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IfM-Materialien | 2023 Early detection of threats and opportunities – Developing an early detection concept
Currently, SMEs are confronted with several crises. The early detection of relevant threats and opportunities enables SMEs and economic policymakers to be prepared and set the appropriate framework conditions.
IfM-Materialien | 2023 Development trends in global value chains from the perspective of Mittelstand companies
The integration of German companies into global value chains also harbors the risk of adverse shocks from other economies being transmitted to Germany.
Chartbooks | 2023 How Hidden Champions in the manufacturing industry use artifical intelligence
Germany is home to the most Hidden Champions in the world. To maintain their market leadership, they have to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) applications and technologies into their business models.
IfM-Materialien | 2023 SME-friendly organisation of public procurement
The German government would like to amend public procurement without raising the access barriers for SME.
External publication | 2023 Analysing the bureaucratic burden in Germany – How can a noticeable reduc-tion in bureaucracy be achieved?
This study analyses the current bureaucratic burden on companies from a holistic, process-oriented (model) perspective – the so-called regulatory cycle. On the basis of a quantitative enterprise survey, an international comparison and a literature analysis, a phase-oriented, holistic action plan for a noticeable reduction of the bureaucratic burden is developed.
Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus" | 2023 How the Online Gig Economy Challenges the Education-Income Paradigm
It is a well-established finding in the social sciences that workers with higher educational qualifications have higher average incomes.
Chartbooks | 2023 Artificial Intelligence (AI) – spread, challenges and opportunities in the manufacturing industry
The question of how companies can use artificial intelligence (AI) for their purposes is becoming increasingly pressing.
Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus" | 2023 The planned mandatory old-age provision system for new self-employed – how many will it affect?
The German government plans to introduce a mandatory old-age provision scheme for newly self-employed, who are not yet subject to a compulsory old-age provision scheme. The analysis of the authors suggests that many newly self-employed would not be subject to mandatory pension provisions because of their low income.
IfM-Background-Paper | 2023 Climate risks from a company perspective
Against the backdrop of worsening climate change, companies are increasingly confronted with a range of risks such as extreme weather events.
External publication | 2023 Analysis of the income situation of founders based on the German taxpayer panel
The report is dedicated to the development of the earnings of start-up cohorts. Even if many of the surviving start-ups achieve increasing profits in the following periods, a large number of founders do not manage to generate income of more than € 5,400 a year even in the 5th year after the start-up.
External publication | 2023 Number and structure of start-ups based on the Taxpayer Panel
The Federal Government is planning to introduce an obligation to provide for old age for the self-employed who have not yet been covered by any old-age insurance system if they have been self-employed for 2 years and their income from self-employment is above the marginal income for dependent employment.
IfM-Materialien | 2023 Corporate financing of small and medium-sized enterprises during the COVID-19 pandemic
This study examines the possible impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we observe an increase in the number of SMEs with financing problems. This is true for SMEs in Germany as well as in other euro area countries.
Transkript "Wie KMU den Klimawandel wahrnehmen – und darauf reagieren"
Transkript "Wie KMU den Klimawandel wahrnehmen – und darauf reagieren"
Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus" | 2023 Digitalization activities in the small enterprise sector: an urban-rural issue?
The concern that rural regions and their enterprises are at a disadvantage in the use of new digital technologies compared to urban areas due to a digital divide is a recurring theme in the political debate.
Chartbooks | 2023 How companies in NRW cope with climate change
Climate change is affecting North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) - one of Germany's largest and most densely populated federal states.
