With the aim to advance dialogue and education on key societal and business issues, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has strengthened its long-standing collaboration with the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) as a Capital Partner. With a particular focus on innovation, resilience and AI, BCG hopes to engage students, contribute with expertise, and help shape solutions.

Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant dream in the energy sector—it’s already reshaping how power is generated, distributed, and consumed. This new policy brief, published by the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) offers insights from SITE Energy Talk 2025 on how AI is helping countries like Ukraine, Sweden, and those in the Baltics build more flexible, efficient, and resilient energy systems.

The House of Innovation at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) is pleased to announce that Holmer Kok has been granted tenure and promoted to the position of Associate Professor, marking a significant milestone in his academic career.

As its new CEO Isabel Keulen welcomes her first batch of startups into SSE’s incubator, the scene is set for an AI boom. Today, SSE Business Lab announces its largest intake of companies ever – 15 startups, of which an impressive 60% are built on AI technology. Among the new founders are both serial entrepreneurs and senior executives.

The rise of generative AI (GenAI) is challenging the idea that AI is only useful for automation and efficiency and suggests it’s time to rethink human-AI collaboration. A new research article by HOI researcher Sebastian Krakowski recently published in Information & Organization, argues that GenAI can enhance creativity, democratize AI access, and fundamentally change the way organizations function.

According to the Financial Times’ newest ranking of Europe’s startup hubs, dramatic changes are afoot: half of last year’s leading hubs have vanished from the list, while SSE Business Lab has surged ahead. Now ranked at number eight, SSE's incubator is the only Nordic hub to earn a place in the top ten.

SSE has a long-standing commitment to both culture and wellbeing. These efforts are now becoming evident at the School’s startup incubator: more than half of the new ideas are focused around art and health.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the way research is conducted, from generating new ideas to drafting papers. A new study published in the Journal of Management Inquiry explores the benefits and challenges of using AI in academic research. This curated discussion highlights that while AI has the potential to enhance or harm the research process, it also triggers us to redefine and reconsider what authorship is and how research is performed.

A new study published in Information and Organization reveals that Swedish healthcare professionals frequently refrained from using data on patient wait times, which was meant to improve service efficiency. This research highlights the strategic ignorance and lack of engagement with digital technology introduced with the aim of improving organizational learning, explaining why such technology initiatives often fail to accomplish their official aims.

The 23 members of the editorial board of the Journal of Product Innovation Management, the most prominent journal on innovation management, have asked themselves: what is the future of innovation management? What new key issues are in front of leaders, and which new questions therefore researchers need to address. The result is an article, just published on JPIM, which outlines five future paths for innovation management research. This article aims to address the complex challenges of global innovation and the need for new frameworks to understand and manage technological and societal shifts.