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Working Papers | 2024 Being the boss at work and at home – Self-employment and conflicts between partners
The self-employed are their own bosses and make independent decisions on how to achieve their goals
Chartbooks | 2024 Mittelstand Future Panel 2024: Companies struggle with competitive pressure, bureaucracy and business conditions
The IfM Bonn researchers asked again company managers to take part in the Future Panel Mittelstand in 2024.
IfM-Materialien | 2024 The bureaucratic barriers for SMEs in the construction sector as a result of their participation in public procurement
Participation in public tenders at municipal level is associated with bureaucratic burdens.
External publication | 2024 The equity crowdfunding choice: A demand-side perspective
In recent years, equity crowdfunding has become increasingly popular for capital-seeking start-ups.
IfM-Materialien | 2024 Entrepreneurial ecosystems and start-up activity – a long-term analysis of their interrelationships
Supporting start-up activity is a central goal of regional economic policy. The focus here is on regional start-up ecosystems, which combine many potential influencing factors.
External publication | 2024 Determinants of Hidden Champions
This study explores the factors that affect the likelihood of German companies to be a hidden champion.
Working Papers | 2024 Family business succession planning: Are the outcomes dependent on the predominant gender in the management board?
While existing research on business successions stresses the importance of the economic situation of family business in this context, research on women’s entrepreneurship, however, suggests that women-led businesses may be less economically attractive for potential successors because of structural differences in comparison to men-led business.
