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Transkript zum IfM-Podcast: "Mittelstand, Klimaschutz und Digitalisierung. Welche Rolle spielt die Ordnungspolitik bei den aktuellen Herausforderungen?"
Transkript zum IfM-Podcast: "Mittelstand, Klimaschutz und Digitalisierung. Welche Rolle spielt die Ordnungspolitik bei den aktuellen Herausforderungen?"
Cross-sectional projects | 2023 Crisis, Structural Change and the Mittelstand (SMEs)
The current, overlapping global crises are exacerbating existing resource bottlenecks and placing an unprecedented burden on the Mittelstand. This multi-layered problem situation is putting the hitherto successful Mittelstand-model of the German economy to the test.
External publication | 2023 Resilience of the construction sector: First insights on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the construction industry
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the German construction industry developed positively in 2020 and 2021 and was thus able to bolster the economy as a whole during this crisis.
External publication | 2023 How do working conditions, network relationships, and institutional support offers effect entrepreneurial intentions of German university scientists?
In this paper, we study whether and how (i) working conditions, (ii) network relationships, and (iii) institutional support offers simultaneously relate to entrepreneurial intentions among German university scientists.
Transkript "Fragen und Antworten rund um die Unternehmensnachfolge"
Transkript "Fragen und Antworten rund um die Unternehmensnachfolge"
External publication | 2023 Incentives, Values, and the Creation of Opportunities for Action and Interaction
Economic action requires well-functioning institutions, both formal and informal ones. In their chapter, the authors use the example of entrepreneurship in different contexts to explore the interplay between institutions, values, and the agency of entrepreneurs towards institutions.
Shortage of skilled workers
Shortage of skilled workers The increasing shortage of skilled workers is currently the most significant challenge for SMEs, according to the Zukunftspanel Mittelstand. In our topic dossier, you…
IfM-Materialien | 2023 Impact of SMEs' innovation activity on their economic development in times of crisis
Which role do innovations play when companies are confronted with a crisis? This study ana-lyzes whether innovative companies fared better than their non-innovative counterparts throughout the Corona pandemic.
External publication | 2023 Servitization in the Manufacturing Industry: Where Do We Stand? Where Do We Come From?
Manufacturers are increasingly shifting their strategic focus from products to services to create customer value and defend a competitive edge in the marketplace. The transition process from product- to service-centric logic is referred to as servitization.