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.
555 Results
External publication | 2024 How women-led businesses fared in the Covid-19 pandemic
The authors investigate how female-led businesses were impaired by the Covid-19 pandemic, to what extent they used support measures, and what operational measures they took to counter the consequences of the pandemic.
IfM-Materialien | 2024 Effects of institutional framework conditions and resource availability on the gender gap in self-employment – a systematic literature analysis
This study uses a systematic literature review of international publications to examine the effects of institutional framework conditions and the availability of resources on the gender gap in entrepreneurship.
Facts and figures | 2024 Maternity benefits for self-employed women
Self-employed women can voluntarily insure themselves against loss of income during the maternity protection period through health insurance. Around half of self-employed women of childbearing age are insured accordingly.
External publication | 2024 The protection against social risks: a particular challenge for hybrid employees?
Hybrid self-employment - the parallel pursuit of self-employment and paid employment - has steadily increased over time.
IfM-Background-Paper | 2024 Estimation of the number of commercial start-ups and company closures in 2023
The IfM Bonn is faced with the challenge of continuing its statistics on business start-ups and company closures in the commercial sector for the year 2023, as the business advertisement statistics from the end of 2022 and also in 2023 were affected by recording errors.
Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus" | 2024 Patterns of personality: An explanatory approach to innovation in lagging regions?
In the innovation process of lagging regions, which are typically characterized by low levels of private research and development (R&D) and the absence of large firms, interactive learning within and across regional borders serves as an important compensatory mechanism for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
External publication | 2024 Collaborative innovation processes: An opportunity for successful dual transformation in the SME sector
The framework conditions under which SMEs innovate have been undergoing serious changes for some time now: The digital and green transformation is changing products, production and communication processes. This change, coupled with a growing shortage of skilled labour, is increasingly encouraging and demanding the development of collaborative innovations.
External publication | 2024 India’s labour market challenges: Employability of young workforce from the perspective of supply and demand
This article contextualises the Indian labour market and vocational education system.
External publication | 2024 A gender-specific view on entrepreneurial recovery
Given the adversity of the COVID-19 pandemic, there remains an incomplete understanding of the gender disparities in the affectedness and recovery of micro-entrepreneurs from the crisis.
IfM-Materialien | 2024 Corporate acceptance of climate protection regulation
Politicians seek to advance climate protection with a series of regulatory measures. The effec-tiveness of these measures depends on the reaction of the regulated companies and thus on their acceptance of the regulation.
Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus" | 2024 Why a paradigm shift is also important for the amendment of public procurement
The German government is planning an amendment to public procurement law. It seems necessary because public procurement in Germany is bureaucratic and heavily regulated. SMEs are also often still very unwilling to participate in public tenders - despite the current principle of ‘SME friendliness’ in public procurement law.
External publication | 2024 Silicon Valley entrepreneurship – Revisiting a popular dream
Silicon Valley this and Silicon Valley that have infiltrated the world. How did the image and mythology of Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship (SVE) become so popular? How did it achieve and maintain such a high level of global flattery as is demonstrated every day by attempts to copy it?
External publication | 2024 Transformative R & I policy using the example of new technologies in agriculture and social innovations
The transformation of economy and society requires far-reaching technological and social innovations. To utilise the economic opportunities of transformation and to mitigate the negative effects of structural change, a determined transformation-oriented R&I policy is needed.
Chartbooks | 2024 More trust, please! How bureaucracy can be reduced from the point of view of companies
Despite the efforts of politicians to reduce bureaucracy, companies are perceiving an increasing burden of bureaucracy.
Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus" | 2024 Decarbonisation of medium-sized firms in the manufacturing sector
A reduction of CO2-emissions and a decarbonisation of the manufacturing sector is important to achieve the climate targets of the Paris Agreement.
External publication | 2024 Sustainability of the Mittelstand - The CSRD as opportunity or challenge?
The EU Commission's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) provides for an expansion and standardization of the content of sustainability reporting as well as an expansion of the group of companies subject to reporting requirements.
External publication | 2024 Family business successions between desire and reality
Family business successions are commonly considered as one of the most critical events of any family business. Yet, despite extensive research, current evidence on the actual extent to which family business owners accomplish, adapt, or even abandon their initial succession plans is astonishingly still lacking.
External publication | 2024 Family business succession planning: Do outcomes depend on the predominant gender on the management board?
Research on family business succession stresses that the business’s economic situation strongly influences its degree of attractiveness to potential successors.
Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus" | 2024 Paradigm shift for a noticeable bureaucracy reduction
Companies perceive a significant increase in the bureaucratic burden, with psychological costs, opportunity costs and indirect follow-up costs also being highly relevant.
External publication | 2024 Do we need a legal form "Gesellschaft mit gebundenem Vermögen"?
There is currently a controversial debate in Germany about the proposal to introduce the GmbH form "Gesellschaft mit gebundenem Vermögen". In this article, the authors examine the positive effects that the initiators attribute to the planned legal form from an economic perspective.