On 12 September Özge Öner was awarded the Young Researcher Award and in conjunction with this gave a lecture about her research. Topics revolved around the geographical importance of entrepreneurship and how entrepreneurship can contribute to successful integration. Commentators included Elisabet Elmsäter Vegsö, Swedish Trade Federation and Svenska stadskärnor as well as Christer Östlund, The […]

Pontus Braunerhjelm and co-authors have contributed with the paper “Academic Entrepreneurship: The Bayh-Dole Act versus the Professor’s Privilege” in the recently published special issue of the ILR Review on Entrepreneurship and Employment.  The papers in the issue provide novel findings on labor market institutions, the ecosystem of existing employers, and the human resource management practices […]

Tuesday 27 August The Heritage Foundation visited Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum to present the twenty-fifth edition of the Index of Economic Freedom, a yearly index that aim to document economic freedom in 186 countries in an attempt to understand the relationship between economic freedom and prosperity. The topics that were discussed at the seminar included the […]

Renowned economists gather in Stockholm when Professor Boyan Jovanovic, New York University, receives the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research at a ceremony on 16 May. The Global Award is the foremost international award in entrepreneurship research with a prize sum of € 100,000.  Speakers include: Minister for Business, Industry and Innovation Ibrahim Baylan and Jan-Olof […]

Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum joins the partner network of the Spatial Productivity Lab (SPL) at the OECD Trento Centre for Local Development, which is an integral part of the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities.

Hamza Qadoumi, student Royal Institute of Technology and founder of Ecobloom, is one of the seven best student entrepreneurs in the world! He made if to the global competition, Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, where he competed against 51 other student entrepreneurs from as many countries. Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum congratulates on a brilliant effort!

Europe is facing considerable challenges in regard to immigration and integration. Many research reports have attempted to answer the question of why the employment gap between native and foreign born is relatively large and what measures need to be taken to reduce it. Does migrant entrepreneurship play a role in helping integration and unemployment?

Culture and creativity are fundamental to growth and welfare in society. Securing sufficient funding is an ever-present issue for the culture sector. Welcome to Swedish Philanthropy Summit 2019 where we will discuss the links between philanthropy, culture and community development.  The conference will feature both Swedish and European  cultural sector examples of private cultural initiatives […]

The 2019 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research goes to Boyan Jovanovic, Professor of Economics, New York University. Jovanovic is awarded for his pioneering research on the competitive dynamics between incumbent firms and new ventures, entrepreneurial learning and selection processes. The Global Award is the foremost international award in entrepreneurship research with a prize sum of […]