A funny thing happens when you meet Mikael Schiller. His candor and honesty take you by surprise. He is loyal and trustworthy, down-to-earth and dedicated: it feels as though you have just run into an...

For Swedish small- and medium sized retailers (SMEs), the domestic market does not always provide enough scope for continuous growth. Acts of international entrepreneurship can open up opportunities...

An increasing number of family firms choose to select a non-family CEO for the highest executive office when there is no suitable family member available. A recent example of this is the Swedish...

This breakfast seminar examines the drivers and consequences of direct entrepreneurial investments by family offices, and what these investment practices imply for founders, co-investors, and the...

Alliances are at the core of firms’ innovation strategies. They allow firms to strengthen their innovation activities by providing access to technological knowledge developed by other firms. For this...

Magali Bancel, Marie Wik, and Xin Li have been awarded the SSE MBA Carl Silfvén Scholarship 2024. The scholarship is presented to the next generation leaders to promote the competitiveness of...

Welcome to Department of Economics Seminars - Spring 2026. The Department of Economics regularly arranges two types of academic seminars, Brown Bags seminars and Higher Seminars. Our academic seminars...

Students Cindy Wang and Malin Lundblad have been awarded the Gun and Einar Larsson Scholarship 2021 (GELS) for their project “Sustainable Innovation Through Co-creation in Singapore”, respectively.

What are the consequences of weak political checks and balances, corruption and authoritarianism in Eastern Europe? What are the opportunities for peace and cooperation in Europe overall? These are...