1171 Results
External publication | 2010 Restarts: Do new start-ups offer more opportunities than risks for previously failed self-employed people?
The goal of the study was to examine whether the repeated establishment of a company offers previously failed self-employed persons opportunities for a professional existence that secures their livelihood or whether it further aggravates existing financial problems.
IfM-Materialien | 2010 Sustainability and success of start-ups out of unemployment - results of a follow-up survey of start-ups from the founding and accompanying circles of the G.I.B.
On behalf of the Gesellschaft für innovative Beschäftigungsförderung mbH (G.I.B.), the IfM Bonn has evaluated the start-ups it has supported. After the initial evaluation in 2008, a follow-up study on the sustainability and success of these start-ups from (threatened) unemployment and of people returning to work is now available.
IfM-Materialien | 2010 Reorganizations in insolvency proceedings - transferable reorganizations and own reorganizations based on insolvency plans in NRW
The reform of the insolvency law carried out in 1999 should, among other things, enable more insolvent companies to continue their activities. So far, however, hardly any representative data are available on the extent to which this goal has been achieved.
IfM-Materialien | 2010 Economic policy approaches to support Corporate Social Responsibility activities
The voluntary assumption of responsibility for social and ecological issues by companies is discussed under the term Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Since not only companies but also the general public benefits from this, CSR is gaining more and more public acceptance.
External publication | 2010 Company fluctuation: Current trends in foundation and liquidation
This article provides an overview of the fluctuation situation in the German corporate sector. Between 2004 and 2008, start-up activity in Germany declined steadily, while preliminary calculations for 2009 indicate an increase for the first time.
IfM-Materialien | 2010 When are creditors paid out?- Duration of corporate insolvency proceedings in regional comparison
Creditors who are affected by the insolvency of a self-employed person or a company expect a repayment of their outstanding claims. It is not known after what time after the Insolvency Code came into force in 1999, a distribution from the debtor's assets is usually made.
IfM-Materialien | 2010 The largest family businesses - spring 2010
Since the largest German family-owned companies meet with broad public interest, the Institute for SME Research Bonn was founded in 2009 by the Federal Association of German Industry e.V. (BDI) and the Deutsche Bank AG to prepare a long-term study series.
IfM-Materialien | 2010 Information asymmetries in succession outside the family and how to overcome them
Nearly half of all successions in Germany take place outside the family. Since here, unlike with family-internal transfers, neither the buyer knows the company nor the transferor knows the buyer well, special problems arise due to asymmetrically distributed information.
Working Papers | 2010 Good practice examples and documentation of the European Enterprise Award 2009/10
With the European Enterprise Award, the European Commission honors outstanding achievements of public institutions and public-private partnerships.
External publication | 2010 BDI medium-sized companies panel - spring 2010
As part of a long-term study on medium-sized industrial companies in Germany, the IfM Bonn surveyed a fixed group of industrial companies for the 11th time in spring 2010 to assess the economic situation and topics relevant to daily politics and business management.
External publication | 2010 The insolvency plan procedure - Increasing importance in the restructuring of insolvent companies
This article highlights the advantages of the insolvency plan procedure compared to the transferred restructuring. In the plan procedure, comparatively high satisfaction rates of the creditors are achieved.
External publication | 2010 Report on the situation of medium-sized businesses in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen 2009
On behalf of the Senator for Economics and Ports, the IfM Bonn together with Rambøll Management Consulting has written a report on the situation of small and medium-sized businesses in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen in 2009.
Working Papers | 2010 Foundations and liquidations in the 1st to 3rd quarter 2009 in Germany
Foundations, liquidations and insolvencies are important elements of economic dynamics. However, Germany lacks official statistics on start-ups and liquidations. Therefore, the IfM Bonn regularly compiles its own statistics based on the business advertisement statistics of the Federal Statistical Office.
External publication | 2010 Lack of skilled workers in medium-sized businesses: What needs to be done
As various company surveys of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) show, there is increasing evidence of shortages of skilled workers, which affect SMEs even more than large companies and particularly affect companies that compete internationally.
Working Papers | 2010 Foundations and liquidations in the 1st half of 2009 in Germany and in the federal states
Foundations, liquidations and insolvencies are important elements of economic dynamics. However, Germany lacks official statistics on start-ups and liquidations. Therefore, the IfM Bonn regularly compiles its own statistics based on the business advertisement statistics of the Federal Statistical Office.
External publication | 2010 Sales and personnel policy of medium-sized companies under the sign of demographic change - An empirical stocktaking
The population in Germany will age considerably in the coming decades and shrink in numbers. This article examines the level of information and the activities that companies have initiated with regard to the ageing society.
External publication | 2010 Duration of regular insolvency proceedings of companies
This article provides information on the time period that creditors in insolvency proceedings have to wait for a distribution from the debtor's assets. On average, regular insolvency proceedings against legal entities last four years, and those against natural persons two years.
IfM-Materialien | 2009 BDI medium-sized companies panel 2009
In the context of a long-term study on industrial SMEs in Germany, the IfM Bonn has been surveying a fixed group of industrial companies twice a year since 2005.
Working Papers | 2009 Job dynamics and sustainable employment effects in small and medium-sized enterprises
According to the SME hypothesis, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make a higher contribution to the creation of new jobs subject to social security contributions than large companies, measured by their share of total employment.
IfM-Materialien | 2009 Sales and personnel policy in the craft trade sector in the face of demographic change
In the coming years the German resident population will age strongly, which will not be without consequences for the sales, procurement and job markets. A goal of the present study was it to examine the specific situation of the handicraft in this demographic revolution process.