IfM – Small and Medium Sized Companies and Entrepreneurship

IfM – Small and Medium Sized Companies and Entrepreneurship
Abbreviation IfM
Formation 1987
Type NGO, gGmbH
Purpose Research
Location
Director
 Michael Woywode
Affiliations University of Mannheim
Staff
30
Website ifm.uni-mannheim.de

The IfM – Small and Medium Sized Companies and Entrepreneurship (in German: Institut für Mittelstandsforschung) in Mannheim, Germany is an economic and entrepreneurship research institute and associated with the University of Mannheim.[1] Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Michael Woywode,[2] president of the Institute, IfM employs a staff of about 30 researchers. The IfM was established in Mannheim in 1987 and is still headquartered there. The institute is organized as an NGO with a legal form of gGmbH.[3]

Organization and Research

The IfM Mannheim has defined four core research areas:

  • Management Concepts and Information/Communication Technology
  • Family businesses
  • Contemporary Self-Responsibility
  • Entrepreneurship

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "IfM - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung: Über uns". IfM Mannheim. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "IfM – Small and Medium Sized Companies and Entrepreneurship: Team". Start-im-quadrat.de. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "IfM - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung an der Universität Mannheim". Mannheim.de. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

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