IfM – Small and Medium Sized Companies and Entrepreneurship

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IfM – Small and Medium Sized Companies and Entrepreneurship
AbbreviationIfM
Formation1987
TypeNGO, gGmbH
PurposeResearch
Location
Director
Michael Woywode
AffiliationsUniversity of Mannheim
Staff
30
Websiteifm.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[edit]

The IfM Mannheim has defined four core research areas:

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

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Notes and references[edit]

  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. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

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