OP-ED: Services Are Sweden’s New Export Industry—Policy Must Keep Pace
The service sector currently accounts for nearly 40 percent of Sweden’s exports. But Sweden is losing ground to several competitor countries. Lars Jagrén and Johannes Nathell are calling for policies that better capitalize on the service sector’s importance for jobs, exports, and growth. The next government must create better conditions for Sweden’s new export industry.
Op-Ed: Saudi Arabia’s Next Phase of Reforms Is an Opportunity for Sweden
Don’t miss out on the opportunities presented by Saudi Arabia’s reforms. That is the message Sven Otto Littorin wants to convey to researchers, entrepreneurs, and other decision-makers. Over the past ten years, he has closely followed developments there and believes that the lessons Sweden has learned from the 1990s onward are valuable for Saudi Arabia.
OP-Ed: When Technology Meets Biology, an Explosion of Innovation Awaits
The next major wave of innovation is emerging at the intersection of AI, biology, and ecological complexity. For Sweden as a nation of innovation, this could mark the beginning of an entirely new industry. That’s the view of “Mr. Foodtech” Johan Jörgensen, an entrepreneur and investor who has spent recent years working to accelerate innovation throughout the food system.
OP-ED: The service sector is Sweden’s future export engine – now small businesses must be strengthened
Exports of goods are slowing down and exports of services are increasing. Lena Sellgren, Chief Economist at Business Sweden, gives a progress report and calls on the government to develop an industrial and export policy that provides better conditions for small and medium-sized service companies.
OP-ED: We need to recognize the problems in the innovation system – do we want to lead or watch?
Sara Wallin is the CEO of the Chalmers University of Technology Foundation and has extensive experience of working with innovation and collaboration between academia, business and society. In this opinion piece, she highlights three crucial areas that Sweden must strengthen to maintain its position as a leading innovation and knowledge nation.
THE VIEW: Benefits overestimated in megaprojects
There are lessons to be learned from research on large spectacular megaprojects such as Northwolt, Stegra and Bottniabanan. This is according to Associate Professor Ossi Pesämaa, Luleå University of Technology, who in this Opinion gives examples of these lessons.
OP-ED: Stop surrounding yourself with yes men – bubble jump!
We live in an age where we collect likes on what we already think and feel offended by opposition. But for entrepreneurs, simply cultivating their own beliefs is deadly. Too much belief and too little friction can cause even the most celebrated business idea to collapse, says researcher Emma Stenström, who advocates bubble jumping.
OP-ED: Trump’s tariffs: time to look east
President Trump’s tariff war is in full swing and no one knows how it will end. Lena Sellgren, Chief Economist at Business Sweden, gives her view of the situation and options for how business can think now.
OP-ED | “Time to switch from workfare to entrepreneurship”
Less than two months ago, he took on the role of the new CEO of the Swedish Federation of Business Owners. In this Opinion, Magnus Demervall suggests what reforms for entrepreneurs he believes are needed to build a stronger Swedish economy.
Op-ed: “President Trump’s tariffs could lead to less trade and higher prices – or more trade and lower prices”
The trade tariffs proposed by the Trump 2.0 administration will affect the innovation and entrepreneurship climate both in the United States and around the world. That’s the view of two prominent US economists who write on the topic in this Op-ed.