MID has been set up by a group of advanced experts in the area of strategic management, product innovation, engineering, marketing and design.

directors:
Dr. Christoph Herrmann, Günter Moeller, Cristiano Oliva, Aleksandar Tatic

academic advisors:
Prof. Dr. Christian Bluemelhuber, Dr. Toni-Matti Karjalainen

associate experts:
Carsten Astheimer, Marc Frehner, Dr. Edgar Jochheim, Ian Scoley, Thomas Sutton, Francesca Valan, Dr. Joerg Zobel