IfM-Position Paper
In need of a paradigm shift – Rethinking bureaucracy reduction and regulation policies
Highly complex economies and societies need regulations to ensure their ability to function. These ensure legal and planning certainty and prevent corruption. However, especially in the view of SMEs, the "optimal" level of bureaucracy – which is difficult to determine empirically – seems to be far exceeded by now.
According to a recent study by IfM Bonn (Holz, Icks & Nielen 2023), the bureaucratic burden on companies goes well beyond the statistically measured time and cost expenditures.
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For nearly
70%
of the industrial companies the EU internal market is the most important foreign procurement market, for more than 75 % it is the most important sales market abroad.
Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus"
Artificial intelligence in the skilled trades
The digitalisation of the skilled trades in North Rhine-Westphalia has gained considerable momentum in recent years, but the skilled trades still lag behind sectors such as industry, trade and healthcare.
Cooperation with University of Siegen
Zukunftspanel Mittelstand
NUI region ranking
Offensive Mittelstand
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