Oil has for decades been perceived as a necessary and highly addictive energy commodity, fueling the world economy. It is a crucial input good for most of the net-oil consumer countries, and it is an important source of revenue for the net-oil supplier countries. This means that any changes in the oil price will affect the entire world economy. Chloé Le Coq and Zorica Trkulja from Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics have written a policy brief that explains to what extent the oil-price fluctuations matter for the economy.

Stockholm China Economic Research Institute, Stockholm School of Economics

This year the recipient of The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, Angus Deaton, visited SSE on Saturday, December 12.

Professor Tore Ellingsen held a much appreciated speech yesterday to Professor Deaton, the laureate of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

​In the Financial Times European Business School ranking for 2015 ​ SSE remains the top school in the Nordic region. 

Chile is one of several national contexts in which early stage entrepreneurial networking will be explored. In beginning of November, two of the team members, Sara Värlander and Ingela Sölvell interviewed more than 20 startup founders, government representatives, incubator leaders and VCs during a first field trip. Several interviews were conducted within ‘Socialab’, an incubator for NGOs. Socialab (picture) is located inside ‘Idea Factory’ in Santiago including a range of innovation initiatives. 

The Board of Directors at the Stockholm School of Economics has appointed three new professors; Robin Teigland, Hans Kjellberg and Magnus Mähring.

Center for Retailing vid Handelshögskolan har nyligen flyttat från Norrtälje till nya lokaler i hjärtat av Stockholm. Lokalerna är helt anpassade till det treåriga kandidatprogrammet i Retail Management som drivs i centrets regi. Den fysiska närheten till Handelshögskolans övriga verksamhet och till partnerföretagen bidrar positivt till både utbildning och forskning.

Stockholm School of Economics has uniquely close ties to the Prize in Economics Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Three of our professors currently serve on the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences and each year’s laureate visits our school every December.

The Stockholm School of Economics programs for executive education, IFL Executive Education, will now be completely integrated with the Stockholm School of Economics brand under the new name SSE Executive Education.