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-Materialien | 2017 New approaches for SME policy - Impulses from international good practice examples
This study identifies innovative approaches to SME policy on the basis of four international examples of good practice.
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.
IfM-Materialien | 2017 Family businesses of migrants
In the present study, we examine the special features of immigrant-run family businesses, to which every tenth family business in Germany belongs. Although they are on average smaller and younger than non-migrant family businesses, migrant family businesses make a valuable contribution to the national economy.
Denkpapiere | 2017 Use of cloud computing in manufacturing industry
Increasing digital networking is fundamentally changing the value-added process in the manufacturing industry. The challenges are even greater for SMEs than for large companies, as they have comparatively less access to their own IT resources. Cloud computing is an important technology for organizing networking.
IfM-Materialien | 2017 Founding success of scientists at German universities
In this paper we analyze influences on the founding process and founding success of scientists. Only every sixth scientist who had a founding idea three years ago became entrepreneurially active.
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.
IfM-Materialien | 2017 Cooperation between established medium-sized companies and start-ups
This study uses expert interviews to examine the motives, forms, challenges and success factors of cooperation between established medium-sized companies and start-ups. While start-ups hope to gain access to a large network and industry-specific know-how through cooperation, SMEs are motivated by access to new technologies and highly qualified specialists.
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.
IfM-Materialien | 2017 Innovation and growth as a challenge for medium-sized businesses - update of the entrepreneurial view 2017
In order to secure its competitiveness, medium-sized companies are focusing primarily on innovation and growth. This is the result of the company survey on the challenges facing medium-sized companies.
IfM-Materialien | 2017 Disruptive innovations: Opportunities and risks for small and medium-sized enterprises
The subject of this study is the handling of increasingly emerging disruptive developments by medium-sized companies. The majority of the companies consider their own business model to be well equipped for the future. However, this is only critically questioned when problems are already noticeable.
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).
IfM-Materialien | 2017 The importance of owner- and family-run companies in Germany
This study examines how the share of owner- and family-run companies in the total number of all companies has changed since 1998.
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.
Working Papers | 2017 ‘It Takes Three to Tango’: Brain, Cognition and Entrepreneurial Enhancement
Neuroscience is not quite ready to win the war for now, but it is assuredly equipped to win some battles. Notwithstanding that entrepreneurship is fundamentally a braindriven phenomenon, entrepreneurship research based on neuroscience’s tools cannot be counted on the fingers of more than one hand.
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.
IfM-Materialien | 2017 Zukunftspanel Mittelstand 2017 - Update of an expert survey on current and future challenges of German medium-sized businesses
Digitization has become a challenge for medium-sized businesses in many areas. This is the conclusion of the latest expert survey for the Future Panel for SMEs 2017.
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.
Working Papers | 2017 Business takeovers and firm growth: Empirical evidence from a German panel
This article links business acquisitions with the literature on serial autocorrelation of growth rates.
Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus" | 2017 Social networks as reputation risk
With the advent of social media, employees today can directly influence the reputation of their employer.