NEW RESEARCH | Digitalization as a tool for sustainability – the role of management in the “twin transition”
Digitalization and sustainability are often treated as two separate issues. But for smaller manufacturing companies, it is important that they are seen together if technology is to be an engine for making businesses more sustainable.
4 TIPS: How to succeed with innovation around new technologies
How do new and immature technologies affect innovation processes in the public sector? This has been studied in a new thesis at the University of Gothenburg, with blockchain technology and other emerging technologies at the center.
BOOK TIP | 12 principles to succeed with your business
Entrepreneurship is often described as chaotic, uncertain and difficult to predict. In his book The Principles of Entrepreneurial Progress, entrepreneurship professor Greg Fisher shows that there are still ways to navigate. He boils down decades of research and practical experience into 12 fundamental principles.
Hello there! Henrik Dellestrand – new professor at SLU
Throughout his research career, he has studied innovation processes in multinational companies. From October 1, Henrik Dellestrand will instead focus on small businesses in rural areas. At the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), a professorship in business administration with a focus on entrepreneurship and innovation attracted him.
Innovation researcher: Idea development is more than finding the best idea
What actually happens between the time an idea is born and before it possibly becomes an innovation? Karlstad researchers have studied this question in depth.
NEW RESEARCH | “Daughter effect” increases women-CEO appointments
Despite decades of gender equality policies, only one in ten CEOs of Swedish listed companies are still women. But new research shows that personal experiences can play an unexpected role in increasing gender equality in small and medium-sized enterprises.
NEW RESEARCH | Migrant entrepreneurs as successful as Swedish-born
Migrants in Sweden are less likely to start businesses in STEM fields than Swedish-born people. But when they do, their businesses are at least as successful – sometimes more so.
NEW RESEARCH | Why German small businesses survived the banking crisis
When banking rules were tightened after the 2008 financial crisis, the fear was that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) would find it harder to borrow money. But a new study of German companies shows that bank loans did not decrease – instead, firms increasingly turned to other sources of finance.
BOOK TIP | Climate, Inequality and Innovation: The Grand Challenges for a Sustainable Future
In the Handbook of Grand Challenges in Global Production and Innovation Networks, researchers shine a spotlight on the grand challenges of our time – and how global production and innovation networks are affected and help shape future sustainability.
NEW RESEARCH | From controversy to the classroom – JA’s journey into Swedish schools
When the organization Ung Företagsamhet (JA) arrived in Sweden in 1980, it was met with suspicion and debate. Forty years later, JA is an integral part of the daily lives of many upper secondary school students – and is an example of best practice in international education policy documents. How did it happen?