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ESG requirements undermine fundamental entrepreneurial freedoms
Unclear moral principles create paralysing uncertainty
Research results 04.07.25 -
US tariff agreement affects regions in different ways
Interactive graphic: Europe’s future with 15 percent tariffs
The European Union is negotiating a trade agreement with the US. The broad outlines have been in place since 27 July 2025. What does this agreement mean for prosperity in regions ranging from western Ireland to Cyprus, and from northern Sweden to Sicily? Researchers commissioned by the Foundation for Family Businesses have looked into this question.
Infographics 04.08.25 -
Trade war with the US harms almost all regions in Europe
Infographics 06.06.25 -
Europe must abandon its interventionist approach
Annual Bulletin of the Advisory Board of the Foundation for Family Businesses
Research results 11.03.25 -
Family Business Country Index
Infographics 20.01.25 -
Germany imposes higher inheritance taxes than others
Many countries do not levy any tax at all or offer exemptions
Research results 04.09.24 -
Germany on the long road to intelligent regulation
Desire for more of a market economy, especially in climate policy
Research results 03.05.24 -
2024 family businesses hall of fame
Heroes and heroines of entrepreneurship
Initiatives 11.01.24 -
43 %
of family businesses in Germany are about to pass to the next generation
Research results 15.01.24 -
Acute skills shortage in the digital transformation
New immigration law gives family businesses hope
Research results 31.10.23 -
Germany as a business location – at acute risk of losing its appeal
What’s slowing down investment and where it is going
Research results 05.10.23 -
Family businesses in Germany and Italy – a comparison
Both countries have a very high proportion of family businesses
Research results 22.11.23 -
Successors fear a split in society
Inheritance tax makes it difficult to continue running the family business
Research results 18.09.23 -
#YesToEntrepreneurship
What does entrepreneurship mean to you, Dr Marquardt?
Voices from the business world 19.07.23 -
Majority of family businesses set climate goals
Call for clearer frameworks
Research results 10.07.23 -
Family Business Career Day
600 interested applicants meet around 30 renowned family businesses
Initiatives 07.07.23 -
The issue of succession at family businesses
Taxes burden the transfer of the company to the next generation
Research results 11.07.23 -
Six theories for reducing the costs of bureaucracy in Europe
Example 4: Data protection requirements cause unnecessary cost and effort
Research results 13.06.23 -
Decoupling from international trade would hit regions particularly hard
Large family businesses would suffer the greatest losses from decoupling
Research results 04.05.23 -
Interactive graphic decoupling
Infographics 04.05.23 -
Family businesses have positive experiences with mixed teams
Women represented at management level, especially among business owners
Research results 05.04.23 -
Dr David Deißner appointed as additional managing director
Foundations dedicated to family businesses strengthen their leadership
From the foundation 31.03.23 -
National differences make transparency register burdensome
A lot of effort, especially for family businesses
Research results 22.03.23 -
Tax competition weakens, but bureaucracy grows
Foreign tax locations continue to enjoy an advantage – including for employees
Research results 21.03.23 -
2023 family businesses hall of fame
Heroes and heroines of entrepreneurship
Initiatives 17.03.23 -
#YesToEntrepreneurship
What does entrepreneurship mean to you, Mrs Herold?
Voices from the business world 09.03.23 -
Regulatory confusion limits freedom in the internal market
Scope to cut red tape in employee postings
Research results 15.02.23
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