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Department of Economics is proud to present its latest PhD graduate: Matthias Hänsel. He has successfully defended his thesis on June 11th, and we congratulate him on this momentous achievement. Congratulations, Matthias!

The 23 members of the editorial board of the Journal of Product Innovation Management, the most prominent journal on innovation management, have asked themselves: what is the future of innovation management? What new key issues are in front of leaders, and which new questions therefore researchers need to address. The result is an article, just published on JPIM, which outlines five future paths for innovation management research. This article aims to address the complex challenges of global innovation and the need for new frameworks to understand and manage technological and societal shifts.

The exact same results could only be computationally reproduced 52% of the time based on the researchers’ code for more than 1,000 tests of six research questions in empirical finance. Anna Dreber Almenberg and Magnus Johannesson, Professors at the Department of Economics at SSE, and co-authors publish a new article in the Review of Financial Studies.

Digital tablet-based tests may offer a more accurate picture of student achievement in Indian schools than traditional paper-based tests. A new study, conducted by Abhijeet Singh, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at SSE, shows that tablet tests significantly reduce cheating and provide reliable data for education policy reforms.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are part of business networks are more likely to adopt non-disruptive digital technologies, enhancing their operations and competitiveness. Published in Technological Forecasting & Social Change, this new study highlights how dynamic capabilities within these businesses facilitate this tech adoption.

Earlier this summer, almost 100 students across the CIVICA university alliance came together at the London School of Economics for the CIVICA European Week 2024. Maria Ljungdahl and Gustav Jäger were two of the students from SSE who joined the activities in London.