Prof. Dr. Michael Woywode
Chair of SME Research and Entrepreneurship
Credit: Alexander Münch
Main fields of research
- Entrepreneurship
- Family Business Research
- Industry Life Cycles
- Organizational Design
- Digitization
- New Self-Employment
Curriculum vitae
| 1986-1992 | Studies of Business Administration at the University of Mannheim, at the University of St. Gallen and at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP) |
| 1992 | Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration), University of Mannheim |
| 1992-1996 | Doctoral studies in Economics, in particular Applied Microeconomics, University of Mannheim |
| 1996-2000 | Research Assistant at the Chair of Business Administration and Organization, University of Mannheim |
| 1997 | Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Economics |
| 1995 | , 1999 Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, Stanford Graduate School of Business |
| 2000–2002 | Visiting Professor at the Institute for Innovation and Management, University of Karlsruhe (KIT) |
| 2002–2007 | Full Professor of International Management at the Faculty of Business and Economics, RWTH Aachen University |
| Since 2007 | Professor for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and Entrepreneurship, University of Mannheim Director of the Institute for SME Research (ifm Mannheim) |
| Since 2008 | Research Professor at ZEW Mannheim |
| 2016 | Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University |
Selected memberships
- Member of the Academy of Management
- Member of the Schmalenbachgesellschaft
- Member of the European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS)
- Member of the Verein für Socialpolitik
Prizes, awards, honors
- Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
- German American Academic Council (GAAC)
- Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft
- DAAD
Selected editorial activities
- Reviewer at Academy of Management Journal (AMJ)
- Journal of Industrial Economics (JIE)
- Organization Studies (OS)
- Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung (ZfbF)
- Management International Review (MIR)
Selected publications
- Castellanza, L. and Woywode, M. (2024). Types, determinants, and outcomes of entrepreneurial behaviours during crises. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 1–30.
- Zybura, J., Ahrens, J.-P., Istipliler, B., Woywode, M. and Kowalzick, M. (2024). It takes two to Tango – Conceptualizing the “succession dance” in family firms through social exchange theory. Journal of General Management.
- Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Hauer, A., Steininger, D. M. and Woywode, M. (2023). Heroes of the Green Room – How Able Successors Revitalize and Reinvent Family Firms. Journal of Small Business Management.
- Istipliler, B., Bort, S. and Woywode, M. (2023). Flowers of adversity: Institutional constraints and innovative SMEs in transition economies. Journal of Business Research : JBR, 154.
- Istipliler, B., Hauer, A., Keese, D., Woywode, M. and Ahrens, J.-P. (2023). Childhood exposure to family firm and transgenerational orientation: Moderated mediation of affective commitment. Journal of Small Business Management, 1–44.