Business innovation and entrepreneurship experts
What drives successful innovation – and why do so many projects fail? At the Stockholm School of Economics, researchers explore how companies can innovate more effectively, avoid common pitfalls, and shape markets to stay competitive.
Mattia Bianchi
Professor, House of Innovation, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology
Areas of expertise:
- How companies can innovate effectively
- Why innovation projects fail and strategies to prevent common issues such as scope creep, overdesign and jumping to solutions
- Strategies for innovation in business, approaches to creating new products, services and business models, applying agile and design principles to creatively solve business problems
Email: Mattia.Bianchi@hhs.se
Languages: English
Holmer Kok
Associate Professor, House of Innovation, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology
Areas of expertise:
- Innovation management, creation and commercialization of new technologies
- Links between business performance and sourcing of external knowledge through strategic partnerships or mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
- Intellectual property rights and innovation
Email: holmer.kok@hhs.se
Phone: +46 (0)8 736 95 77
Languages: English, French, Dutch
Suvi Nenonen
Professor, Department of Marketing and Strategy
Areas of expertise:
- Market-shaping business strategies and innovation; how companies can proactively influence market dynamics to drive innovation
- The role of strategic market-shaping in business growth and competitiveness
- Strategies for transforming traditional industries toward sustainability
Email: suvi.nenonen@hhs.se
Languages: English
Mattias Nordqvist
Professor, House of Innovation, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology
Areas of expertise:
- Entrepreneurship, governance and succession in family-owned firms
- Succession planning in family firms: Challenges and best practices in passing leadership to the next generation and how transition in leadership can open opportunities for innovation and strategic renewal
- Social and cultural aspects of family entrepreneurship, diversity and inclusion within family-owned firms
Email: mattias.nordqvist@hhs.se
Phone: +46 (0)73 651 7610
Languages: English, Swedish
Roxana Turturea
Assistant Professor, House of Innovation, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology
Areas of expertise:
- Entrepreneurial finance, including how entrepreneurs attract investors through mechanisms such as crowdfunding and IPOs
- Firm governance, including drivers of gender diversity on boards and CEO compensation
- State influence, including how state ownership in firms influence firm strategy and performance
Email: roxana.turturea@hhs.se
Languages: English
Roberto Verganti
Professor, House of Innovation, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology
Areas of expertise:
- Innovation strategy and value creation through innovation
- Design driven innovation and the generation of products that people love
- Innovation in creative industries: music, fashion, art, entertainment
Email: Roberto.Verganti@hhs.se
Phone: +46 (0)72 378 6686
Languages: English, Italian
Karl Wennberg
Professor, Department of Management and Organization; Scientific Director, House of Governance and Public Policy; Head, Center for Educational Leadership and Excellence
Areas of expertise:
- How innovation policies are designed and assessed
- Factors that drive or hinder the growth of new ventures, such as funding, team diversity and regulatory environments
Email: karl.wennberg@hhs.se
Phone: +46 (0)70 510 5366
Languages: English, Swedish
Erik Wetter
Assistant Professor, House of Innovation, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology
Areas of expertise:
- Decision dynamics in venture capital investing, entrepreneurial ventures
- Negotiation and conflict resolution, especially in entrepreneurial contexts
- Data driven innovation
Email: erik.wetter@hhs.se
Phone: +46 (0)70 893 88 37
Languages: English, Swedish