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,...

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,...

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...

Since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, the West has been contemplating sanctions on Russian oil and gas imports. For the EU, this plan poses a significant challenge due to the long-existing...

Ukraine is currently receiving substantial inflows of foreign aid from western donors to help the country withstand the Russian aggression. The foreign aid flows partly reflect altruistic motives from...

New policy brief by Torbjörn Becker, Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, provides an analysis of what the new macro economic reality of Russia means for its armament plans.

With sanctions becoming an increasingly important tool in ostracising autocratic regimes from western markets, the need for effective enforcement of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) policies is increasing....

Students enrolled in the MSc Business & Management Program at SSE learn skills of influence and persuasion as they raise funds for a non-profit organization.

Professor Sarah Jack from Lancaster University becomes the first holder of the Jacob and Marcus Wallenberg Chair in Sustainable and Innovative Business Development.

NEW PAPER PUBLISHED (2017-06-21): Misum´s Enrico Fontana´s paper "Strategic CSR: a panacea for profit and altruism? An empirical study among executives in the Bangladeshi RMG supply chain" is...