IfM Bonn News

Podcasts | 24.01.2025 Podcast of the IfM Bonn on the AI challenge for Mittelstand businesses

What opportunities does artificial intelligence (AI) offer small and medium-sized enterprises? What framework conditions favour its application in companies?

Participation in external events | 24.01.2025 Only a paradigm shift will permanently reduce the administrative burden

The administrative burden increased by 14 percentage points between 2018 and 2022, according to studies by the IfM Bonn.

Guests at the IfM | 20.01.2025 Venture capital and sustainability

Venture capital business are increasingly integrating sustainability criteria into their investment decisions. That is why the topic is also becoming a greater focus of research.

IfM Publications | 06.01.2025 Bossy at work – and at home

Self-employed people are not only bossy at work, but also in their own partnerships. Dr. Stefan Schneck comes to this conclusion based on a panel evaluation

Participation in external events | 09.12.2024 Mittelstand in the Future

What is the significance of ecological constraints and systems competition for economic policy?

Press release | 04.12.2024 The main challenges in 2024: shortage of skilled workers and increasing competitive pressure

The topic of "skilled employees/demographic development" remains the main challenge for all companies. But the results vary depending on the size and sector of the company and its level of digitalisation. The shortage of skilled workers is particularly significant for larger companies and those in …

Participation in external events | 04.12.2024 Fostering innovation in regions with structural deficits

Is it possible to develop indicators for better measuring innovation in small businesses – and can these policy measures be used in disadvantaged regions?

Participation in external events | 03.12.2024 IfM at RENT 2024

How do the start-up ecosystem and start-up activity in a region influence each other in the short, medium and long term, and what can be done for regional economic policy?

Participation in external events | 27.11.2024 Generational change desired

Dr Nadine Schlömer-Laufen presented an overview of succession in Baden-Württemberg and Germany at the "Nachfolge BW" event in Esslingen at the end of November.

IfM Publications | 26.11.2024 Participation in public tenders is a considerable burden for small and medium-sized construction companies

Incomprehensible requirements, the same documentation over and over again and inefficient processes lead to psychological stress such as frustration and anger in small and medium-sized construction companies (SMEs).

Participation in external events | 26.11.2024 Mittelstand as an economic driver

Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Friederike Welter explained at the RWI Economic Talks in Essen in mid-November why the Mittelstand remains an economic driver in Germany.

Participation in external events | 08.11.2024 Innovations in the Circular Economy

According to the research by the IfM Bonn, the circular economy is most likely to succeed when companies work together in a targeted manner.

IfM Publications | 08.11.2024 Business-friendly conditions lead to more entrepreneurial activity

A business-friendly environment in a region leads to more companies being established that have greater economic substance and are more likely to survive. A falling trade tax rate, for example, leads to a higher start-up intensity in the medium and long term.

Participation in external events | 08.11.2024 Facts and myths about succession

According to estimates by IfM Bonn, around 38,000 businesses are currently handed over every year because the owners retire from management due to age, illness or death. However, more businesses are planning succession.

News & Updates | 07.11.2024 Why do Startups use Equity Crowdfunding

Many founders of innovative start-ups use equity crowdfunding to finance their business.