Welter, Friederike; May-Strobl, Eva; Wolter, Hans-Jürgen; … - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn - 2014
-speaking countries, the term "SME" is more frequently used instead. Do both terms describe the same phenomenon? We analyze the terms and … defini-tions of Mittelstand and SME as well as enterprise, entrepreneur and self-employment which are fundamental for the …