IfM Bonn News

Guests at the IfM | 08.11.2022 Patent registrations in East and West Germany

There is still a difference in the level of innovativeness of companies in East and West Germany. In his presentation "A Legacy of Socialism? Innovation activities in East and West Germany 1877 to 2014" at the IfM Bonn Science Forum, Prof Michael Fritsch (Friedrich Schiller University Jena) showed …

IfM Publications | 08.11.2022 Which characteristics encourage entrepreneurial action

Can the five-factor model of personality - degree of extraversion and interpersonal compatibility, conscientiousness in action, emotional stability and openness to new experiences - also be used in start-up and SME research?

Press release | 07.11.2022 Mittelstand Future Panel: skilled workers shortage remains most significant challenge

Mittelstand company managers have named the increasing shortage of skilled workers as their biggest challenge for the second year running, followed by "climate change and sustainability", "energy supply and security", "digitalisation", and "inflation/crises".

Guests at the IfM | 26.10.2022 What concerns the Mittelstand

What issues are currently facing Mittelstand companies – and which will challenge them in the future? Fabian Wehnert, head of the Mittelstand and family business department at the Federation of German Industries (BDI), discussed this question with IfM Bonn researchers end of October.

Press release | 21.10.2022 Munich district remains at the top

Once again, the district of Munich seems to be the most attractive place to set up a business or move a company there in 2021, according to the current NUI (New Entrepreneurial Initiative) region ranking. The city of Baden-Baden comes in second place, followed by the district of Miesbach, and the …

Participation in external events | 13.10.2022 Interesting research dialogue in Siegen

How does European legislation on sustainable financing affect SMEs? How do entrepreneurs see climate risks? How do they deal with them in their business activities?

Press release | 11.10.2022 The ecological transformation will not succeed without small and medium-sized enterprises

"Small and medium-sized enterprises play an important part in the ecological transformation. Many of them are already investing in sustainable technologies and in renewable energies," explained Parliamentary State Secretary Michael Kellner at the opening of the International Roundtable on SMEs in …

Participation in external events | 11.10.2022 What promotes the founding of women

How does the start-up activity of women in Germany develop? What reforms are necessary to make it easier for women entrepreneurs to get started?

Participation in external events | 30.09.2022 Implications of sustainable financing legislation

It is not only the impact of the war in Ukraine that is currently challenging the Mittelstand companies, but also, for example, the shortage of skilled workers and the goal of doing business more sustainably.

External publications | 27.09.2022 Research on Female Entrepreneurship

Women's enterprises and their contribution to the national economy have been receiving increasing attention in both research and politics for several years.

Participation in external events | 26.09.2022 Wide research spectrum of the IfM Bonn at the G-Forum

Researchers of the IfM Bonn presented the results of research conducted at the Institute and in cooperation with other researchers at the Interdisciplinary Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs (G-Forum) at the end of September.

External publications | 22.09.2022 Impact of the pandemic on research and academia

How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected academic life and entrepreneurship research? What opportunities have appeared in the crisis?

IfM Publications | 20.09.2022 Effects of the Ukraine war

Companies have felt the effects of the Ukraine war since summer 2022 not only in the energy-intensive manufacturing sector, but also, for example, in trade, motor vehicle workshops and construction.

Participation in external events | 14.09.2022 Women in hybrid self-employment

The number of hybrid self-employed women has increased constantly since the millennium. Men are still significantly more likely to be found in this employment form. Women are also more likely to give up their hybrid self-employment. Hybrid self-employed persons are those who are both self-employed …

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IfM Publications | 06.09.2022 Self-employment in East Germany

The anti-entrepreneurial policies that predominated in the GDR era have not left any long-term negative effects on the level of entrepreneurial self-employment in East Germany. Compared to West Germany, self-employment in the East is even higher today than it was before the division of Germany.