The Diploma Ceremony for MSc students 2016 took place in the City Hall of Stockholm on April 9. Approximately 300 students celebrated their graduation and received their well-deserved diplomas from the President of SSE. This was also the time for some students to receive study and thesis awards for their exceptional achievements.

The only Swedish Team to contest in this year’s Hult Prize Challenge is competing in the online wildcard round after being named runner Up at the London Regionals in March. 

Styrelsen vid Handelshögskolan i Stockholm har utsett en jubeldoktor och två nya hedersdoktorer. Promotionen äger rum den 21 maj i Stadshuset.

In a recently published article in Dagens Nyheter, Linda Portnoff, Research Fellow at SSE, reflects on the common features of the Panama Papers scandal, the accounting frauds at Enron and WorldCom and the bankruptcy at Baring's Bank.

Örjan Sölvell from the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) and Torger Reve from the Norwegian Business School (BI), presented a new report about the Nordics at a conference held at SSE on Wednesday, April 20. Innovation, growth, and the connections between Swedish and Norwegian clusters were the main focus at the conference “The Nordics: Partners in Innovation?”

SSE researcher Sophie Nachemson-Ekwall releases a timely report on the Swedish ownership model. The issue is addressed in the report A Sustainable Ownership Structure which has been initiated by the think thank Global Utmaning. It is a study with over 50 policy recommendations that can form a base for a broad discussion around how Sweden is owned.

Lars Strannegård responds to questions about ethics and business education raised by Mikael Holmqvist

It is with great sadness that we learn that Professor emeritus Karl G Jungenfelt passed away on March 26. Our thoughts go out to family, friends and in particular his wife of many years, Monica.

We interviewed the winners of the Handels24 Contest, Fanny Söderlund and Nicole Nguyen. Fanny will spend her three weeks of internship this summer at The Boston Consulting Group and Nicole at Diplomat Communications.