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Platform for fertility patients wins SSE Business Lab grant

16 June 2023
Jenny Ann Ax:son Johnson and Anna Sane, co-founders of Tilly, have won the Grosshandelssocieteten Grant of 100,000 SEK. The Tilly platform serves as a catalyst for improving patient well-being and achieving successful fertility treatment results.

Navigating uncertainty: how senior IS managers control information systems projects

12 June 2023
In the complex and often uncertain landscape of Information Systems (IS) projects, senior IS managers face the daunting task of maintaining control and ensuring successful outcomes. A recent academic paper investigates how project uncertainty influences these managers' control-style choices and how these choices impact the performance of IS projects.

Record applications to SSE’s incubator: 11 new startups admitted

12 June 2023
After an intensive admissions period, SSE Business Lab is taking in eleven new companies. The startups are tackling challenges like the green energy transition and people’s deteriorating private finances.

House of Innovation 2022: "Year in Review"

01 June 2023
Read the 2022 "Year in Review" to learn about this year’s research, education, and outreach achievements at the House of Innovation.

SSE Business Lab partners with Rouse

05 April 2023
By joining forces with the School’s startup incubator, the intellectual property consultancy plans to help SSE Business Lab companies strengthen their competitive advantages and supercharge their growth.

Having a daughter can ‘nudge’ CEOs towards supporting equality

24 March 2023
Raising daughters can make male company leaders more supportive of women’s struggles for equality, new research shows. This also leads to employing more women in their companies and on their boards.

SSE’s incubator solves social problems with tech – admits 9 new startups

13 March 2023
Nine new startups have been admitted to the Stockholm School of Economics’ startup incubator, SSE Business Lab. Several of the business ideas seek to bridge social divides and promote social cohesion.

Andreas Johansson takes over as CEO of SSE Business Lab – will strengthen support to sustainable startups

07 March 2023
The Stockholm School of Economics has appointed Andreas Johansson as the new CEO of the School's prestigious startup incubator. He is taking over from Julia Delin, who is leading the School’s fund SSE Ventures. Under Andreas Johansson's leadership, SSE Business Lab will expand its efforts into helping sustainable companies scale up internationally.

Anders Wall Scholarship awarded to SSE entrepreneur guiding consumers towards sustainable purchases

03 March 2023
Bachelor student Odessa Bäckfors (b. 2000) has been awarded the Anders Wall Scholarship of 200'000SEK. The scholarship is given in collaboration with SSE Business Lab and aims to highlight and encourage SSE students that have excelled in entrepreneurship and creative thinking.

Birth versus worth: how does the Indian caste system affect entrepreneurship?

09 February 2023
Misallocation of resources explains much of the productivity differences across countries, but the role of informal institutions in this misallocation has been little documented. In a recently published paper, Sampreet Goraya, Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, brings evidence that the Indian caste system has a distortionary effect on capital and talent allocation in the economy.