start-up and SME research
External publication | 2021 A Research Agenda for Entrepreneurship Policy
This book makes the case for a change in the research agenda on entrepreneurship policy. An exemplary group of authors addresses the agenda for entrepreneurship policy researchers, policy makers and practitioners in the field.
External publication | 2021 It´s right nearby: how entrepreneurs use spatial bricolage to overcome resource constraints
The mobilization of resources is an essential challenge for entrepreneurs. Existing research suggests that access to standard and high-quality resources is an important condition for entrepreneurial success, yet such resources are often out of reach for entrepreneurs.
Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus" | 2021 Income cuts and living standards in entrepreneurial households
Due to the pandemic-induced economic crisis, the self-employed are currently suffering considerable losses in sales and income. These income cuts affect not only the self-employed, but all members of households, who usually form an economic unit and support each other.
External publication | 2021 Internal and external successions in family firms: a meta-analysis
Despite much progress in the field of family business research, there is still no unequivocal quantitative evidence on how many family businesses are generally transferred within the family and how many are sold to non-family members.
External publication | 2021 The Impact of Brexit News and ECB's Announcements on Asset Prices: Theory, Empirical Findings and Policy Implications
This study elaborates on the impact of Brexit news on British pound exchange rates as well as the credit risk of UK and Eurozone companies.
External publication | 2020 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.
Working Papers | 2020 Contextualization of Entrepreneurship Research
In the last decade, contextualization has matured into an important topic of entrepreneurship research and continues to attract great interest. However, from a methodological point of view, contextualization still seems to pose significant challenges.
IfM-Materialien | 2020 The income situation of the self-employed and their capability of retirement provision
We examine German administrative tax data and find that six in ten self-employed individuals obtain annual incomes of less than 10,000 Euro with their entrepreneurial activity. However, many of these self-employed achieve additional incomes or partners contribute to household income.
Chartbooks | 2020 The sucess of Business Foundations of Scientists in the Corona Pandemic
Within our study on the founding behavior of female scientists at German universities we analysed the effects of the current corona pandemic on the willingness to found a company and on the success of business foundation.
External publication | 2020 SME policies of selected EU member states during the corona pandemic
Despite differences in the concrete design, the EU countries studied have mostly implemented similar short-term (financing) measures.
External publication | 2020 Entrepreneurship and social market economy - (not) a contradiction?!
How much of a model is entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley? Is this entrepreneurship (still) in the sense of the social market economy - and thus desirable for Germany?
External publication | 2020 European SME-Action Programme
The European SME-Action Programme provides an analysis of the current situation and main challenges for European SMEs in six main policy areas: Better regulation, access to markets, access to finance, entrepreneurship, skills and training, and digitisation of SMEs.
Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus" | 2020 Foundation processes and the effect of crises
Crises have an accelerating effect on foundation processes. This is proven by the analysis of start-ups during the financial crisis of 2007/09 and could also apply in the Corona Pandemic.
IfM-Background-Paper | 2020 The corona pandemic as a chance for a forward-looking EU Mittelstand policy
The European Single Market is by far the most important sales and procurement market for Mittelstand businesses. Its harmonised regulatory system reduces transaction costs and gives companies access to a larger overall market.
IfM-Background-Paper | 2020 Exit from the shutdown – how the "Mittelstand" businesses can optimally survive the coronavirus pandemic crisis
Mittelstand businesses in Germany are not only of great economic importance, but within the framework of the social market economy, they also fulfil an important stabilising function for social cohesion.
IfM-Background-Paper | 2020 Preliminary assessments of the IfM Bonn on the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the “Mittelstand” businesses in Germany
In the past, the German “Mittelstand” businesses has proven to be stabilizing in times of crisis, due to their stronger long-term orientation compared to management-led companies, but also due to their overall lower dependence on foreign markets.
IfM-Materialien | 2020 Challenges of apprenticeship in micro-enterprises
Developments on the apprenticeship market show not only a declining number of apprentices in establishments with less than ten employees, but also that fewer and fewer micro-enterprises are offering apprenticeships at all.