Team Family business
The interdisciplinary Family Business Research Group at the University of Mannheim has been dedicated to independent family business research for over 30 years. We combine internationally visible expertise from the fields of organisation, sociology, psychology, information systems and entrepreneurship. We contribute our expertise in international research, in an advisory capacity at EU, federal and state ministerial level, in university teaching and in knowledge and transfer events for family entrepreneurs and practitioners.
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Prof. Dr. Jan-Philipp Ahrens
Head of the Interdisciplinary Research Group Family Firms
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University of Mannheim
Chair of SME Research and Entrepreneurship
Schloss, EO 281 – Room EO 281
68161 Mannheim
Chair of SME Research and Entrepreneurship
Schloss, EO 281 – Room EO 281
68161 Mannheim