Publications
IfM Bonn publishes its research findings primarily in its publication series: study results are published as "IfM-Materials" - or in condensed form as a "Denkpapier" (summary). Statistical analyses and results appear in the series "Daten und Fakten". Discussion and technical papers from all research areas are published as "Working Papers".
In addition, until 2012 selected articles were published in the series "Schriften zur Mittelstandsforschung" (Gabler Verlag). Under the "External Publications" tab, you find numerous essays by IfM researchers that have appeared in (peer-reviewed) specialist journals and external publication series.
552 Results
External publication | 2014 EU Enlargement Effects on Cross-border Informal Entrepreneurial Activities
Border regions have various forms of entrepreneurial activities and offer many examples of informal entrepreneurial activities that have developed and endure due to their respective border location.
External publication | 2014 Entrepreneurship in Emerging Market Economies: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives
Entrepreneurship is increasingly becoming a global phenomenon, although its form, scope and contribution to economic development varies depending on the particular environment.
External publication | 2014 Enterprising families in a cross-border context: the example of Belarus
The book chapter examines the nature of simple cross-border activities in one of the world's harshest environments for entrepreneurship - Belarus.
External publication | 2014 From the advanced transition environment to the international markets: key opportunities and challenges for MADARA cosmetics
Latvia, the country in which MADARA Cosmetics Limited was established, is located in Northern Europe on the coastline of the Baltic Sea. Latvia extends over an area of 64 589 square kilometres and has approximately 2 million inhabitants. Due in large measure to its favourable geographical location, Latvia has historically attracted the interest of many countries, mostly in the neighbouring area.
External publication | 2014 Engine of success - focus on German medium-sized businesses
For the study "Engine of Success - Focus on German SMEs", scientists from the Institute for SME Research (IfM) in Bonn, commissioned by GE Capital, evaluated the survey of companies with sales ranging from 20 million to one billion euros.
Facts and figures | 2014 The suitability of the Taxpayer Panel for identifying self-employed and start-ups
On the basis of the income tax data, information on self-employed persons and start-ups can be determined according to type of activity. By 2007, the number of people with self-employed activities had risen to 6.8 million. Of these, around one million are pensioners/retired persons (additional income) and 2 million are part-time self-employed.
External publication | 2014 My Wage is Unfair! Just a Feeling or Comparison with Peers?
Why do some employees feel that their pay is unfair? Are wage comparisons with other people a plausible approach to the perception of injustice?
External publication | 2014 Are medium-sized companies taking advantage of their opportunities in the international market? Current results of the spring survey 2014 of the BDI/PwC panel of medium-sized businesses
As part of a long-term study on industrial SMEs in Germany, the IfM Bonn surveyed a fixed group of industrial companies for the 19th time in the spring of 2014 on their assessment of the economic situation and on topics relevant to daily politics and business management.
IfM-Materialien | 2014 The income situation of self-employed persons and the use of state benefits on the basis of SGB II
Based on the panel "Labor Market and Social Security", this study examines the income situation of self-employed persons. The focus is not only on the socio-economic characteristics of the self-employed in the basic provision of social security, but also on possible causes for the receipt of unemployment benefit II by the self-employed.
External publication | 2014 Entrepreneurial acting makes school - a didactically justified conceptional suggestion for a Entrepreneurship Education for the promotion of entrepreneurial thinking and acting
Entrepreneurial thinking and acting is currently a hotly debated topic in social and educational policy. Due to the weak representation of entrepreneurship in the German education system compared to other innovation-oriented countries, there is a particular need for curricularly applicable concepts to promote entrepreneurial thinking and acting in the school context.
Working Papers | 2014 The Economic Contribution of Start-Up Firms in Germany
This paper utilizes German tax data to present evidence about the direct and indirect effcts of new firm formation.
External publication | 2014 The largest family businesses - spring survey 2014
As part of the study series "The largest family-owned companies in Germany", the IfM Bonn conducted a survey of around 400 of the 4,500 largest family-owned companies in spring 2014 for the fifth time. This time, the focus of the survey is on the companies' investment and financing activities.
Working Papers | 2014 The gendering of entrepreneurship context
The paper builds on the understanding of context as suggested by Welter (2011) who introduced different dimensions of context along a continuum of where entrepreneurship takes place and when this happens.
External publication | 2014 Score with intangible incentives
Classic incentives are no longer sufficient to attract and retain employees in the long term. Intangible incentives that increase employee motivation are also becoming increasingly important.
IfM-Materialien | 2014 Concepts and effects of sustainable entrepreneurship
Corporate sustainability management aims at the responsible use of resources and the appropriate design of internal processes. Companies that combine sustainable management with strategic goals and go beyond the legal requirements and mere philanthropy use the instruments of stakeholder management and corporate compliance.
External publication | 2014 Medium-sized businesses in global competition
Foreign trade is of extraordinary importance for a developed economy like Germany. Growth and employment depend to a considerable extent on the foreign trade activities of companies in Germany.
IfM-Materialien | 2014 Gender, innovation and business development
Research has repeatedly found that women in general and female entrepreneurs in particular are less innovative than their male counterparts. This is often associated with a weaker business performance of female-managed companies.
External publication | 2014 From idea to publication: managing the research process
IfM-Materialien | 2014 Small and medium-sized enterprises in the information and communications industry in North Rhine-Westphalia
This study examines the ICT sector in North Rhine-Westphalia using special evaluations of official statistics from the VAT panel and data from a company survey. This state is proving to be a location with a largely prosperous ICT company base.
External publication | 2014 Bureaucratic costs for small and medium-sized enterprises
The smaller a company is, the more time is needed to fulfill bureaucratic tasks. From an economic point of view, however, it is important to create positive conditions for every size of company.