Jörgen Weibull, Professor Emeritus at the Department of Economics, receives the award for Outstanding Pedagogical Achievement Autumn 2020. Congratulations!

We welcome Laurence Romani as the new UN PRME Director at Stockholm School of Economics, a program managed by Misum.

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!

CSRs research director Susanne Sweet is a speaker at the live streamed event 'Circulär ekonomi är för alla' 25 March at 16:00 organised by Fotografiska, Climate First and Hermes Group.

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.