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Skills Economy at ICA
26 March 2024
ICA held a Theme Lecture on skills economy for the students in the Retail Management program led by Frida Monsén, Learning and Technology Talent Lead at ICA Group.
Research on the effect of moving away from minute-by-minute schedules in the home care service
26 March 2024
Addressing concerns over inflexible scheduling practices in home care, several municipalities are now opting for increased staff autonomy and flexibility. A new study led by Nora Hansson Bittár aims to uncover the impact on well-being and care quality.
The SIR office closed
25 March 2024
The SIR Office will be closed during the period of 26 March - 1 April.
Misum Annual Report 2023 out now
25 March 2024
The latest Misum Annual Report is now available, showcasing a range of sustainability-focused research projects, engaging multi-stakeholder events, and highlights from Misum's outreach and research communication activities.
HOI research | Systemic crises change how investors evaluate acquisitions
21 March 2024
Published in the Journal of Management Studies, this study reveals how systemic crises, like the Great Financial Crisis of 2008-09, fundamentally alter the cognitive frameworks (or 'recipes') investors use to assess acquisition announcements.
HOI research | Repositioning entrepreneurship: embracing the biosphere and exploring the in-between
21 March 2024
In their study, Dodd, Anderson, and Jack argue for a profound repositioning of entrepreneurship research, advocating for a focus beyond economic measures to include social and environmental considerations. Their work calls for entrepreneurship to be seen as a dynamic, change-making process deeply embedded in the 'in-between' spaces of society and nature.
Current RM students meet former RM student for a Career Module
20 March 2024
The second-year students from the E-Commerce Retail Club met with former Retail Management student and current entrepreneur Filip Sernhede for an interactive career module focusing on entrepreneurship.
Designing a Carbon Tax Policy That Works
19 March 2024
How can sustainable service provisioning be achieved?
19 March 2024
In this new Misum Academic Insight, Kaisa Koskela-Huotari and her co-authors explore how a systemic approach can be used to be achieve sustainable service provisioning, within the context of consumer-retailer food waste reduction.
Sanctions on Russia: Getting the facts right
18 March 2024
Sanctions play a crucial role in curbing Russia's ambitions & ending the war on Ukraine, yet their strategic importance is often overlooked. In this policy brief, experts from SITE, KSE, SSE Riga, CREA, Uppsala University and Beijer Institute sheds light on sanctions' complexities against Russia's aggression.