Dr. Marie Bemler has recently marked a significant milestone in her academic journey, having successfully defended her doctoral thesis at the Stockholm School of Economics. Her research, encapsulated in “The Present Future,” provides a detailed exploration of how future anticipations, developed through path creation, exert a profound influence on present innovation activities, with a spotlight on radical innovations like self-driving vehicles.

Pioneering Insights into the Heart of Entrepreneurship: How does the place we are in shape the way we innovate and do business? Dr. Mary Kathleen F. Burke’s dissertation unveils the powerful influence of location on entrepreneurial activities, revealing that where we are matters just as much as what we do.

Anna Dreber, Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics at SSE, has been appointed member of the board of the Danish National Research Foundation. The appointment starts on January 1, 2024.

The Swedish Hockey League (SHL) is strengthening its cooperation with the Center for Sports and Business at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE). SHL is supporting the center with a guest professor, new research projects, and student teams, as well as contributing to a European education program for executives, the European Sports Business Program. The goal is to develop in areas such as organization, digitalization, sustainability, innovation, partnerships, and commercialization.

Accenture Retail Club visited the Accenture head office in central Stockholm for a workshop on AI in Retail.

Coop's Retail Club had a workshop about Private Label at Coop.

The students in E-commerce Retail Club visited the Bemz' showroom in Stockholm for a workshop on reaching a new target group.

Family-owned Mittelstand firms, often seen as the backbone of global economic growth, face a unique set of challenges and opportunities in the digital age. Recent research investigates how these firms can leverage their unique resources, including family historical capital, family venture capital, and family collaborative capital, to successfully navigate the digital landscape.

New research examines link between the prior corporate bankruptcy experiences of directors and CEOs and the financial risk of their current firms.

Välkomna till paneldiskussion med centrala aktörer för hållbarhetsarbetet tisdag 21 november 2023 på Handelshögskolan i Stockholm. I samband med paneldiskussionen presenteras också rapporten "Den fossilfria tjänstepensionen? Aktiva och hållbara val från pensionsspararens perspektiv", författare Nina Waltré, Linda Soneryd och Catharina Lehto.