EXPERT PANEL | Women’s entrepreneurship – Magdalena Markowska
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. Today it is the turn of Magdalena Markowska, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Umeå University. According to her, the key to equal entrepreneurship is an equal society in general.
EXPERT PANEL | Women’s entrepreneurship – Carin Holmquist
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. First up is Carin Holmquist, Professor Emerita of Entrepreneurship at the Stockholm School of Economics. According to her, entrepreneurship is not a gender issue.
WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 4 strategies women use to tackle inequality
The white man is the norm in entrepreneurship in Sweden. This creates major challenges for many women entrepreneurs, according to new research at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) – which also found four strategies women use to deal with inequality.
HELLO THERE! Magnus Mähring – expert on artificial intelligence
AI is here to stay and no one knows where the new technology will be in 10 years. But it is clear that it will change the daily lives of many small businesses and start-ups. So how will entrepreneurs benefit from AI? And what are the risks? Esbri asked AI expert Magnus Mähring, Professor of […]
NEW RESEARCH | Why sharing companies are rapidly going international
Sharing companies have unique conditions that make it easy to take the business idea abroad. So what is so special about them, and what should sharing companies with international ambitions consider? Researchers at Linnaeus University clarify.
DEBATE: Entrepreneurship – the forgotten issue of gender equality
Do you perceive good opportunities to start a business? The proportion of women and men in Sweden today who answer “YES” to this question is about the same. Yet twice as many men as women run businesses. Is the entrepreneurship gap our forgotten gender issue? This is what the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise asks in this debate text.
BOOK TIP | The entrepreneurial state questioned – again
The book Moonshots and the New Industrial Policy: Questioning the Mission Economy brings together a number of researchers who are critical of the mission-oriented innovation policy that aims to solve major societal challenges.
NEW RESEARCH | 3 tips for industrial companies in transition
How can established large companies best transform their business models to take advantage of new technologies such as artificial intelligence and 5G? Researchers from the Stockholm School of Economics give their best advice.
HELLO THERE! Martin Wallin – new dean at Jönköping International Business School
Today, he is a professor in innovation management at Chalmers University of Technology and affiliated with one of the world’s best universities, ETH Zurich. He values excellent research, a good working environment and genuine Småland cheesecake. In August 2024, Martin Wallin will join Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) as Dean and Academic Director.
NEW RESEARCH | Learning leadership – the key to successful social enterprises
Providing opportunities for learning and involving employees in decisions is central to the success of social enterprises. Researchers at Stockholm University have demonstrated this – and are advising social entrepreneurs how to think.
