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Research by Baris Istipliler is published in British Journal of Management

The article investigates how information acquisition and processing activities driven by environmental dynamism influence entrepreneurial orientation and venture performance.

Article on women in management positions published

In their newly published article ‘Regional labour market integration of women and the share of women in management: are family firms different?’, Natalie Welch, Jan-Philipp Ahrens and Jörn Block examine how regional institutions influence the number of women in management positions in small and ...

Dr. Istipliler has been appointed as an Associate Editor of JSBM

The Journal of Small Business Management is a renowned outlet specializing in research on small business management and entrepreneurship.

Article on search mechanisms published by CVC

Magnus Schücke, PhD student at ifm Mannheim, publishes the article ‘Heterogeneity in organisational search behaviors: The case of corporate venture capital units’ in the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal together with Raj Krishnan Shankar and Tobias Gutmann

Magnus Schückes publishes article on venture capital

Magnus Schückes, PhD student at ifm Mannheim, and co-authors published an article on ‘Innovation at the interface: A configurational approach to corporate venture capital’ in the Journal of Business Venturing.

Book chapter on social sustainability published

Based on a literature review and interviews with the entrepreneurial family, Jan Tänzler and Annegret Hauer identify possible paths to sustainable production in the textile industry.

Credit: Oana Szekely

Update of the TOP 500 family businesses

At regular cycles, ifm Mannheim compiles the list of the 500 largest family businesses for the Family Business Foundation. This will be updated again in 2025.

Credit: Baris Istipliler

Dr. Baris Istipliler awarded Add-on Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Economics

Provided by the Joachim Herz Foundation, the Add-on Fellowships offer financial support for research activities as well as networking events on topics such as career development and transfer activities.

Credit: Nory Zybura

Review of the “Impact investing & measurement” conference

Two-day conference in Mannheim strengthened the exchange between science and practice on impact investing and impact measurement.

Group of cooperation partners from Eastern European countries in front of a large world map at the Federal Statistical Office

Credit: Gabriele Schleicher

DT4SME network meeting in Mannheim

After 6 months of intense online cooperation, the research teams from the EaP countries came together for their first network meeting.