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Leadership in times of corona
07 May 2020
Demand for leadership is always greatest during a crisis. But what characterizes strong leadership? Two leadership researchers from the Stockholm School of Economics take a look at why leadership in Sweden stands out from the rest of the world.
Workshop with Ikea
06 May 2020
The students in the IKEA Retail Club had a workshop on sustainability.
The State of the Union conference: “Europe: Managing the COVID-19 Crisis”
06 May 2020
The State of the Union Secretariat live-streams this year's special online edition of the conference: “Europe: Managing the COVID-19 Crisis”, this coming Friday on 8 May.
How much and when should we limit economic activity to ensure the health-care system is not overwhelmed?
06 May 2020
In a recent working paper entitled "Optimal epidemic suppression under an ICU constraint", network members Laurent Miclo, Daniel Spiro and Jörgen Weibull analyze this question and show that "flattening the curve" is not theoretically optimal, instead one should "fill the box".
H&M Expansion Workshop
06 May 2020
H&M’s Retail Club last activity for the year was a workshop focusing on the expansion of two brands within H&M’s portfolio. The workshop took place via Teams.
Workshop with Swedish Match
06 May 2020
Swedish Match’s Retail Club had an online workshop about identifying individual strengths.
Can Increased Textbook Usage Affect Student Learning in Low-Income Countries
06 May 2020
Anders Olofsgård (Associate Professor at SITE) together with co-authors Jean-Benoit Falisse and Marieke Huysentruyt studied the impact of a simple “textbooks for self-study” incentive scheme targeting primary school students in DRC.
New Publication: Policy Brief Requested by the EU Parliament IMCO Committee
06 May 2020
"The European Service Sector and the Green Transition" by Patrik Ström, Deputy Director of European Institute of Japanese Studies.
Paying for the pandemic
06 May 2020
TSE economists weigh in on the role of the ECB and financial markets for the financing of the Covid debt in Europe.
Optimally Targeted Lockdown
06 May 2020
A new working paper by Daron Acemoglu, Victor Chernozhukov, Iván Werning and Michael Whinston study optimal lockdown policy in the framework of a standard SIR epidemic model with multiple risk groups (MR-SIR).