External publications
All publications that IfM scientists have published externally are compiled here.
241 Results
External publication | 2020 How to Make your Doctoral Research Relevant
Everyone wants their research to be read and to be relevant. This new guide presents a broad range of ideas for enhancing research impact and relevance.
External publication | 2020 Academic Entrepreneurship
We examine the entrepreneurial process and success by following researchers in Germany over a three year time horizon. We show that every third scientist develops a business idea.
External publication | 2020 Self-employment at the age of 65 and more – prevalence, structure and development trends, 1997-2017
In the past, the age of 65 was perceived by the population as the end point of working life and the beginning of the retirement phase so that the employment rates from this age on were very low.
External publication | 2020 Means-tested benefits for self-employed: permanent condition or intermezzo?
Sometimes not only employees but also self-employed persons get in a situation where they have to rely on means-tested benefits in addition to their earned incomes.
External publication | 2020 Context, Time, and Change: Historical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Research
History can serve as a particularly important guide for understanding entrepreneurship in moments of change.
External publication | 2020 STAX 2018 - Digitalization in tax consulting
Digitization, i.e. the use of information and communication technologies (ICT), opens up a wide range of opportunities for companies to optimize production processes.
External publication | 2020 Data-based business models - opportunities and challenges for SMEs
For digital start-ups, data often represents a production factor right from the start. For established SMEs, data-based value creation is often only possible by transforming the existing business model.
External publication | 2020 Matching founders and funders in equity crowdfunding
In recent years, equity crowdfunding has established itself as a source of financing for start-ups. Private individuals can invest in these companies with a relatively low financial commitment.
External publication | 2019 Productivity of small and medium sized enterprises in Germany
The study examines the labor productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
External publication | 2019 Digitizing value chains: How SMEs can overcome their challenges
This paper gives some insights on how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are challenged by the process of digitization and a brief overview of important measures that have been put in place to support SMEs in digitizing their businesses in Germany.
External publication | 2019 The Missing Entrepreneurs 2019
The Missing Entrepreneurs 2019 is the fifth edition in a series of biennial reports that examine how public policies at national, regional and local levels can ...
External publication | 2019 Crises of SMEs: challenges, developments, and resilience of women- and migrant-led companies
This study examines the process of a business crisis of small companies of all sectors of the economy in the Frankfurt/Main (Germany) area. Particular emphasis is laid on the challenges faced by migrant- and women-led companies.
External publication | 2019 SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Ireland
SMEs and entrepreneurs play a crucial role in the Irish economy, with SMEs accounting for more than 70% of employment.
External publication | 2019 A gendered look at entrepreneurship ecosystems
Underlying entrepreneurship ecosystems is the implicit assumption that all entrepreneurs have equal access to resources, participation, and support, as well as an equal chance of a successful outcome (venture start-up).
External publication | 2019 Entrepreneurship and Context
"Entrepreneurship and Context" conveys the significant contribution Friederike Welter has made to entrepreneurship research in recent decades.
External publication | 2019 The power of words and images: towards talking about and seeing entrepreneurship and innovation differently
Words and images are powerful: they frame the ways we perceive what entrepreneurship and innovation is and what not.
External publication | 2019 Potentially Disruptive Innovations and Business Models
This study analyses how established SMEs respond to potentially disruptive innovations and business models in the course of increasing digitization.
External publication | 2019 Different strokes for different folks: The job satisfaction of the selfemployed and the intersection of gender and migration background
Migrant-run businesses are an important component of entrepreneurial ecosystems in Germany - One in ten of the companies in Germany is migrant-run.
External publication | 2019 Implementation aids Work 4.0 Use artificial intelligence for productive and preventive work design: Background knowledge and design recommendations for the introduction of 4.0 technologies
Small and medium-sized companies are faced with the major task of mastering the challenges of the digital transformation in the working world and using it as an opportunity. The increasing use of new 4.0 technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) influences many areas of our work and everyday life.
External publication | 2019 The Mittelstand: a Specific Entrepreneurial Profile of the Social Market Economy
Today, micro and young entrepreneurs often no longer perceive themselves as medium-sized companies. At the same time there are many entrepreneurs who do not intend to employ other gainfully employed persons.