Family business team at the FIFU Conference 2026

The University of Mannheim was represented by Jan-Philipp Ahrens and Teresa Fritsch from the Chair of SME Research and Entrepreneurship. The team presented research based on the analysis of more than 800,000 business successions and their impact on corporate innovation.

From March 11 to 14, 2026, the 15th Conference of the German-speaking Research Centers and Institutes for Family Businesses (FIFU) took place at MCI | The Entrepreneurial School® in Innsbruck. The academic conference provided a platform for discussing current research on family businesses in the German-speaking world.

Credit: MCI Innsbruck

Credit: Jan-Philipp Ahrens

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