IfM Bonn News

External publications | 20.11.2020 Silicon Valley as a model?

Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley is repeatedly praised in public as "a model". But how model-like are these companies really?

External publications | 19.11.2020 First aid in the Corona crisis

What were the challenges for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) at the beginning of the Covid 19 crisis? What measures did the European countries take to support SMEs?

Participation in external events | 17.11.2020 Covid 19: Challenge and Opportunity

At the European SME Assembly 2020 "Building a sustainable and resilient future together", Prof. Dr. Friederike Welter, Prof. Dr. Ute Stephan, Prof. Dr. David B. Audretsch, Prof. Dr. Alfredo De Massis and Prof. Dr. Arnis Sauka discussed the impact of Covid 19 for small and medium-sized enterprises.

External publications | 17.11.2020 Family internal succession desired?!

Entrepreneurs prefer to hand over their life's work within the family. But how many family-owned companies really plan or realize this route of succession? What influences this decision?

Participation in external events | 04.11.2020 Research on female entrepreneurship

In the last few years, female entrepreneurship has been receiving extensive attention in entrepreneurship research. In her keynote speech at the online conference of Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico), Prof. Dr. Friederike Welter (IfM Bonn/University of Siegen) outlined the development in this field …

Participation in external events | 23.10.2020 Artificial intelligence in SMEs

How can research institutions, competence centres and universities support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the use of artificial intelligence?

External publications | 21.10.2020 Foreign nationals support the founding of NRW

In 2018, 39.2% of all commercial start-ups in NRW were founded by foreign nationals. In this way, they provided substantial support for the establishment of new businesses in North Rhine-Westphalia, as Dr. Rosemarie Kay and Dr. Se-bastian Nielen state in the study "Foreign nationals as founders in …

Awards | 20.10.2020 Further award for IfM President

Prof. Dr. Friederike Welter (IfM Bonn/University of Siegen) has been elected to the prestigious circle of 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellows.

Guests at the IfM | 19.10.2020 Focus on entrepreneurial groups

For a long time, research has regarded entrepreneurs as individuals. In the meantime, entrepreneurship researchers are also looking at groups of entrepreneurs.

Guests at the IfM | 16.10.2020 Online exchange with British scientists

During a virtual visit in mid-October, Prof. Dr. Stephen Roper (Warwick Business School/UK) and his staff informed themselves about the history and structure of the Institute for SME Research.

News & Updates | 16.10.2020 IfM President at the SME Envoy Meeting

Prof. Dr. Friederike Welter (IfM Bonn/University of Siegen) partied the SME Envoy Meeting at the invitation of the European Commission in early October. In her keynote speech, she explained why the Covid 19 pandemic is an opportunity to put an end to the previous small-scale and short-term economic …

News & Updates | 13.10.2020 Nomination for the Best Paper Award

The paper "The impact of firm performance on the business transfer mode" submitted by Dr Rosemarie Kay, Dr Susanne Schlepphorst and Dr André Pahnke has been nominated for the "Best Paper Award" at 24th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs (G-Forum).

Awards | 24.09.2020 TOP position of Professor Welter in the F.A.Z economist ranking

Prof. Dr. Friederike Welter (IfM Bonn/University of Siegen) has improved her ranking by 5 places in the F.A.Z. ranking of the most influential economists in Germany compared to the previous year: she is now in 16th place.

Participation in external events | 03.09.2020 IfM scientists at the EBES conference

Dr. Stefan Schneck's paper "Income cuts and living standards in entrepreneurial households" was accepted for the 33rd Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference.

External publications | 31.08.2020 Entrepreneurship policy in focus

In recent years, interest in the creation and development of small and medium-sized enterprises has steadily increased, both in science and economic policy and among business practitioners.