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Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus" | 2024 Paradigm shift for a noticeable bureaucracy reduction
Companies perceive a significant increase in the bureaucratic burden, with psychological costs, opportunity costs and indirect follow-up costs also being highly relevant.
External publication | 2024 Do we need a legal form "Gesellschaft mit gebundenem Vermögen"?
There is currently a controversial debate in Germany about the proposal to introduce the GmbH form "Gesellschaft mit gebundenem Vermögen". In this article, the authors examine the positive effects that the initiators attribute to the planned legal form from an economic perspective.
Working Papers | 2024 Regional Entrepreneurship: Pain or gain for economic growth?
This research note examines the relationship between start-up rates and GDP per capita growth in urban and rural regions in Germany.
Data of the IfM Bonn
Use for scientific research purposes The data collected by the IfM Bonn can be used by scientists free of charge for their research activities. The data can only be accessed after signing a data use…
Guest researcher
Guest researcher The IfM Bonn promotes scientific exchange and cooperation around the globe. We invite you to spend research periods in a highly creative and stimulating environment at the IfM Bonn.…
IfM Research Fellow Network
IfM Research Fellow Network The internationally oriented IfM Research Fellow Network offers its members a platform for regular exchange on current research topics, the opportunity for guest…
Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus" | 2024 The potential of angel investing in Entrepreneurship-Through-Acquisition
While the investment activities of business angels are primarily associated with startups, they also invest to a notable extent in the entrepreneurial acquisition variant of company formation ("Entrepreneurship-through-acquisition" or ETA).
Business start-ups
Start-ups Start-ups are key actors driving the rejuvenation and the modernization of the economy. Also, start-ups are considered to be outstanding job creators and innovators. Please find below…
Innovation activities
Innovation activities Innovative entrepreneurial behaviour is an essential prerequisite for growth, structural change and the competitiveness of an economy. Mittelstand (SME) enterprises have huge…
Business succession in family businesses
Business succession in family businesses According to estimates of the IfM, about 30,000 family businesses are in the process of being handed over every year, which affects approx. 480,000…
Digitalisation
Digitalisation Mittelstand (SME) enterprises shape the digital change, but are also challenged by the digital transformation. One outstanding challenge is the rapid pace of technological…
Challenge climate change
Challenge climate change In Germany, climate neutrality is to be reached by 2045. In this dossier you will find information on the extent to which Mittelstand companies are already aware of the…
Mittelstand and the European Union
Mittelstand and the European Union Since January 1st, 1993, the European Union and its single market guarantee the free movement of goods, services, capital and individuals. Though consider-able…
Mittelstand (SME) policy
Mittelstand (SME) policy Mittelstand (SME) enterprises are diverse: We observe a considerable heterogeneity in business models and industries, including crafts enterprises, service providers,…
Framework conditions conducive to SMEs
Framework conditions conducive to SMEs The studies in this research area examine which legal, political and regional framework conditions support SMEs in their transformations. Closely linked to…
SMEs (in) the future
SMEs (in) the future In this research area, scientists at the IfM Bonn are investigating how sectors, company forms and the organization of companies are changing and how SMEs can implement…
Crisis resistance in the SME sector
Crisis resistance in the SME sector This research area investigates what characterizes a crisis-resistant SME sector - and how this crisis resistance can be achieved. The studies examine the role of…
Data pool "SMEs"
Data pool "SMEs" Research activities in this area focus on the general situation, development and economic significance of SMEs. Of particular importance are the regular studies for the…
Data pool "Mittelstand“ | 2024 Continuous updating and analysis of data and facts related to small and medium-sized enterprises
The central tasks of this research area include the periodic collection and processing of data and facts specific to start-ups and company size. In 2021, IfM Bonn supplemented its extensive reporting on start-up activities with a detailed regional component and designed a comprehensive regional database for this purpose.