IfM – Small and Medium Sized Companies and Entrepreneurship

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]

IfM – Small and Medium Sized Companies and Entrepreneurship

Abbreviation	IfM
Formation	1987
Type	NGO, gGmbH
Purpose	Research
Location	Mannheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Director	Michael Woywode
Affiliations	University of Mannheim
Staff	30
Website	ifm.uni-mannheim.de

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