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External publication | 2020 Data-based business models - opportunities and challenges for SMEs
For digital start-ups, data often represents a production factor right from the start. For established SMEs, data-based value creation is often only possible by transforming the existing business model.
External publication | 2020 Matching founders and funders in equity crowdfunding
In recent years, equity crowdfunding has established itself as a source of financing for start-ups. Private individuals can invest in these companies with a relatively low financial commitment.
IfM-Materialien | 2020 Challenges for the German Mittelstand – Updated Views from Entrepreneurs in 2019
What topics are enterprises of the German Mittelstand considering in the foreseeable future? For the third time, the IfM Bonn examines future challenges for German Mittelstand from the entrepreneur's point of view. The study is based on a representative company survey on the perception of bureaucracy at the turn of the year 2018/2019.
External publication | 2019 Productivity of small and medium sized enterprises in Germany
The study examines the labor productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
External publication | 2019 Digitizing value chains: How SMEs can overcome their challenges
This paper gives some insights on how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are challenged by the process of digitization and a brief overview of important measures that have been put in place to support SMEs in digitizing their businesses in Germany.
Working Papers | 2019 The Effect of Migrants' Resource Endowments on Business Performance
This paper questions the stereotypical image of migrant-led companies as being less successful than native-led businesses.
External publication | 2019 The Missing Entrepreneurs 2019
The Missing Entrepreneurs 2019 is the fifth edition in a series of biennial reports that examine how public policies at national, regional and local levels can ...
External publication | 2019 Crises of SMEs: challenges, developments, and resilience of women- and migrant-led companies
This study examines the process of a business crisis of small companies of all sectors of the economy in the Frankfurt/Main (Germany) area. Particular emphasis is laid on the challenges faced by migrant- and women-led companies.
External publication | 2019 SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Ireland
SMEs and entrepreneurs play a crucial role in the Irish economy, with SMEs accounting for more than 70% of employment.
Denkpapiere | 2019 Chinese Direct Investments in Germany: Opportunities and Risks for SMEs
With its many (medium-sized) technology leaders, Germany is increasingly attracting the interest of Chinese investors.
Working Papers | 2019 Emotions and Entrepreneurship Education: State of the Art and Future Research Agenda
In their contribution, Victor Pérez and Juha Kansikas not only give an overview of the results of previous research on "Entrepreneurship Education and Emotions" ...
Denkpapiere | 2019 The Renaissance of Protectionism: Impact on SMEs
This article examines the challenges facing internationally active SMEs in an environment increasingly characterized by trade policy conflicts and uncertainty.
IfM-Materialien | 2019 Determinants of SME financing across selected European countries
This study examines the impact on small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) financing in nine selected European countries.
Ongoing economic monitoring | 2019 Further development of IfM Bonn foundational statistics
Start-up statistics by the IfM Bonn are one of the most important sources of data on start-ups in Germany in terms of reliability and coverage.
Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus" | 2019 Why the start-up culture in Silicon Valley is different
Looking at the influence of the start-up environment - independent of individual entrepreneurial activity - it can be seen that the environment in Germany promotes incremental-innovative start-ups.
IfM-Materialien | 2019 Entrepreneurial target systems: Are medium-sized companies really different from others?
German SMEs are characterized - both nationally and internationally - as a special group of companies that stand out due to specific characteristics, behaviors and values.
External publication | 2019 A gendered look at entrepreneurship ecosystems
Underlying entrepreneurship ecosystems is the implicit assumption that all entrepreneurs have equal access to resources, participation, and support, as well as an equal chance of a successful outcome (venture start-up).
IfM-Materialien | 2019 Bureaucratic perception of companies
This study examines how companies perceive bureaucracy. Three different kinds of perception types can be identified, depending on the degree of perceived overall burden, the extent of efforts required to fulfil bureaucratic requirements and the degree of emotion caused by bureaucracy; the Unencumbered Type, the Pragmatic Type and the Grumbling Type.
External publication | 2019 Entrepreneurship and Context
"Entrepreneurship and Context" conveys the significant contribution Friederike Welter has made to entrepreneurship research in recent decades.
Facts and figures | 2019 Business start-ups by women - current developments
Women have always been underrepresented in the founding process in Germany. This under-representation has recently increased again.