Don’t protect everything: how start-ups should think about IP
All start-ups have intangible assets: technology, data, designs, customer knowledge, contracts and brands. In her thesis, Sarah van Santen shows that the question is not only what to protect. Equally important is knowing what can be shared, with whom, when and how.
Sustainable innovation can be stopped by the calculative practices
The way companies calculate costs and profitability can slow down – or speed up – sustainable innovation. The key is to make visible the value sustainable solutions actually create and the costs that otherwise remain hidden, says Amal Kanzari at Linköping University.
How digital platforms can boost women’s entrepreneurship
Social media can be important tools for business development and empowerment for women in the Global South. This is shown in a new doctoral thesis at Stockholm University.
How taxes shaped Sweden’s entrepreneurs
Sweden’s entrepreneurial history is closely linked to how labor and capital are taxed. In his doctoral thesis, Niklas Wykman, currently Minister of Finance, shows how taxes and tax rules have affected entrepreneurship in different ways for more than a century.
NEW RESEARCH | When no one is in charge – how work is organized in large social partnerships
Businesses, governments, universities and non-profit organizations come together in large collaborations – often supported by mission-driven innovation policies to solve major societal problems. But how does this work in practice when no one has a mandate to tell anyone else what to do?
NEW RESEARCH | Entrepreneurship not the obvious recipe out of poverty
Entrepreneurship is often presented as a way out of poverty. But in practice, the reality is different for people trying to run businesses under poverty, patriarchal norms and weak institutions. Research at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) shows this.
NEW RESEARCH: The manager determines whether the subsidiary succeeds in innovation
When multinational companies invest in R&D (research and development) departments in their subsidiaries, the hope is often obvious: more innovation and stronger competitiveness. But a new paper shows that innovation does not come automatically.
NEW RESEARCH | How digitalization helps small businesses take control of new markets
Small and medium-sized enterprises are often described as resource-poor and reactive when entering new markets. But new research shows that digitally-driven small businesses can be far more proactive than previously thought.
NEW RESEARCH | Customers love innovative AI services – but are afraid to use them
Consumers are more satisfied than ever with advanced AI services. At the same time, they are less and less likely to actually use them. This is according to a doctoral thesis at Linköping University.
NEW RESEARCH | How new industries become accepted in society
As new industries take shape, innovation is not just about technology. It is also about gaining societal acceptance. Halmstad researchers have studied how the fintech industry in Denmark became legitimate – and what it takes for new ideas to take root.