I am the Academic Director of SSE Executive Education, with responsibility for program design, delivery, content, quality, program directors and faculty. I also serve as the Academic Director (Program Director) of the SSE MBA, and as a member of SSE Executive Education's executive team.  

Research

I hold a Ph.D. in International Business from Uppsala University and I am a Docent at Stockholm School of Economics (research equivalent to Senior Lecturer/ Associate Professor). During the years 2013-2017 I was a Visiting Scholar at Graduate School of Education, and Engineering at Stanford University. 

My research concerns the use of global networks for increasing firm performance. I especially focus on how firms and individuals can use their networks to gain knowledge and other resources that will reduce risks, create opportunities and innovation, and thereby improve their overall performance.

My current studies focus on the global development of the highly innovative biotechnology industry. I run an externally funded project which have developed a unique database covering the total population of Swedish biotech firms and their networks during the period 2004-2013. We are currently updating the database with data for the years 2014-2021.

Our aim is to find and analyze the different factors which influence network development and firm performance such as types of relationships to other companies and the content of those relationships. Right now we are focusing on the financial networks of the biotech industry. The results of our studies will provide us with a more precise  understanding of what makes biotech firms commercially successful but also how networks can best be formed and used.

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