Stockholm School of Economics is welcoming five new members to the International Advisory Council, IAC. The new members will bring an important perspective in further developing and internationalizing the School, representing three different continents.

Dr. Thomas Lavelle is a member of the faculty at SSE and teaches courses in management and academic communication, academic and creative writing and pedagogy. Given his pedagogical interest and his interest in the interface between language and learning, he has been involved in different types of international programs and projects previously. He is attracted to both aspects of the CIVICA alliance—educational cooperation across borders and locally grounded social engagement. He is now a part of the team organizing the first European Week in June.

Kristina Tamm Hallström (DMO) has been granted 1.850.000 SEK from the Hakon Swenson Stiftelsen for the project “What can we learn from the 100-year-olds?”, to be run in 2022 and 2023, together with Karin Fernler (DMO) and Jenny Lindberg (Urban and Regional Studies, KTH).

Walter Schuster och Lars Östman tydliggör årsrapporteringens utveckling i Sverigesedan de första aktiebolagen och närstuderar 20 par av årsredovisningarför 1979 och 2019.

Richard Wahlund, professor i företagsekonomi med inriktning på medier vid Handelshögsskolan, säger att det är ”en normalisering” av nyhetskonsumtionen eftersom Biden är mer av en ”vanlig” president.

This week, for the 23rd year in a row, Dagens Industri presented their rankings of the 125 most powerful women in business. Three of the highlighted inspirational women are Misum board members and include our Chair.

Policy brief: Russia’s real GDP fell by a modest 3 percent in 2020. The question addressed here is how a major oil-exporting country can go through the COVID-19 pandemic with a decline of this magnitude when oil prices fell by 35 percent at the same time as the domestic economy suffered from lock-downs. The short answer is that it is mainly a statistical mirage. Read the policy brief to learn more!

The work of the board of directors, in particular the role of the board chair, is currently undergoing considerable changes because of increasing demands from internal and external stakeholders and in light of the challenging times, including companies' responses to crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic. New research suggests that the role of the board chair is of particular interest given its position of leadership.

Jonas Colliander i Sveriges Radio Ekot om konsumentbeteenden vid kriser och katastrofer

Policy brief: Women are generally under-represented in political offices worldwide, and their under-representation becomes larger in more senior positions. This brief reviews some recent academic literature in economics and political science on the likely causes of women’s under-representation.