The cultural and creative industries, especially the businesses that are heavily reliant on live or physical experiences, have been disrupted by the current COVID-19 crisis. This challenging time is also an opportunity for transformation, innovation and learning. Please join us in this insightful webinar about the impact and innovation in the creative sector during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. The webinar is open to everyone interested.

Welcome to a virtual inauguration tour of our brand new classroom the Cabinet Room (formerly known as room 336) on Tuesday January 26, 12-12.40.

Family businesses, one of the most persistent and common forms of business organization in the world, are often characterized by strong resilience. That is, the ability to persist in the face of substantial changes in the external business and economic environment, or the ability to withstand disruptions and catastrophic events.

China has experienced rapid industrialization and economic growth; electricity use has grown accordingly. Yet this electricity is also associated with extreme levels of pollution, which has attracted considerable domestic and international attention. Is there an energy-efficiency gap in China? Join the SITE brown bag seminar to learn more.

Eric Walden, Professor at Texas Tech University and Director of the Texas Tech Neuroimaging Institute, presented his latest research about a genetic basis for people's propensities to search for information online.

SSE Institute for Research (SIR) and House of Innovation (HOI), in collaboration with the Ester Foundation invited to a digital event about the role of women in breaking social exclusion, dependency on welfare benefits and marginalization in Sweden. The conversations were led by the author and journalist Alexandra Pascalidou, whose latest book "The Mothers" depicts the stories of 20 women living in the most vulnerable areas of Sweden. The event was held in Swedish.

Johan Wiklund, professor of entrepreneurship at Syracuse University, USA, presented one of is current papers about the role of impulsivity when creating new firms in environments with high uncertainty and munificence.

During this seminar, we discussed the challenges and opportunities given by platform-based ecosystems, as well as the approaches for innovation processes in and across organizations.

Roy Suddaby presented a paper entitled “Revising the palimpsest of Elkhart, Indiana: the narrative structure of collective identity change”. He is the Winspear Chair of Management at the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria, Canada, and Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Carson College of Business at Washington State University, USA.

House of Innovation and the Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship welcomed the research community and students to a seminar with Christopher Tucci, professor of digital strategy and innovation at Imperial College London.