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IfM-Background-Paper | 2021 Commercial start-ups and company closures in the first half of 2021 - The effects of the pandemic continue to weaken

The first half of 2021 was still characterized by the coronavirus pandemic. However, the lockdowns have hardly had any impact on the scope of start-up activities

Working Papers | 2021 Mittelstand policy after the pandemic – for a sustainable future

Covid 19, digitalisation, Green Deal – the Mittelstand will face great challenges in the coming years in addition to their sector and size-specific tasks.

Facts and figures | 2021 Business size statistics 2019: Effects of the inclusion of persons in marginally employment in the business register on the SME key figures

The Federal Statistical Office has made methodological adjustments to the statistical business register that affect the SME share of the business stock, turnover and employment.

External publication | 2021 The CRADLE teaching methodology: deve-loping foreign language and entrepreneurial skills in primary school pupils

In recent years, a consensus has grown across the European Union that the acquisition of transversal skills—including foreign language and entrepreneurial skills—is key to the success of learners in their personal and professional life.

External publication | 2021 EntreComp at Work. The European Entrepreneurship Competence Framework in Action in the Labour Market: A Selection of Case Studies

Today’s world is characterised by volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. Technological developments are redefining the nature of work, transferring tasks from humans to algorithms or robots. Demographic trends, globalisation, climate change, are also contributing to rapid transformations of labour markets.

External publication | 2021 EntreComp into Action: Get Inspired, Make it Happen

This guide is a tool for those individuals and organisations who wish to explore why, when and how they can use EntreComp, the European Entrepreneurship Competence Framework.

External publication | 2021 Education for Social Change: The Case of Teacher Education in Wales

Entrepreneurial education offers valuable opportunities for teachers to foster and enhance creativity and action competence, which are also important for sustainability education. The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) is a leader in the development of entrepreneurial education in teacher education both in Wales and internationally.

Facts and figures | 2021 Development of start-up activities in districts and independent cities 2003-2019

Basierend auf der Gewerbeanzeigenstatistik untersuchen wir die Entwicklung des Existenzgründungsgeschehens in 401 Kreisen und kreisfreien Städten in Deutschland im Zeitraum 2003 bis 2019.

External publication | 2021 Entrepreneur - entrepreneur - concept, characteristics, character, scientific research

What is the difference between entrepreneurs and salaried management? What forms of entrepreneurship do exist?

External publication | 2021 Entrepreneur - economics

Entrepreneurial activity already existed in the 3rd millennium BC. This is attested to by cuneiform inscriptions in contemporary Iraq.

External publication | 2021 The SME policy after Corona - for a sustainable future

Covid 19, digitalisation, Green Deal – the Mittelstand will face great challenges in the coming years in addition to their sector and size-specific tasks.

External publication | 2021 Moving Contexts Onto New Roads – Clues From Other Disciplines

This paper responds to Welter’s (2011) call to pay more attention to the diversity of entrepreneurship in theorizing contexts by examining how places come to be understood as entrepreneurial.

IfM-Materialien | 2021 Fintechs: Opportunities for SME Financing?

The study examines the potential of fintechs for SME financing. Fintechs often bring together capital supply and demand more efficiently than banks.