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"Being adaptive and curious will take you places"

29 January 2024
Frida Dicksen is a third-year bachelor student in the Business and Economics Program, who just spent a semester as an exchange student at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, within the CIVICA Exchange Track. "My exchange semester during the past 100 days has definitely added a transformative layer to my life. Despite its brevity, it was filled with great experiences and opportunities for both personal and academic growth", says Frida.

SSE Sport Initiative kicks off innovative student workout sessions

28 January 2024
The Center for Sports & Business, in collaboration with the SSE Sport Initiative, kicked off an innovative student workout session with champion boxer Anna Laurell Nash and industry experts from Grant Thornton.

Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and Nordic Ukraine Forum to host event on higher education in Ukraine

26 January 2024
Welcome to an event hosted by the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) in collaboration with the Nordic Ukraine Forum. Join us on 6th of February, 2024, to explore and support the critical cause of higher education in Ukraine. Don't miss this meaningful discussion and mingle with Ukrainian music and art exhibition!

Activists and social entrepreneurs: shaping consumer culture for sustainability transitions

25 January 2024
New research examines how change-makers create a protective space for sustainability transitions within the market for alternatives to animal products. Published in Business Strategy and the Environment, this study uncovers strategies and tactics employed to sway consumer behavior towards sustainable consumption.

Loyalty programs at Accenture

23 January 2024
Accenture hosted an insightful theme lecture on the evolving landscape of loyalty programs.

New publication | When business model innovation creates value for firms: the role of national institutions

23 January 2024
A comprehensive meta-analysis based on 147 studies across 27 countries examines how national institutions shape how much value firms derive from Business Model Innovation (BMI). Findings show that BMI positively affects firm performance. However, the magnitude of this positive effect varies significantly across different national cultural and pro-market institutions. This paper was accepted for publication at Journal of Management Studies.

GELS scholarship to SSE students for projects on circular fashion and financial literacy 

23 January 2024
The Gun and Einar Larsson Foundation celebrates 25 years in 2024. Four SSE students have beeen awarded the Jubilee Scholarship for projects promoting circular fashion and financial literacy.

Per Strömberg named Vice President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

22 January 2024
Swedish House of Finance’s Per Strömberg has been elected Vice President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, known for awarding the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry, and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

How to undermine Russia’s war capacity: Insights from SITE 2023 Development Day

19 January 2024
The Stockholm Institute for Transition Economics (SITE) invited researchers and stakeholders to SITE's 2023 Development Day conference to discuss how to undermine Russia’s capacity to wage war. This policy brief shortly summarizes the featured presentations and discussions.

Swedish business as a social movement?

19 January 2024
New article by Rikard Westerberg looks at the mobilisation of the masses against wage-earner funds, 1975–1991