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SME Promotion and the current situation of the German Mittelstand

SME Promotion and the current situation of the German Mittelstand. What is SME Promotion resp. Mittelstandspolitik ? Wh y did German Mittelstand came out of the crisis strengthened?.

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SME Promotion and the current situation of the German Mittelstand

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  1. SME Promotion and the current situation of the German Mittelstand rfciz marburg 5/2012

  2. What is SME Promotion resp. Mittelstandspolitik?Why did German Mittelstand came out of the crisis strengthened? rfciz marburg 5/2012

  3. SME Promotion:Improvement of framework conditions for SMEslast but not least because of their importance for employment rfciz marburg 5/2012

  4. EU countries comprise historically a multitude of SME programmes rfciz marburg 5/2012

  5. EU SME Promotion • EU: 20 Mill SMEs, > 99% of all businesses • Small Enterprise Charter 2000 • EU - SBA Small Business Act 2008 • SME Performance Review • National Fact Sheets (Best Practices) • EU Small Business Portal • Integrale Part of Lissaboa Agenda rfciz marburg 5/2012

  6. Under the Charter, Member States and the Commission took action to support small enterprises in ten key policy areas: • Education and training for entrepreneurship; • Cheaper and faster start-up; • Better legislation and regulation; • Availability of skills; • Improving online access; • Getting more out of the Single Market; • Taxation and financial matters; • Strengthening the technological capacity of small enterprises; • Making use of successful e-business models and developing top- class small business support; • Developing stronger, more effective representation of small enterprises’ interests at Union and national level. rfciz marburg 5/2012

  7. EU SBA 2008 – 10 Bullets Promotion of private entrepreneurship Second chance after insolvency SME right of way SME sensitive national administrations Increased SME participation in public tenders Improved access to finance and payment morale Improved integration in the internal market Further qualification und innovation Environmental protection as business opportunity Enhanced share in market growth rfciz marburg 5/2012

  8. Core Innovation Programme SMEBMWi • 2008 – 2013 • Threshold < 1000 employees, before < 500 • Programme for marketorientated promotion of technical/technological innovations • Objective: to promote the innovate power of SMEs rfciz marburg 5/2012

  9. Increase research, development and innovation Reduce financial risks of innovative projects Transfer research results in marketable products Improve cooperation between SMEs and research institutions Increase SME research and development and networking engagement Improve SME research, development and networking management. rfciz marburg 5/2012

  10. Promotion Modules • Kooperationsprojekte (ZIM-KOOP)GefördertwerdenKooperationsprojektezwischen KMU und von KMU mitForschungseinrichtungen. • Einzelprojekte (ZIM-SOLO)GefördertwerdeneinzelbetrieblicheFuE-Projekte von KMU. • Netzwerkprojekte (ZIM-NEMO)Gefördertwerdenexterne Management- und Organisationsleistungenfür die EntwicklungmarktorientierterNetzwerkeinnovativer KMU. rfciz marburg 5/2012

  11. BMWi 9 SME bullets 1/2010 rfciz marburg 5/2012

  12. Enhanced SME financing Credit Mediator New risk capital for high tech exploration Promote business start ups and business heredity Strengthening of SME innovation capacity Secure skilled labour Unlock foreign markets SME tax benefits Enhanced SME dialogue rfciz marburg 5/2012

  13. German Mittelstand Strengthened out of the crisis? rfciz marburg 5/2012

  14. Mittelstand - SME ? S: < 10 employees, < turnover 1 Million Euro M: 10 to 500 employees, max 50 Millionen Euro turnover rfciz marburg 5/2012

  15. Roughly 3,6 Millionen German SMEs • > 99% of all taxpaying companies • 16 Millionen employees under social securiry • 65,9 % of all employees under social security • 38 % of total company turnover • 47 % of net value added • 83,0 % of all trainees rfciz marburg 5/2012

  16. Owners equity: SME: Owners equity 15 – 20 % of total assets Large E: Owners equity 30 - 35 % of total assets rfciz marburg 5/2012

  17. German SMEs and Foreign Markets • Export 2010: 26% (rising 2012 30%?) • 96% into Eurozone • International engagement in ordertogain - newmarkets - newproductsources - newknowledge - skilledlabour - Outsourcing not very relevant (German exportquote 70%, > 1 Trillion €, almost 10% ofworld-trade 59% to EU, 40% to Eurozone) rfciz marburg 5/2012

  18. Crisis expectations 2008 Insolvency spree Takeovers through risk capital Credit crisis Lay off sprees Resource scrambles inside companies rfciz marburg 5/2012

  19. Four years after the crisis 2012 German Mittelstand largely robust and successful rfciz marburg 5/2012

  20. Fewer companies then expected bankrupt and taken over Maschinery, plant and car manufacturing, chemical and pharmaceutical industries strengethened rfciz marburg 5/2012

  21. Key Causes of the Success 1 • Research & Innovation continued by and large during crisis • German maschinery up to date = energy & raw material saving • Orders from Asia were back earlier than expected (China!) rfciz marburg 5/2012

  22. Key Causes of the Success 2 • Permanent stafflargelykept (furthertrainingandshort-time work) • Financial reservesbuild • Companies areproffessionallystructured • Costflexibilitythroughcorporatistagreements (state, unions, employers) rfciz marburg 5/2012

  23. Key Causes of the Success 3 • Highly motivated and skilled staff • Use of temporary employment • Relocating and offshoring • Early internationalisation of German companies (on location in Asia) rfciz marburg 5/2012

  24. German SME Challenges • Lack of skilled labour (demography, vocational training) • Buerocracy and overregulation (from communities to EU) • Credit access • Refinancing at the capital markets at companies own risk • EURO-Crisis rfciz marburg 5/2012

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