NEW RESEARCH | How to make farmers sustainable
Despite agriculture’s carbon footprint and a growing demand for sustainable food, not all farmers are switching to sustainable business models. So what are the characteristics of those who do? Small farms often feel powerless in negotiations with large agricultural suppliers. They also struggle with distribution and complicated government regulations of various kinds. At the same […]
NEW RESEARCH | How to make horticulture more innovative
Swedes are increasingly eating more fruit and vegetables. This forces a struggling horticultural industry to work even more with innovative methods. In 20 years, Swedish consumption of fruit, berries and vegetables has doubled. This is of course positive for the horticultural industry, but as imports are also increasing and pushing down prices, it poses challenges […]
HELLO THERE! Per Davidsson – recipient of prestigious €100,000 research award
He is a top international scholar in the field of entrepreneurship and is now being recognized for his influential research and community-building. Per Davidsson, Professor at Jönköping International Business School and at the Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, QUT Business School, is the recipient of the prestigious Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research 2023 with prize […]
BANKRUPTCY: Professor’s tips for small business owners in tough economic times
In the second half of 2022, Sweden had its highest number of bankruptcies in ten years. Professor Marie Karlsson-Tuula believes that many of these bankruptcies could have been avoided. Here are her top tips for small business owners at risk of financial problems. First a pandemic, then war in Europe, increased electricity, fuel and interest […]
BOOK TIPS | Policies for women’s entrepreneurship
The RUT deduction and the marketization of Swedish schools and healthcare are three reforms that some politicians thought would increase equality by giving more women the chance to run businesses. But these hopes were only partly realized. – More women did start businesses, but the companies with the largest market shares are owned by men. […]
BOOK TIP | Entrepreneurial women create great value for themselves and others
Women perform worse than men – or do they? In the Research Handbook of Women’s Entrepreneurship and Value Creation, we meet a group of international researchers who are tired of performance and value creation in entrepreneurship often being limited to financial results. The picture is much broader than that, they say. The studies presented in […]
NEW STUDY | Entrepreneurship education provides broad skills
It is not only self-employed people who benefit from their entrepreneurship education. Employees also benefit greatly from the knowledge gained from training. How many more businesses and jobs does entrepreneurship education actually generate? These are questions raised in the debate about the value of entrepreneurship education. Diamanto Politis, Director of the Sten K Johnson Center […]
NEW STUDY: Former students have important role in the ecosystem
Former entrepreneurship students often stay in the university ecosystem. Now researchers have studied what they contribute. The main tasks of universities and colleges are to conduct research and education. But they also have a third task: to interact with the surrounding society – for example, organizations, companies, associations and individuals. Together with universities, these […]
HELLO THERE! Claire Ingram Bogusz – recipient of the 2022 Young Researcher Award
She researches digital entrepreneurs who work for a good cause. Claire Ingram Bogusz, Associate Professor at Uppsala University, has been awarded the Young Researcher Prize for her research on collective digital entrepreneurship. Congratulations on your appointment! How does it feel? – That’s great of course. It’s exciting that transnational research is being recognized. In my […]
NEW STUDY: Why more mothers with young children are starting businesses
Many people who run their own business think it fits well with family life. Flexible working hours, being your own boss… But there is something completely different that drives women with young children to start a business. – “The women we talked to waited to start a business until their child started preschool. It is […]
