House of Innovation

Welcome to the House of Innovation. The House is an inter-disciplinary research, education and outreach environment focused on innovation, digitalization and entrepreneurship. It produces scientifically based knowledge relevant to academics, corporations, government agencies, civil society actors and individuals. In doing so, it interacts with an international network of scholars and academic institutions, as well as with corporate and institutional funders.

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Entrepreneurship, innovation, governance and family business: meet Professor Mattias Nordqvist

2020-06-02

Mattias Nordqvist joined SSE’s House of Innovation in January 2020 as a professor of Business Administration with a focus on entrepreneurship. We have asked him some questions to get to know him better!

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Magement and product innovation: The moderating role of the dynamic capability of small manufacturing firms

2020-05-28

Today’s international markets are saturated with overwhelming concerns about issues related to the environment, specifically with issues related to how business intersects with environmental conservation. Consumers are becoming more and more prone to purchase products that consider the environment and sustainability, and they are more willing to pay the premium price tag that comes along with supporting those sustainability efforts. This growing concern has inspired manufacturing firms to...

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How should family firms deal with the tensions of appointing a nonfamily CEO?

2020-05-08

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 retail giant H&M where the third generation family member Karl-Johan Persson recently handed over to the non-family CEO Helena Helmersson. However, appointing a non-family CEO in a family firm tends to give rise to tensions.

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TRANSFORMATION THROUGH DESIGN

Design is changing. What is the future of design practices? We gathered the design community for keynotes and workshop at Transformation Through Design - The Quest for Meaning in Business Innovatio...

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The connected refugee and reconfigurings of the migration process

The smartphone is the most global of all digital devices. As thousands of refugees and migrants move across Europe, many are using smart phones in order to make their journey safer and share...

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Entrepreneurship Ecosystems - old wine in new bottles?

The variety of actors, networks and available resources behind economic and social development in society is sometimes referred to as the Ecosystem of Entrepreneurship. What is this phenomenon?

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