The workshop was about the future of Clas Ohlson and how they stay relevant in new market conditions.

Although anyone is at risk, some groups are more susceptible to the effects of COVID-19 than others.

DEBATT 27/3. Fyra ekonomiforskare: Det behövs stora insatser om vi ska undvika en ohållbar integrations- och arbetsmarknadssituation efter pandemin. Redan nu vet vi att coronakrisen kommer att leda till stora utmaningar för de mest utsatta i samhället och många invandrare är i en särskilt svår situation.

Staten har med anledning av coronapandemin tilldelat näringslivet stora resurser och på osedvanligt kort tid ändrat i vissa regelsystem. När det nu är dags för omstart kan det aldrig bli fråga om återgång till ”business as usual”. Det skriver Sven-Olof Junker och Lars-Gunnar Mattsson som båda är kopplade till Handelshögskolan i Stockholm.

The pandemic forced teachers, professors, lecturers and other pedagogues to adapt their courses and their teaching to online education. Someone doing this with a top result is Assistant professor Dong Yan who has been awarded SSE’s diploma for Outstanding Pedagogical Achievement for autumn 2020.

Torsdag 8 oktober kl. 10.00-11.30 håller Kerstin Jacobsson, professor i sociologi vid Göteborgs universitet, ett öppet seminarium vid Score. Varmt välkommen att delta via Zoom!

H&M had a theme lecture with focus on business planning and building a long-term vision for their Kids Wear.

Online sales have taken off during the COVID-19 pandemic, and for many small and medium enterprises in Sweden, the international market promises new and sorely needed customer groups. But there isn’t a fool-proof way for success on the international market, researchers at SSE’s Center for Retailing explain.

Policy brief: Today’s political crisis in Belarus has given a rise to the phenomenon classified in political science as political illegitimacy. However, this is not a pure political phenomenon. It causes adverse and severe economic adjustments. In a short-term perspective, it gives a rise to numerous risks of financial destabilization. Moreover, it is likely to deepen the current recession and make it protracted. In the long-term, political illegitimacy causes adverse institutional adjustments and erosion of human capital, which is likely to lead a country into a long-standing depression.