1154 Results
External publication | 2024 Legitimacy of women entrepreneurs: forced to behave according to rules?
Legitimacy is essential to ensure the continued existence of companies. Depending on whether stakeholders consider entrepreneurs’ behavior to be appropriate, they decide whether to provide entrepreneurs with resources.
IfM-Materialien | 2024 Effects of institutional framework conditions and resource availability on the gender gap in self-employment – a systematic literature analysis
This study uses a systematic literature review of international publications to examine the effects of institutional framework conditions and the availability of resources on the gender gap in entrepreneurship.
Facts and figures | 2024 Maternity benefits for self-employed women
Self-employed women can voluntarily insure themselves against loss of income during the maternity protection period through health insurance. Around half of self-employed women of childbearing age are insured accordingly.
SME Development Barometer
KMU-Barometer IfM Bonn uses the "Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises" (SAFE), which has been conducted since 2009 on behalf of the European Commission and the European Central Bank, to…
External publication | 2024 The protection against social risks: a particular challenge for hybrid employees?
Hybrid self-employment - the parallel pursuit of self-employment and paid employment - has steadily increased over time.
IfM-Background-Paper | 2024 Estimation of the number of commercial start-ups and company closures in 2023
The IfM Bonn is faced with the challenge of continuing its statistics on business start-ups and company closures in the commercial sector for the year 2023, as the business advertisement statistics from the end of 2022 and also in 2023 were affected by recording errors.
Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus" | 2024 Patterns of personality: An explanatory approach to innovation in lagging regions?
In the innovation process of lagging regions, which are typically characterized by low levels of private research and development (R&D) and the absence of large firms, interactive learning within and across regional borders serves as an important compensatory mechanism for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
External publication | 2024 Collaborative innovation processes: An opportunity for successful dual transformation in the SME sector
The framework conditions under which SMEs innovate have been undergoing serious changes for some time now: The digital and green transformation is changing products, production and communication processes. This change, coupled with a growing shortage of skilled labour, is increasingly encouraging and demanding the development of collaborative innovations.
External publication | 2024 India’s labour market challenges: Employability of young workforce from the perspective of supply and demand
This article contextualises the Indian labour market and vocational education system.
External publication | 2024 A gender-specific view on entrepreneurial recovery
Given the adversity of the COVID-19 pandemic, there remains an incomplete understanding of the gender disparities in the affectedness and recovery of micro-entrepreneurs from the crisis.
IfM-Materialien | 2024 Corporate acceptance of climate protection regulation
Politicians seek to advance climate protection with a series of regulatory measures. The effec-tiveness of these measures depends on the reaction of the regulated companies and thus on their acceptance of the regulation.
