IfM – Small and Medium Sized Companies and Entrepreneurship explained

IfM – Small and Medium Sized Companies and Entrepreneurship
Abbreviation:	IfM
Formation:	1987
Type:	NGO, gGmbH
Purpose:	Research
Location:	Mannheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Leader Title:	Director
Leader Name:	Michael Woywode
Affiliations:	University of Mannheim
Num 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

• Mannheim
• University of Mannheim

External links

• University of Mannheim
• Universität Mannheim (German webpage)
• Mannheim Graduate School of Economics and Social Sciences
• Mannheim Business School

Notes and References

1. Web site: IfM - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung: Über uns. IfM Mannheim. 2 June 2014.
2. Web site: IfM – Small and Medium Sized Companies and Entrepreneurship: Team. Start-im-quadrat.de. 17 May 2014.
3. Web site: IfM - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung an der Universität Mannheim. Mannheim.de. 17 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714113437/https://www.mannheim.de/wirtschaft-entwickeln/ifm-institut-mittelstandsforschung-universitaet-mannheim-0. 14 July 2014. dead.