5 TIPS | How to beat the competition with process management

Working with process management frees up resources for innovation and development. According to researchers at Linköping University, they offer tips on how small businesses can get started.
NEW RESEARCH | Digital innovation transforms the purchasing process


The industry’s established working methods have been challenged by digital developments. In particular, relations with suppliers and partners have been turned upside down.
NEW RESEARCH | More vegetable growers are taking advantage of AI


Traditional vegetable farming is increasingly competing with indoor farming driven by high-tech innovations. But what are the innovations? And why do growers choose to invest in them?
BOOK TIPS | Free Christmas Reading


Maybe you haven’t done all your Christmas reading yet? And it may be a bit late to do so in the days before the day of the baptism. But don’t worry, we’ve listed five books that can be read for free via open access.
LIST | 10 most read articles of the autumn


The art of capitalizing on failed innovation projects, controversial opinions, and entrepreneurial women boycotting city life. Here are the 10 most read articles on esbri.se this fall.
NEW RESEARCH | High confidence in entrepreneurship in times of crisis


Do sudden crises such as pandemics, wars and financial crises lead to more entrepreneurship? Well, at least that’s what the entrepreneurs themselves think.
NEW RESEARCH | How to create sustainable and competitive businesses


Businesses are major climate culprits – but a transition is possible and those who invest in sustainable innovations can see huge successes. But the right conditions are needed. Former Norsi PhD student Fanny Hermundsdottir explains how.
BOOK TIPS | The importance of ecosystem thinking


What is the impact of entrepreneurship on the world’s economies? The editors of The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: A Global Perspective believe that we can only understand it by looking at entrepreneurship from an ecosystem perspective. The book pays great attention to methods for measuring and evaluating the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Elsewhere, we can read about the ‘entrepreneurship […]
NEW RESEARCH | How to use failed innovation projects to your advantage – researchers advise


Networks, skills and established procedures are examples of resources that can be reused from failed projects. Researchers can now explain how, and give their top tips for entrepreneurs who want to invest in new innovations.
HELLO THERE! Mats Bergman – new dean at Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics.


His own research focuses on the intersection of the market and the state, and he has extensive experience of gender equality work in academia. After 19 years at Södertörn University, Professor Mats Bergman is now returning to his childhood town to head the Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics.