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IfM – Small and Medium Sized Companies and Entrepreneurship

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Abbreviation
  
IfM

Type
  
NGO, gGmbH

Director
  
Michael Woywode

Staff
  
30

Formation
  
1987

Purpose
  
Research

Founded
  
1987

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Location
  
Mannheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

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. Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Michael Woywode, 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.

Organization and Research

The IfM Mannheim has defined four core research areas:

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

    IfM – Small and Medium Sized Companies and Entrepreneurship Wikipedia