Voices on the upcoming 2024 Research and Innovation Bill: EUGENIA PEREZ VICO – “The world is not necessarily better off with more excellence”
Eugenia Perez Vico is an associate professor of information science at Halmstad University and an expert on research policy.
She studies the role of research and researchers in societal transitions, something she has also worked with specifically at several authorities – including the innovation agency Vinnova.
BOOK TIP | Government and capitalism in the same boat
Can the business sector, government and society at large work together to tackle global challenges such as climate change, cybersecurity, disease, food security and education? In the book Venture Meets Mission, the authors argue that it is possible.
Emotional intelligence – one of the most important assets as an entrepreneur
During an ESBRI-organized webinar last week, Professor Dean Shepherd presented some key practical advice you should follow to become a successful entrepreneur.
Cultivating your emotional intelligence, for example, seems to be crucial for entrepreneurial success.
BANKRUPTCY: Professor’s 6 tips for small business owners in tough times
In the first half of 2024, around 6,000 Swedish companies went bankrupt – an increase of almost 40% compared to the previous year.
Professor Marie Karlsson-Tuula believes that many of these bankruptcies could have been avoided.
Here, she offers her top tips for small business owners to get through difficult times.
NEW RESEARCH | How student entrepreneurs learn from each other
Social interactions are good for learning entrepreneurship.
This is shown by former Norsi doctoral student Ragnhild Nordeng Fauchald in her doctoral thesis where she has studied the learning that takes place when experienced student entrepreneurs supervise less experienced student entrepreneurs.
HELLO THERE! Emma Lappi – recipient of the Young Researcher Award 2024
Among other things, she has conducted research on how the experience of owning a business affects the subsequent career of the individual. Emma Lappi, PhD in Economics at Aarhus University, is the recipient of the Entrepreneurship Forum’s Young Researcher Award 2024 with a prize sum of SEK 150,000.
BOOK TIP | Super rich and equal
The idea that someone’s success is the cause of someone else’s problems is harmful to society and not based on facts.
This is according to Daniel Waldenström, professor of economics, who recently published the book Superrika och Jämlika.
In it, he reviews economic inequality and its historical development in Sweden and the rest of the Western world.
HELLO THERE! Henric Johnson – new rector at Blekinge Institute of Technology
He is a professor of computer science and has spent part of his working life in the United States.
Among other things, as a diplomat and head of research, innovation and higher education at the Swedish Embassy in Washington D.C. But after longing to return to Sweden and the archipelago of Karlskrona, he landed once again at Blekinge Institute of Technology, BTH.
On September 1, Henric Johnson took over the helm as rector.
NEW RESEARCH | Government crisis support during the pandemic a fiasco for small businesses – “Too complicated”
Government support for short-time work during the pandemic was meant to save businesses from bankruptcy.
However, the cumbersome application process was more of a nail in the coffin for the smallest companies.
NEW RESEARCH | Software development drives innovation – 3 things to consider
Many companies complement physical products with digital services, for example through apps.
Some choose to develop the software in-house, others outsource the work to suppliers.
But which option is best?
