Publications

The 5th German Social Entrepreneurship Monitor once again provides valuable insights into the developments and challenges of social entrepreneurship in Germany. Based on a comprehensive evaluation of data on social entrepreneurs in Germany, the Social Entrepreneurship...

This paper presents key principles for impact due diligence (IDD) processes in impact investing. It emphasizes the importance of IDD alongside financial analysis, acknowledging its growing significance in investor ratings and decision-making. Its principles are aimed at...

This paper presents key principles for impact due diligence (IDD) processes in impact investing. It emphasizes the importance of IDD alongside financial analysis, acknowledging its growing significance in investor ratings and decision-making. Its principles are aimed at...

Germany is in the midst of a major transformation of its economic and financial systems,

with sustainability-related issues increasingly taken into consideration by decision-makers

in the public sector as well as by private sector financial market participants. As part...

The European Social Enterprise Monitor (ESEM) 2021-2022 is a (bi-)annual survey-based study on social entrepreneurship across Europe. It provides decision-makers in government, business, academia and civil society with data and insights on social enterprises (SEs) and the...

Innovation is essential to economic and technological competitiveness, and to solving the major problems we face as a society. Our agenda for the future offers actionable recommendations for creating a modern innovation policy designed to achieve societally relevant goals.

Pointing the way forward, startups are drivers of change. Entrepreneurs in the high-tech sector with an eye for societally relevant business ideas need facilitative environments that encourage growth. Our global research has delivered examples of successful efforts to...

Disruptive innovations hold great potential for strengthening competitiveness and the capacity to successfully address societal challenges. Our global research has delivered several examples of successful efforts to promote disruptive innovations in the United States, Israel...

Networking and exchange are important drivers of innovation. Our global research has delivered a variety of good practices in successful mission-oriented cluster concepts, matching solutions and cooperative infrastructures from the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada...

Modern innovation policies should target in equal measure both economic competitiveness and societal progress. Our global research has delivered a variety of good practices in developing successful innovation policy strategies and governance instruments from the Netherlands,...