MAKE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTIVE
Welcome at the Center for Management Research.
The Center for Management Research (DITF-MR) is part of the German Institutes for Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF), the largest textile research center in Europe.
Under the direction of Professor. Dr. Thomas Fischer DITF-MR develops new concepts, methods and tools for strategic and operational management as well as new organisational structures in and between enterprises.
The emphasis of the research lies in the fields:
- Innovation and knowledge management
- Production management
- Supply chain management
- Logistics
The research covers the whole textile value added chain, starting with the producton of fibers up to marketing of the final product. Regarding the emerging importance of technical textiles the integration of textile enterprises into knowledge oriented networks of high adding value is in the special focus of DITF-MR's research and consulting activities.
DITF-MR is closely connected with Institute for Diversity Studies in the Engineering Sciences of the University of Stuttgart. Its directress Professor Dr. Meike Tilebein contributes with further fields of research to the extensive management research of the center.
Prof. Fischer holds the chair for Business Informatics and Information Management at the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management. This results in a close cooperation with one of the leading business schools with a high international reputation. |