How can both workers and firms benefit from automation and AI? The Swedish industry offers important lessons, according to a doctoral thesis from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Dr. Monroe’s research, titled "The Roots of Invention: Empirical Studies on Knowledge Recombination," explores how knowledge recombination mechanisms shape technological invention outcomes. His research papers demonstrate that inventors' personality traits, historical knowledge use, and how knowledge structures significantly influence invention rates and innovation management.

In the annual thesis competition organized by the Swedish Competition Authority, students from the Department of Economics at SSE have achieved notable success. The first prize in the economics category was awarded to William Stålhök and Knut Örnéus for their thesis on wind power production and strategic withholding. Additionally, Herman Rogefors and William Karlsson, also from Department of Economics, secured the second prize for their thesis exploring wind power investment incentives in Sweden.

Dr. Marie Bemler has recently marked a significant milestone in her academic journey, having successfully defended her doctoral thesis at the Stockholm School of Economics. Her research, encapsulated in “The Present Future,” provides a detailed exploration of how future anticipations, developed through path creation, exert a profound influence on present innovation activities, with a spotlight on radical innovations like self-driving vehicles.

In the challenging world of innovation, failure is often perceived as a setback. But what if it could be turned into a strategic asset? In his dissertation, Dr. Peter Nandor Popovics unveils the hidden potential of failed ventures and innovation projects, demonstrating how resources derived from failures, including but not limited to lessons learned, can evolve into invaluable building blocks for future entrepreneurial and innovation success.

The Swedish Gender Equality Agency's thesis competition was organized for the first time in 2021. The content related criterion for participation in the competition is that the essay contributes to knowledge about gender equality policy or social development based on the ambitions of gender equality policy.

House of Innovation is proud to present its latest PhD graduate: Dr. Emma Rui Lu. She has successfully defended her thesis today, and we congratulate her on this momentous achievement.