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External publication | 2019 The Mittelstand: a Specific Entrepreneurial Profile of the Social Market Economy
Today, micro and young entrepreneurs often no longer perceive themselves as medium-sized companies. At the same time there are many entrepreneurs who do not intend to employ other gainfully employed persons.
IfM-Materialien | 2019 Persistence of self-employed receiving means-tested benefits
Persistence of self-employed receiving means-tested benefitsWe analyze the situation of self-employed receiving means-tested benefits in Germany. A severe loss of income is the main reason why self-employed individuals become entitled for means-tested benefits.
Working Papers | 2019 The German Mittelstand: Antithesis to the Silicon Valley entrepreneurship model?
Whilst internationally, the Mittelstand in Germany is admired and many countries try to emulate it, the current debate in Germany praises the Silicon Valley model of entrepreneurship, contrasting the Mittelstand as low-growth, low-tech and non-innovative – in short: as a hindrance to Germany’s economic future.
External publication | 2019 Different Strokes for Different Folks: Entrepreneurs' Job Satisfaction and the Intersection of Gender and Migration Background
Migrant enterprises comprise about 10% of all enterprises in Germany and are therefore a crucial part of the German economy and its entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Facts and figures | 2019 Sub-Saharan Africa and foreign trade activities of German SME
This study investigates the economies of the sub-Saharan States in Africa, which account for only 2% of the world GDP. Using statistical data, it is analyzed whether German companies have successfully established business relationships in this region.
IfM-Materialien | 2019 Leadership Skills in the age of digitization - The context of the firm matters
This study deals with leadership skills for successful digitization. On the basis of interviews with the management level of companies with different ownership structures, industries, sizes and digitization, three different types of competencies were identified.
External publication | 2019 The largest family businesses in Germany, key figures update 2018
As part of the study series "The largest family businesses in Germany", the IfM Bonn analyzed the balance sheet and P&L data of family businesses with annual sales of 50 million euros or more in winter 2018.
Facts and figures | 2018 The employment and income situation of Young Women MINT Professionals in medium-sized companies
This study analyzes the employment and income situation of Young Women MINT Professionals (YWMP) in medium-sized companies. It shows that YWMPs are strongly underrepresented, slightly less so in micro and large enterprises than in small and medium-sized enterprises
Working Papers | 2018 SMEs´ Responses to Potentially Disruptive Innovations: Does Strategic Entrepreneurship Provide an Explanation?
This study analyzes how SMEs react to the danger of disruptive innovations or new business models in the course of increasing digitization. We assume that the concept of the "strategic entrepreneur" is suitable to explain the different behavior of SMEs in dealing with disruptive innovations or new business models.
Denkpapiere | 2018 Culture of entrepreneurial independence
In the context of this paper we examine the concept of the culture of entrepreneurial autonomy and how it can be influenced by economic policy actors. The culture of entrepreneurial autonomy is a cognitive-normative institution.
Working Papers | 2018 The Effect of Self-Employment on Income Inequality
The self-employed are relatively often among the top earners - or among the lowest earners.
Denkpapiere | 2018 Digital business models - opportunities and challenges for medium-sized businesses
In order to remain competitive in the long term, medium-sized companies must regularly examine the extent to which their own business model could be digitally vulnerable.
Denkpapiere | 2018 Potential of real laboratory research for economic policy
Real laboratories are becoming increasingly popular in science and politics. This article describes the conceptual basis and the process of real lab research.
External publication | 2018 Women-led enterprises in Germany: the more social, ecological and corporate responsible businesses?
Previous research results on the development of women- and men-owned companies emphasize the necessity to include the structural differences of companies as well as the different characteristics of entrepreneurs and female entrepreneurs or managers in studies.
External publication | 2018 The German Mittelstand: antithesis to Silicon Valley entrepreneurship?
While medium-sized companies enjoy a high level of international recognition, in Germany they are sometimes regarded as not sufficiently innovative, growth- or technology-oriented compared to companies in Silicon Valley.
IfM-Background-Paper | 2018 60 years of IfM Bonn. 60 years of scientific research on Mittelstand
The Institut für Mittelstandsforschung was established as a foundation in December 1957. Research activities began in the spring of 1958.
External publication | 2018 Business Transferability Chances: Does the Gender of the Owner-Manager Matter?
The article examines the question of whether the entrepreneurial behavior of entrepreneurs differs in the run-up to a business handover.
External publication | 2018 Women´s Entrepreneurship in Europe
The handbook shows the challenges that need to be overcome in the research field of "Female Entrepreneurship", both now and in the future.
External publication | 2018 The Role of Gender in Family-Business Research: A Systematic Review of the Literature
The article provides a systematic literature review of the interaction between gender and family businesses.
External publication | 2018 Three waves and counting: the rising tide of contextualization in entrepreneurship research
Although the first research activities made very slow progress, the contextual topic within entrepreneurship research has made good progress in recent years.