STUDY | How accelerators can help entrepreneurs manage contradictions
Being an entrepreneur means constantly balancing between contradictions. Should you stick to your idea or change direction? Grow fast or wait for the right time? Researchers have now studied one of the world’s leading accelerators that helps entrepreneurs turn conflicting demands into drivers of innovation.
NEW RESEARCH | R&D investment in small businesses creates more and better jobs
Companies that invest in research, development and new technologies not only create more jobs – but also better and more skilled jobs. This is according to new research on how business investment affects the labor market in Sweden.
NEW RESEARCH | Energy efficiency is about more than technology – here’s the key small businesses are missing
Many small businesses in Sweden are missing out on major opportunities for energy savings. A new thesis shows that technical solutions are not enough.
NEW STUDY | How companies can keep innovating despite tightening immigration rules – 4 ways forward
As more and more countries tighten their immigration rules, it is becoming more difficult for companies to recruit the highly skilled workforce needed to conduct research and development (R&D). A new study, recently published in the MIT Sloan Management Review, shows that this reduces both the quantity and quality of innovations.
Researcher’s 5 tips for municipalities failing to innovate – “This is what you should do instead”
Swedish municipalities risk getting stuck in old ruts when trying to solve segregation, climate change and other major societal challenges. So what is needed for municipalities to succeed in innovation?
NEW RESEARCH | Crowdfunding levels the playing field for entrepreneurial women
Unlike traditional financing, women are not disadvantaged when seeking capital through crowdfunding. This can bring more green innovations to the market.
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.
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.