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 | 2010 Information asymmetries in succession outside the family and how to overcome them
Nearly half of all successions in Germany take place outside the family. Since here, unlike with family-internal transfers, neither the buyer knows the company nor the transferor knows the buyer well, special problems arise due to asymmetrically distributed information.
Working Papers | 2010 Good practice examples and documentation of the European Enterprise Award 2009/10
With the European Enterprise Award, the European Commission honors outstanding achievements of public institutions and public-private partnerships.
External publication | 2010 BDI medium-sized companies panel - spring 2010
As part of a long-term study on medium-sized industrial companies in Germany, the IfM Bonn surveyed a fixed group of industrial companies for the 11th time in spring 2010 to assess the economic situation and topics relevant to daily politics and business management.
External publication | 2010 The insolvency plan procedure - Increasing importance in the restructuring of insolvent companies
This article highlights the advantages of the insolvency plan procedure compared to the transferred restructuring. In the plan procedure, comparatively high satisfaction rates of the creditors are achieved.
External publication | 2010 Report on the situation of medium-sized businesses in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen 2009
On behalf of the Senator for Economics and Ports, the IfM Bonn together with Rambøll Management Consulting has written a report on the situation of small and medium-sized businesses in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen in 2009.
Working Papers | 2010 Foundations and liquidations in the 1st to 3rd quarter 2009 in Germany
Foundations, liquidations and insolvencies are important elements of economic dynamics. However, Germany lacks official statistics on start-ups and liquidations. Therefore, the IfM Bonn regularly compiles its own statistics based on the business advertisement statistics of the Federal Statistical Office.
External publication | 2010 Lack of skilled workers in medium-sized businesses: What needs to be done
As various company surveys of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) show, there is increasing evidence of shortages of skilled workers, which affect SMEs even more than large companies and particularly affect companies that compete internationally.
Working Papers | 2010 Foundations and liquidations in the 1st half of 2009 in Germany and in the federal states
Foundations, liquidations and insolvencies are important elements of economic dynamics. However, Germany lacks official statistics on start-ups and liquidations. Therefore, the IfM Bonn regularly compiles its own statistics based on the business advertisement statistics of the Federal Statistical Office.
External publication | 2010 Sales and personnel policy of medium-sized companies under the sign of demographic change - An empirical stocktaking
The population in Germany will age considerably in the coming decades and shrink in numbers. This article examines the level of information and the activities that companies have initiated with regard to the ageing society.
External publication | 2010 Duration of regular insolvency proceedings of companies
This article provides information on the time period that creditors in insolvency proceedings have to wait for a distribution from the debtor's assets. On average, regular insolvency proceedings against legal entities last four years, and those against natural persons two years.
IfM-Materialien | 2009 BDI medium-sized companies panel 2009
In the context of a long-term study on industrial SMEs in Germany, the IfM Bonn has been surveying a fixed group of industrial companies twice a year since 2005.
Working Papers | 2009 Job dynamics and sustainable employment effects in small and medium-sized enterprises
According to the SME hypothesis, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make a higher contribution to the creation of new jobs subject to social security contributions than large companies, measured by their share of total employment.
IfM-Materialien | 2009 Sales and personnel policy in the craft trade sector in the face of demographic change
In the coming years the German resident population will age strongly, which will not be without consequences for the sales, procurement and job markets. A goal of the present study was it to examine the specific situation of the handicraft in this demographic revolution process.
IfM-Materialien | 2009 Family-External Succession in the Free State of Saxony: The Finding of Handers and Takeovers
With a total of 1,700 to 2,700 family businesses affected, the Free State of Saxony has the most succession arrangements in the new federal states, depending on estimates. Succession solutions outside the family have become increasingly important in recent years.
IfM-Materialien | 2009 The quotas of insolvency creditors in regular and insolvency plan proceedings - Results of insolvency proceedings after the insolvency law reform
The reform of the insolvency law in 1999 was aimed at improving the satisfaction quotas of insolvency creditors and enabling more insolvent companies to continue as a going concern. An evaluation of the reform has so far been difficult due to a lack of representative data.
Working Papers | 2009 The European Services Directive Objectives and status of implementation
According to the plans of the European Union (EU), the European Services Directive should be implemented in all European member states by the end of 2009. In order to simplify the practice of a service industry across EU countries, the nationwide establishment of so-called "points of single contact" is at the heart of the Services Directive.
IfM-Materialien | 2009 Development of the foundation and liquidation process in NRW
In the following, the founding and liquidation events in NRW are processed specifically on the basis of the available statistics on founding and liquidation events in the corporate sector.
Working Papers | 2009 Foundations and liquidations in the 1st quarter 2009 in Germany
Foundations, liquidations and insolvencies are important elements of economic dynamics. However, Germany lacks official statistics on start-ups and liquidations. Therefore, the IfM Bonn regularly compiles its own statistics based on the business advertisement statistics of the Federal Statistical Office.
Working Papers | 2009 Foundations and liquidations 2008 in Germany
Foundations, liquidations and insolvencies are important elements of economic dynamics. However, Germany lacks official statistics on start-ups and liquidations. Therefore, the IfM Bonn regularly compiles its own statistics based on the business advertisement statistics of the Federal Statistical Office
Schriften zur Mittelstandsforschung | 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility as a success factor of a stakeholder-oriented management strategy? Results of an empirical study
In the expert discussion on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), it is assumed that the voluntary pursuit of public-interest objectives brings competitive advantages to companies. However, the evidence of success of this management concept has so far been limited to positive case studies.