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"Retail (big) data and predictive analysis ” receives grant of 1.72 MSEK
02 December 2020
The project “Retail (big) data and predictive analysis” has received a new grant of SEK 1 720 000 by the Torsten Söderbergs foundation.
HOI research | Religion and traditions shape family mindset towards business practices
01 December 2020
New research on entrepreneurship suggests that religion and traditions shape the family structure to produce effects on family functioning and on the family mindset. These factors subsequently shape how transgenerational entrepreneurship is fostered or hindered through specific business practices in family firms.
SSE MBA scholarship recipient to influence future entrepreneurs and leaders
01 December 2020
Gökçe Günaydın has been awarded the SSE MBA Carl Silfvén scholarship for 2021. The scholarship is presented to the next generation of leaders to promote the competitiveness of Swedish-based business in an international market.
Still time to register for upcoming House of Innovation Conference: Dialogues at The Garden
30 November 2020
On December 3 (14.00–17.00 CET), the House of Innovation welcomes you to a discussion hosted by our Center for Design and Leadership. The event will be filled with research-based findings, concrete recommendations, possibilities to network, interactive tasks, and an award ceremony: the winner of the 2020 Michael Treschow Scholarship will be announced and awarded during this event. Register today!
Highlights from the webinar: Economic reforms of fragile states - Perspectives from Somalia
30 November 2020
Fragile states are particularly vulnerable to adverse economic shocks and in need of international support. Through constructive collaboration with international partners, however, fragile state governments can successfully pursue ambitious reform agendas for the short and long run. SITE and MISUM (Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets) invited the Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Dr. Abdirahman Dualeh Beileh, and the Swedish ambassador to Somalia, Staffan Tillander, to discuss the role of international partnership in the recent development of economic reforms in Somalia.
HOI research | Investors penalize female founders who don’t “fit” male industries
27 November 2020
New research finds that female founders of entrepreneurial ventures raise significantly more funding when catering to female-dominated industries. Effectively, this means that men are afforded credibility across a broad range of industries, while women are confined to a less lucrative subset of the labor market.
Hybrid solution did not affect SSE students’ grades, research shows
26 November 2020
Moving teaching online and reducing in-person interaction did not affect students’ grades, new research from the Stockholm School of Economics shows.
Why are people afraid to bid for a house that nobody else has been bidding for?
24 November 2020
That's one of the questions that Tore Ellingsen answers in this feature article on auctions - in the aftermath of the Prize in Economics in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Paul Milgrom (an honorary doctor at SSE) and Robert Wilson.
Anna Dreber Almenberg interviewed in Universitetsläraren
18 November 2020
What happens when the same data is given to a number of researchers who are asked to test the same hypotheses?
PhD student positions available at the House of Innovation
18 November 2020
Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) is seeking applicants for its PhD program in Business Administration who are ready to embark on a challenging career in an internationally leading academic business school environment. At SSE’s House of Innovation (HOI), successful candidates will join a vibrant research, education, and outreach environment for activities within innovation, digitalization, and entrepreneurship.