The revision of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) has been discussed in trialogue between the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council. The positions of the thre ...
Despite many hidden champions in Germany, small and medium-sized enterprises play a minor role in our innovation system. Germany is making up ground on the leader Switzerland in the international inno ...
Family businesses make a huge contribution to the German economy and German industry as employers and as tradition-conscious innovators. They are defined as companies that are owned by one or more fam ...
The economic consequences of the Corona crisis are incalculable for family businesses. In an interview at the beginning of April 2020, Hans-Toni Junius, Chairman of the BDI/BDA SME Committee, comments ...
Rules of origin determine when a product can be traded under the preferential conditions of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). They are intended to prevent trade diversions. However, they significantly inc ...
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK), the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH) and the Federat ...
Medium-sized and family-owned companies make up over 99 percent of all companies in Germany. In a "fact check", numbers, data and facts make tangible what medium-sized and family-owned companies mean ...
The Mittelstand is often described as the heart of Germany’s economy – and rightly so, given that mid-sized firms account for the largest share of the country’s economic output, employ about 60 percen ...
The EU Commission needs to reform the definition of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). BDI is advocating orientation to relevant orders of magnitude for personnel and financial thresholds as w ...
