Laboratoire MRM

What Laboratoire MRM does

Laboratoire MRM (Montpellier Research in Management / Montpellier Recherche en Management) is a French public university research laboratory (Unité de Recherche) founded in 2011 through the consolidation of all management research laboratories in Montpellier. It operates under the primary institutional tutelle of Université de Montpellier, with secondary tutelles from Université de Perpignan and AgroParisTech. The lab is the principal management research entity affiliated with the Doctoral School EDEG (ED n°231) and coordinates the LabEx Entreprendre excellence initiative. Its research spans eight disciplinary groups — accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, human resources, marketing, organization, strategy, and information systems — organized around three transversal axes: health management, agri-food management, and responsible management practices.

MRM does not produce commercial products or services. Its deliverables consist of scientific publications, doctoral training, national and international conference communications, and collaborative research projects funded through institutional allocations and targeted public programs such as France 2030. The Information Systems research group, in operation since 1975, has supervised 45 theses and earned 9 thesis prizes, including 4 FNEGE AIM – Robert REIX best thesis awards. As of 2026 the laboratory comprises approximately 220 members, including 112 permanent teacher-researchers and 105 PhD students and research engineers, operating across two Montpellier sites (Triolet and Richter/MOMA).

The laboratory's go-to-market is academic community-led: research output is disseminated through publications, conference presentations, and the institutional website, with no commercial sales motion, pricing model, or external shareholders. Recent strategic activity includes the March 2026 launch of the CO-GREEN-AI research project on AI and green innovation, the May 2026 publication of the 2025 activity report, and the June 2026 adoption of an internal Charter of eco-gestures formalizing its responsible-management axis.

Name

Laboratoire MRM

Legal name

Montpellier Recherche en Management (MRM)

Website

https://mrm.edu.umontpellier.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Laboratoire MRM is a French public university research laboratory in management sciences, affiliated with Université de Montpellier, Université de Perpignan, and AgroParisTech. It conducts academic research, doctoral training, and publications across eight disciplinary groups and three transversal axes for ~220 members.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Montpellier

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Institutional Research Funding: Public research laboratory funded through institutional affiliations with Université de Montpellier (primary supervisor), Université de Perpignan, and AgroParisTech (secondary supervisors). Receives funding through France 2030 programs for specific research projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Laboratoire MRM is a French public university research laboratory (Unité de Recherche) that conducts academic research, doctoral training, and scientific publications across management sciences. Its activities span 8 disciplinary research groups and 3 transversal axes (health management, agri-food management, responsible management), and it coordinates the LabEx Entreprendre entrepreneurship excellence initiative. It does not sell commercial products or services; its outputs are research projects, theses, and publications.

Product overview

Laboratoire MRM (Montpellier Research in Management) is an academic research laboratory focused on management sciences. It does not offer commercial products or services. Its activities center on research groups, publications, doctoral programs, and collaborative research projects in areas such as accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, strategy, organizations, human resources, and information systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers4 records

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and flagship.

• Université de MontpelliercoreOthersPrimary institutional supervisor. MRM is under the main tutorship of Université de Montpellier, which provides the primary framework for the laboratory's research activities.
• Université de PerpignansecondaryOthersSecondary institutional supervisor providing additional academic framework and collaboration opportunities for the research laboratory.
• AgroParisTechsecondaryOthersSecondary institutional supervisor contributing to the multidisciplinary research approach, particularly in the agri-food management axis.
• LabEx EntreprendreflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerMRM is the coordinator of the LabEx Entreprendre (Laboratory of Excellence for Entrepreneurship), an excellence initiative supporting innovative research in entrepreneurship and management.
• École Doctorale Economie Gestion de Montpellier (EDEG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMRM is affiliated as the primary management research laboratory to the Doctoral School EDEG (ED n°231), which manages the doctoral programs including the Master 2 Recherche et Etudes en Management.
• International University PartnerssecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Information Systems research group collaborates with university partners from all continents and regularly hosts international researchers for extended visits.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• TBS Education (Toulouse Business School): French grande école with research activity in management sciences, finance, and information systems. Comparable to MRM through its FNEGE-accredited research output and doctoral programs.
• IESEG School of Management: Lille-based business school with research in management, marketing, and information systems. Direct peer in the French management-research ecosystem with similar doctoral and publication activity.
• LEM (Lille Économie Management): UMR 9221 affiliated with Université de Lille is a comparable French management and economics UMR, operating with similar multi-tutelle structures, doctoral schools, and FNEGE-aligned research output in management sciences.
• EM Lyon Business School: French grande école with a substantial management research output and doctoral program. Direct peer in management sciences research and competes with MRM for FNEGE recognition and doctoral candidates.
• KEDGE Business School: Major French business school with research labs in management, supply chain, and CSR. Comparable to MRM in research themes (responsible management, agri-food) and doctoral training capacity.
• IAE Paris - Sorbonne Business School: Affiliated with Sorbonne Université, IAE Paris houses a major management research unit with overlapping disciplines (marketing, finance, HR, information systems) and shares the French public-university management-research model with MRM.
• Dauphine Recherches en Management (DRM): UMR 7088 at Université Paris-Dauphine is one of France's premier management sciences research labs and a direct peer to MRM, sharing the same generalist management research profile with multiple disciplinary groups, doctoral programs, and FNEGE thesis-award competitiveness.
• Grenoble IAE: Université Grenoble Alpes management school operating a management research unit with overlapping themes (information systems, organization, marketing). Direct peer in the French university management research landscape.

Broad incumbents

• BETA (Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée): UMR 7522 based in Strasbourg is a broader CNRS-affiliated economics and management research unit. Comparable to MRM as a French UMR, but with a heavier economics and policy orientation rather than MRM's generalist management profile.

Regional players

• Montpellier Business School (MBS): Same-city private business school with a management research faculty. Regional peer operating in Montpellier's ecosystem; overlaps with MRM on management research themes and shares some faculty/practitioner networks but operates under a private-school model rather than public-university tutelle.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/umontpellier
• Facebookfacebook.com/univmontpellier
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/laboratoire-mrm
• Instagraminstagram.com/umontpellier
• Pinterestfr.pinterest.com/umontpellier

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Profiles3 records

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