With the first warm days of spring settling over Stockholm, a classroom at the Stockholm School of Economics fills with the quiet hum of laptops. Inside, retail management students are not escaping...

After Sweden removed inheritance and gift taxes in 2005, private firms with potential family successors grew faster, invested more, and paid higher corporate taxes than firms without natural heirs,...

The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) welcomes LF Research Foundation as a new partner in its Corporate Partnership Program. The collaboration aims to strengthen the link between academia and...

Trust is eroding, young people are losing hope, and liberal democracies are under threat. But Nordic countries can be a lighthouse in turbulent times. That was the message from Iceland’s president...

A new study, recently published in the Journal of Management, reveals the remarkable ability of family firms to not just survive but thrive through multiple adversities. By focusing on a century-old...

The Center for Security and Resilience (CfSR) at the Stockholm School of Economics has appointed Staffan Holmberg as its new Executive Director. With a strong background in security work, research,...

Head of Sustainability at Instabox

How consumer behaviors shifted during the COVID-19 crisis.

Meet Jenny, born in Sweden and now living in Kenya. Jenny works as the Operations Director for the Farmfit Programme at IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative

In recent years, press freedom in many Eastern European countries has increasingly come under threat. This policy brief provides an overview of the importance of a free press for democracy and the...