1156 Results
Internationalisation
Internationalization In the field of internationalisation, the IfM Bonn analyses the integration of Mittelstand (SME) enterprises into the global economy. This includes, for example, the…
Committees
Committees The board of trustees and the research council support the work of the institute. Board of Trustees The board of trustees appoints the president of the institute and determines the…
Annual report
Annual report The report is published annually and contains information on the research activities of the past year, the range of services and other activities of the IfM Bonn. The latest annual…
Growth processes
Growth processes The IfM Bonn investigates development and growth processes of companies. This process is not a continuous one. Therefore, crises of strongly growing enterprises, which in a…
Overview - Mittelstand
Overview - Mittelstand Small and medium-sized enterprises are the backbone of the German economy. The macroeconomic value of SMEs is illustrated by the key indicators for Germany and North…
Family business definition of the IfM Bonn
Family business definition of the IfM Bonn The IfM Bonn defines family businesses as those companies in which the ownership and management rights are united in the person of the entrepreneur or the…
IfM History
65 years of scientific research on Mittelstand enterprises In the 1950s, the research activities of university institutes in the fields of economics and business administration did not pay much…
IfM-Materialien
IfM-Materialien The IfM research results are published in the IfM Materials series.
External publication | 2020 Academic Entrepreneurship
We examine the entrepreneurial process and success by following researchers in Germany over a three year time horizon. We show that every third scientist develops a business idea.
External publication | 2020 Self-employment at the age of 65 and more – prevalence, structure and development trends, 1997-2017
In the past, the age of 65 was perceived by the population as the end point of working life and the beginning of the retirement phase so that the employment rates from this age on were very low.
