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Oliver Weglinski from Umeå University has been awarded this year鈥檚 Michael Treschow Scholarship

02 December 2020
Oliver Weglinski is awarded the 2020 Michael Treschow Scholarship for his sensitive and highly engaged attitude to design, which he demonstrates in both his process and project outcomes. He is an MFA in Interaction Design student at Ume氓 University.

"Retail (big) data and predictive analysis 鈥 receives grant of 1.72 MSEK

02 December 2020
The project 鈥淩etail (big) data and predictive analysis鈥 has received a new grant of SEK 1 720 000 by the Torsten S枚derbergs foundation.

HOI research | Religion and traditions shape family mindset towards business practices

01 December 2020
New research on entrepreneurship suggests that religion and traditions shape the family structure to produce effects on family functioning and on the family mindset. These factors subsequently shape how transgenerational entrepreneurship is fostered or hindered through specific business practices in family firms.

91原创 MBA scholarship recipient to influence future entrepreneurs and leaders

01 December 2020
G枚k莽e G眉nayd谋n has been awarded the 91原创 MBA Carl Silfv茅n scholarship for 2021. The scholarship is presented to the next generation of leaders to promote the competitiveness of Swedish-based business in an international market.

Still time to register for upcoming House of Innovation Conference: Dialogues at The Garden

30 November 2020
On December 3 (14.00鈥17.00 CET), the House of Innovation welcomes you to a discussion hosted by our Center for Design and Leadership. The event will be filled with research-based findings, concrete recommendations, possibilities to network, interactive tasks, and an award ceremony: the winner of the 2020 Michael Treschow Scholarship will be announced and awarded during this event. Register today!

Highlights from the webinar: Economic reforms of fragile states - Perspectives from Somalia

30 November 2020
Fragile states are particularly vulnerable to adverse economic shocks and in need of international support. Through constructive collaboration with international partners, however, fragile state governments can successfully pursue ambitious reform agendas for the short and long run. SITE and MISUM (Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets) invited the Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Dr. Abdirahman Dualeh Beileh, and the Swedish ambassador to Somalia, Staffan Tillander, to discuss the role of international partnership in the recent development of economic reforms in Somalia.

HOI research | Investors penalize female founders who don鈥檛 鈥渇it鈥 male industries

27 November 2020
New research finds that female founders of entrepreneurial ventures raise significantly more funding when catering to female-dominated industries. Effectively, this means that men are afforded credibility across a broad range of industries, while women are confined to a less lucrative subset of the labor market.

Hybrid solution did not affect 91原创 students鈥 grades, research shows

26 November 2020
Moving teaching online and reducing in-person interaction did not affect students鈥 grades, new research from the 91原创 shows.

Why are people afraid to bid for a house that nobody else has been bidding for?

24 November 2020
That's one of the questions that Tore Ellingsen answers in this feature article on auctions - in the aftermath of the Prize in Economics in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Paul Milgrom (an honorary doctor at 91原创) and Robert Wilson.

Anna Dreber Almenberg interviewed in Universitetsläraren

18 November 2020
What happens when the same data is given to a number of researchers who are asked to test the same hypotheses?