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The G-Forum 2025 in Stuttgart is approaching. The final conference program is now available online and via our conference app. Explore all keynotes, sessions, workshops, and the social program. Today is the last chance to register for the G-Forum.

In less than two weeks, the G-Forum 2025 will kick off in Stuttgart. The preliminary conference program is now available here. Explore the diverse offerings, including keynotes, numerous parallel sessions, and workshops.

As part of G-Forum 2025, a Doctoral Colloquium for early-career researchers in the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation, and SMEs will take place on September 17, 2025. The colloquium is aimed at doctoral candidates at various stages of their dissertation and offers a valuable opportunity to receive feedback from experienced researchers and to network with other… Read More »

On 24 and 25 September 2025, the University of Applied Sciences Dresden is hosting the 1st Entrepreneurship Education Lab. This event will discuss how we can promote entrepreneurial thinking at universities and beyond. Teachers, innovators and partners from the entrepreneurial ecosystem will explore which formats, methods and partnerships are crucial for this and jointly set… Read More »

Craftspeople are characterised by a high degree of precision, quality and diligence in their technical work. According to research by Dr Petrik Runst (Thünen Institute) and Dr Jörg Thomä (ifh Göttingen), the character trait “conscientiousness” is therefore a good basis for starting a business in the skilled trades. They therefore recommend that this aspect should… Read More »

Do parental allowances and parental leave affect mothers’ willingness to start their own businesses? A team of authors analyses this question in the latest Policy Brief, “Time or money? Mothers and Start-up Decisions“. The result: the length of parental leave has a significant influence on start-up intentions. The longer it takes, the greater is the… Read More »

Women still start businesses less often than men. According to research by Dr Natalia Gorynia-Pfeffer and Armin Baharian (both from the RKW Competence Centre in Eschborn), a more targeted approach with specific content could help to motivate more women to start a business. This includes, above all, information on legal, tax and accounting issues, as… Read More »

This year’s G-Forum will once again be enriched by distinguished individuals: Prof. Dr. Erik Stam from Utrecht University (Netherlands) and Stellenbosch University (South Africa), as well as Dr. Danyal Bayaz, Minister of Finance of the state of Baden-Württemberg (Image: © Ministerium für Finanzen Baden-Württemberg), have confirmed their participation as keynote speakers.

A start-up basic income guarantee covering social benefits, protection against dismissal and benefits equivalent to the general basic income guarantee for up to one year, as well as simplified access to venture capital, could help young people to realise their start-up plans more often. This is the conclusion drawn by Jens Schüler, Matthias Baum (both… Read More »

Call for Book Chapters to Edited Volume published with Springer in FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship on Entrepreneurial Career and Life Design A New Paradigm for Personal and Professional Growth Editors: Bettina Maisch, Barbara Wolf, Stefan Schulte-Holthaus, Karina Cagarman Deadline for submission of abstracts: 30 June 2025 This edited volume aims to establish… Read More »