1154 Results
External publication | 2022 Business Successions in Germany. Current estimates of the IfM Bonn
Due to the lack of available official statistics, the Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn has been regularly estimating the number of family businesses in Germany that are due for succession in the next five years for almost 30 years using a specially developed estimation procedure.
IfM-Materialien | 2022 Digitisation processes of SMEs in the manufacturing sector – follow-up survey
Based on a follow-up survey, this study examines the level of digitalisation among manufacturing companies since 2016. Our results show that the importance of digitalisation has increased significantly over the past five years.
Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus" | 2022 Business Dynamics in the Netherlands 2020: The First Phase of the Covid-19 Pandemic
During the large economic contraction in the Netherlands caused by the COVID-19 pandemic the number of bankruptcies surprisingly fell.
IfM-Materialien | 2022 Attitudes and behavior of Mittelstand companies facing climate change
Regardless of firm size, many companies are committed to fight against climate change because of their own values. However, only a few companies associate climate change with additional market opportunities. Small companies in particular link the combat against climate change with additional cost burden.
Die Förderung nachhaltiger Finanzierung durch die EU – Auswirkungen auf den Mittelstand
The Promotion of Sustainable Financing by the EU - Effects on the German Mittelstand Orderer: Sparkasse Siegen, Volksbank Südwestfalen and IHK Siegen Economic policy is currently adjusting…
External publication | 2022 Ausländische Staatsangehörige als Gründer in NRW zwischen 2003 und 2018
The report shows that start-ups founded by immigrants have contributed significantly to NRW's economy between 2003 and 2018.
External publication | 2022 Reduce bureaucracy
Even if policymakers use numerous instruments to reduce bureaucracy, many Mittelstand companies feel that the bureaucratic regulations – but especially the regulations for their implementation–- are too high.
Third party research | 2022 Krisenfestigkeit des Bausektors: Erste Erkenntnisse zu den Auswirkungen der COVID-19-Pandemie auf die Bauwirtschaft
Ziel dieser Studie war es, die Folgen der Pandemie für das Baugewerbe zu analysieren.
External publication | 2022 Private Equity in the Mittelstand - Analysis of the Development of Private Equity Financed Companies
The aim of the study is to analyze the development of equity-financed companies in comparision to companies without private equity financing. Overall, the equity-financed companies developed very positively and outperformed the randomly selected peer group of companies without equity financing.
Facts and figures | 2021 Business successions in Germany 2022 to 2026
Due to missing data from official statistics, IfM Bonn has been estimating (since the mid-1990s) the number of enterprises that are about to be transferred to new owners. The present estimation concludes that from 2022 to 2026, about 190,000 companies are due to be handed over.
Working Papers | 2021 In the eye of the beholder? Why we need to differentiate between SMEs and Mittelstand
A common fallacy is that SMEs is the translation for Mittelstand companies. Until today, there is no common, widely accepted and consistently applied understanding of what constitutes the Mittelstand.
IfM-Materialien | 2021 Business resilience: Influencing factors in the corona pandemic
This study develops a resilience model for companies based on a literature review. Based on this, we identify influencing factors and mechanisms relevant to coping with the Corona pandemic using case studies.
Working Papers | 2021 Income loss among the self-employed: implications for individual wellbeing and pandemic policy measures
Due to the pandemic-induced economic crisis, self-employed individuals are currently suering considerable income losses. The self-employed and the members in their households usually form an economic unit.
Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus" | 2021 Why there are fewer business successions than generally expected
In the public discussion on business succession, it is generally assumed that the number of companies is larger than the number of companies actually affected by the succession question.
Prof. Kim Klyver
Prof. Kim Klyver University of Southern Denmark Research areas Entrepreneurship & Small business Social networks Institutions Crises Bio Kim Klyver is professor in entrepreneurship…