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Can government change save Belarus – the last Soviet economy
20 August 2020
SvD Näringsliv recently interviewed Torbjörn Becker – Director of Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics – sharing his impression about the current situation in Belarus and what potential role Russia have in all of this.
HOI research | Organizations that move fast really do break things
16 July 2020
When organizations grow too fast, they expose themselves to several risks. In the past, research has shown that people who try to move forward without careful evaluation is often associated with unethical decision-making, while taking time to evaluate consequences is associated with ethical decisions. Does this same rule apply also to organizations?
Open schools saved Sweden billions of SEK
12 May 2020
In the latest episode from Vetenskapens Värld "The way out of corona", Jesper Roine among many other experts explains what the pandemic measures from the government have cost the Swedish economy. Has Sweden performed better financially compared to the other Nordic countries?
HOI research | The decentered translation of management ideas
15 April 2020
New research on innovation explores how management ideas change workplace practices while workplace practices change management ideas.
Women in Power: Unpopular, unwilling or held back?
08 March 2020
Sweden is considered one of the most gender equal countries but the question remains whether there are still challenges when it comes to gender equality in Sweden. We interviewed Pamela Campa (Assistant Professor at SITE) where she shares her reflections on why there are still few women in power in Sweden.
Islamic Rule and the Empowerment of the Poor and Pious
22 October 2013
by Erik Meyersson, published in the Econometrica
Crisis prevention and management: What worked in the 2008/09 crisis?
01 February 2012
by Torbjörn Becker, SITE Working Paper
The Costs of Political Influence: Firm-Level Evidence from Developing Countries
01 May 2011
by Anders Olofsgård (and R. Desai), published in the Quarterly Journal of Political Science
Union Leaders as Experts: Wage Bargaining and Strikes with Union-Wide Ballot Requirements
01 June 2010
by Anders Olofsgård, published in the Scandinavian Journal of Economics
The Logic of Authoritarian Bargains
01 March 2009
by Anders Olofsgård (with R. Desai and T. Yousef), published in the Journal of Economics & Politics