Vocational training is more than just a means of securing skilled workers—it also strengthens companies' innovative capacity. In his policy brief, the author uses the example of the manufacturing industry in Germany to show that innovation is particularly likely to occur where academic and vocational qualifications interact within companies.
Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus" | 2026 Vocational Qualifications in the Context of Innovation: Does Firm Size Matter
Thomä, J. (2026): Berufliche Bildung im Kontext von Innovation - Spielt die Unternehmensgröße eine Rolle?, in: FGF-Forschungsnetzwerk Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand e.V. und IfM Bonn: Policy Brief "Unternehmertum im Fokus" 1/26, Bonn.