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Participation in external events | 01.06.2021 Mittelstand businesses and Corona

How did Mittelstand enterprises cope with the economic consequences of the Covid 19 crisis? What challenges will they face in the next few months? Hans-Jürgen Wolter presented the results of the IfM Bonn background papers.

External publications | 01.06.2021 Permanently fast-growing companies are rare

Literature tends to address the quantity of firm growth and describes determinants fast-growing firms. In their recent study, Dr. Stefan Schneck, Hans-Jürgen Wolter and Prof. Dr. Arndt Werner (University of Siegen) have analysed the growth paths of companies over time.

News & Updates | 26.05.2021 Entrepreneurs during Covid 19

Were women-owned businesses in 2020 more affected by the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, compared to men-owned businesses? Dr Rosemarie Kay and Prof. Dr Friederike Welter address this question in their article for Working Paper series of the IfM Bonn.

News & Updates | 25.05.2021 International research results on women entrepreneurs

Can behavioural differences between male and female entrepreneurs be identified regarding entrepreneurial strategies, the use of resources and business per-formance? Dr Rosemarie Kay, Dr Sebastian Nielen, Prof. Dr Friederike Welter explored this question in their presentation at the Diana …

External publications | 21.05.2021 Focus on women's entrepreneurship around the world

How can policy makers support women's entrepreneurship? In the current OECD report "Entrepreneurship Policies through a Gender Lens", researchers from more than 30 countries ...

IfM Publications | 20.05.2021 Succession as closure risk?

The closure of family businesses in the course of the succession process often attracts a lot of public attention: these businesses are assumed to be fundamentally competitive. Their business model, after all, has kept them successfully on the market for many years, decades or even generations.

Guests at the IfM | 18.05.2021 Economy under the Influence of Terrorism

How do terrorist attacks affect the economic development of companies? How can management react to this? Dr. Faisal Saeed Malik (University of Siegen), presented the results of his dissertation on "Exploring the Impact of Terrorism on the Business Operations and Firms' Management Practices" at the …

Participation in external events | 11.05.2021 What shapes women's businesses

What influences the creation as well as the development of women-owned businesses? What contributes to the diversity of these enterprises?

IfM Publications | 06.05.2021 Takeover versus start-up

Around 2,300 companies in Hessen are handed over every year. At the 5th Succession Day of the Hessian advice centre for business founders and entrepreneurs "jumpp" and the Hessian Trade Association, Dr Rosemarie Kay gave a keynote speech on the challenges and opportunities of business transfers from …

IfM Publications | 06.05.2021 Effectiveness of ERDF support measures

What affects the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)? How should an efficient SME policy be designed?

Participation in external events | 26.04.2021 Quick return to the new "normal"

In the first weeks of the COVID-19-pandemic crisis, liquidity security represented the greatest challenge for Mittelstand companies from the point of view of business, science and economic policy.

IfM Publications | 26.03.2021 2020: Pandemic had less impact on start-up behaviour in the commercial sector than expected

Start-up activity was less lively in the last year than in 2019, partly due to the reintroduction of compulsory master craftsmanship in some trades, partly due to the Corona pandemic.

Participation in external events | 23.03.2021 Income situation of the self-employed

Peter Kranzusch, Dr. Stefan Schneck and Hans-Jürgen Wolter presented the latest results on the "Income Situation of the Self-employed" in mid-March at the working group "The Work of the Self-Employed" of the German Sociological Association. The basis for this were evaluations with the Taxpayer Panel …

External publications | 19.03.2021 More women in the MINT professions

How many women work in the MINT sector? What are the career opportunities for Young Women MINT Professionals (YWMP)? Answers to these questions are provided by the BMBF-funded research project MINTdabei as well as a five-part podcast series and a short YouTube film.

Participation in external events | 18.03.2021 Encourage entrepreneurship?!

How are the start-up activities structured in North Rhine-Westphalia? What are the regional differences? In mid-March, Dr Rosemarie Kay spoke about "Starting up in NRW: Opportunities and Challenges" as part of the "Virtual Expert Forum - Migrant Economy: Digitally and Well Networked through the …