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External publication | 2020 International assignments of employees and entrepreneurial intentions: the mediating role of human capital, social capital and career prospects

Little is known about the entrepreneurship intentions of employees who have been on long-term international assignments, particularly after they leave paid employment upon their return from abroad.

IfM-Materialien | 2020 Mittelstand Future Panel 2020 - Update of the expert survey on current and future challanges for der German Mittelstand

Securing innovation and competitiveness is the greatest challenge for the Mittelstand, both now and in the future.

External publication | 2020 How to Make your Doctoral Research Relevant

Everyone wants their research to be read and to be relevant. This new guide presents a broad range of ideas for enhancing research impact and relevance.

Overview

Statistics The following pages provide an overview about most of the relevant statistics regarding Mittelstand (SME) enterprises. Specifically, quantitative information on SMEs and the number of…

Overview

List of publications before 2000 (in German) IfM-Schriften IfM-Materialien Publications IfM Bonn publishes its research findings primarily in its publication series: study results are published…

Digitalization of SMEs in the EU Comparison

Tables on Digitalization of SMEs in the EU Comparison Select a characteristic and the desired differentiation! The corresponding table is available as a pdf file. …

SME in the EU comparison

Tables on SMEs in the 27 EU member states Choose a characteristic and the desired distinction! The relevant table is available as a PDF-file. Characteristics distinction …

IfM-Position papers on Mittelstand topics

IfM-Position papers on Mittelstand topics The impact of the provisional US-EU trade agreement on Mittelstand enterprises In need of a paradigm shift Daring to be more reliable Mittelstand…

About us

Welcome to the IfM The Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn was established in 1957 as foundation of private law at the initiative of Ludwig Erhard, then Minister of Economic Affairs (and…

Self-employment

Tabellen mit weiteren Informationen zu Selbstständigen Wählen Sie ein Merkmal und die gewünschte Differenzierung aus! Die entsprechende Tabelle steht als pdf-Datei zur Verfügung. Merkmal…

Third party research | 2020 Offensive Mittelstand

Theoretische Erkenntnisse praktisch umsetzbar gestalten, um so kleine und mittlere Unternehmen zu stärken – unter dieser Prämisse agiert seit 2006 das deutschlandweite Netzwerk "Offensive Mittelstand".

IfM-Background-Paper | 2020 Comments of the IfM Bonn on the economic recovery, crisis management and future package

The German government supplemented measures to the Covid 19 emergency aid package in the spring of 2020 with the Economic Recovery and Crisis Management Package in June 2020 to revive the economy and preserve jobs in the long term.

IfM-Materialien | 2020 From idea to profit - an empirical analysis of the development processes of start-ups

The study analyses start-up processes in the alternative energy and information technology sectors. The findings reveal that start-ups do not follow a uniform process.

Start-ups

Start-ups Research in the programme area "Enterprise development" analyses the conditions for the emergence of new businesses as well as the determinants of firm growth and transfer of companies.…

Company Succession

Company Succession Projects in this research area primarily deal with management issues during the transfer of family businesses affecting the transferor or the transferee. Besides, the IfM Bonn…