HEY THERE! Robert Baron and Michael Frese – recipients of a prestigious €100,000 research award
Why do some people choose to become entrepreneurs, while others do not? And what determines the success of an entrepreneur? Professor Robert Baron and Professor Michael Frese have spearheaded research that answers some fundamental questions about psychology and entrepreneurship. Therefore, they are awarded the prestigious 2024 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research with a prize money of €100,000. Esbri asked the researchers a few questions.
INTERVIEW | 5 questions to Daniel Castro Vencu Öhrlund on unequal entrepreneurship
The government recently commissioned the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth to strengthen women’s entrepreneurship. But what else can policy do to reduce gender inequality in entrepreneurship? We ask two opposition parties – this time Daniel Castro Vencu Öhrlund, Member of Parliament for the Social Democrats and deputy member of Chair of the Committee on Industry and Trade.
INTERVIEW | 5 questions to Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist on gender inequality in entrepreneurship
The government recently commissioned the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth to strengthen women’s entrepreneurship. But what else can policy do to reduce gender inequality in entrepreneurship? We ask two opposition parties – first up is Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist of the Center Party, Vice Chair of the Committee on Industry and Trade.
NEW RESEARCH | Collaborative projects create more impact than other research
When universities conduct research together with companies, it leads to more technological innovations than traditional university research. This according to a new doctoral thesis from the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg.
NEW RESEARCH PROJECT | The role of small businesses in the green transition
For the coming two years, researchers at Norrlandsnavet, Luleå University of Technology, will study the role of small businesses in the green transition in northern Sweden. Debadrita Panda and Johan Frishammar take on the project.
Three years of Kamprad’s 100 million (SEK) investment in companies located in northern Sweden
In the fall of 2020, in the midst of Covid, Norrlandsnavet was launched. Now, after just over three years, the Kamprad Family Foundation has done a review of Norlandsnavet and its activities to increase the competitiveness of small businesses in Norrland – and the Foundation is very pleased with the results.
INTERVIEW | 5 questions to Ebba Busch on gender inequality in entrepreneurship
During the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth’s (Tillväxtverkets) event in Stockholm on International Women’s Day, earlier today, Minister for Energy, Business and Industry Ebba Busch presented the assignments that the government is giving to the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth to overcome unequal entrepreneurship. Esbri had a chat with the Minister.
EXPERT PANEL | Unequal entrepreneurship
Twice as many men as women run businesses in Sweden. What are the reasons for unequal entrepreneurship? What concerns and bright spots do researchers see in terms of gender equality in entrepreneurship and small business? And what needs to be done to make it more equal? We ask an expert panel of three professors and one associate professor.
EXPERT PANEL | Women’s entrepreneurship – Lucia Naldi
Twice as many men as women run businesses in Sweden. What are the reasons for this? And what are the bright spots for more equal entrepreneurship, according to the researchers? This week we ask an expert panel of three professors and one associate professor. Lucia Naldi, Professor of Business Administration at Jönköping University, is the fourth in line. She has conducted research on entrepreneurial mothers and fathers.
EXPERT PANEL | Women’s entrepreneurship – Malin Malmström
Twice as many men as women run businesses in Sweden. What are the reasons for this? And what are the bright spots for more equal entrepreneurship, according to the researchers? This week we ask an expert panel of three professors and one associate professor. Third out is Malin Malmström, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Luleå University of Technology. She argues that public funding needs to be redirected to women entrepreneurs in women-dominated sectors.
