IfM Bonn News

Press release | 06.09.2022 There is no silver bullet for strengthening regional propensity to start a business

Successful start-up ecosystems are characterised by a good transport and telecommunications infrastructure, a high population density, a high proportion of foreign citizens, and numerous qualified employees. IfM Bonn researchers found this out and published results in their study: "Start-up activity …

Participation in external events | 26.08.2022 Working with artificial Intelligence

How does artificial intelligence affect the future organisation of work? This question was discussed by a panel of experts at the Technical University of Aachen at the end of August, in which Dr Annette Icks participated.

Participation in external events | 18.08.2022 Implications of sustainable financing legislation

How does the European legislation on sustainable financing affect the Mittelstand? Researchers at the IfM Bonn are currently investigating this question in a study on behalf of the Siegen Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the regional savings and cooperative banks.

Press release | 10.08.2022 German Federal Government appoints Friederike Welter and Guido Bünstorf to the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI)

Today, the German Federal Government appointed Prof Dr Friederike Welter (IfM Bonn/University of Siegen) and Prof Dr Guido Bünstorf (University of Kassel) to the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI). Bünstorf and Welter strengthen EFI's competence, especially in regard to …

Participation in external events | 09.08.2022 Entrepreneurship in other political regimes

What characterises entrepreneurship in states that are not democratically western-oriented? What challenges does this pose for the entrepreneurship research? What opportunities does this offer for contextual research?

Special events of the IfM | 02.08.2022 Brazilian-German trade facing the supply chain law

26,000 Brazilian companies export goods to Germany – mainly products such as coffee beans, copper and soybeans.

IfM Publications | 01.08.2022 Being resilient in times of great challenges

Resilient entrepreneurs are characterized by flexibility in their working methods and coping strategies as well as by their orientation towards solutions, goals and opportunities. All these factors have a positive effect on the decision-making, change and innovation processes in the company. A …

IfM Publications | 29.07.2022 New media services

Researchers at the IfM Bonn compile statistical data on SMEs in Germany regularly.

Guests at the IfM | 28.07.2022 Future GTAI leaders visited the IfM Bonn

Future leaders from Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) informed themselves at the end of July at the IfM Bonn about the research activities of the institute and about the data that the IfM Bonn provides.

Awards | 26.07.2022 IfM President again appointed as Advisory Board Member

Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck has appointed Prof Dr Friederike Welter as a member of the SME Advisory Board at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection.

Press release | 25.07.2022 In the pandemic year 2020, SMEs assert their economic importance

Calculating based on the European Commission's definition of SMEs, there were around 3.35 million SMEs in Germany in 2020. That makes 99.3% of all companies in the private sector.

Participation in external events | 21.07.2022 IfM Researcher as discussant at the EBES conference

Conferences offer researchers the opportunity to present and discuss their research results.

Participation in external events | 20.07.2022 IfM Bonn at G-Forum 2022

Researchers from the IfM Bonn will once again present their research findings at the Interdisciplinary Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs (G-Forum).

External publications | 19.07.2022 Why established Mittelstand companies and startups cooperate

Which motives play a role in the fact that established Mittelstand companies cooperate with start-ups? Dr Jonas Löher answers this question in his article for the book "Corporate-Startup-Partnerschaften. Innovation through Collaboration". After all, both types of companies have different …

Press release | 12.07.2022 There are more hybrid self-employed entrepreneurs than previously assumed

Both the total number of hybrid self-employed entrepreneurs as well as their share of the workforce increased significantly since 2001. In 2001, there were 2.46 million hybrid self-employed entrepreneurs registered. In 2016, this number had increased to 3.39 million. By 2016, their number had also …