In 2017, Swedish entrepreneurship decreased, 7.3 percent of the Swedish population is now active at an early stage or operates a young company. Even growth ambitions, as well as level of innovation, have decreased according to the entrepreneurs. The decline in entrepreneurial activity depends solely on a decrease in women’s entrepreneurship.

Olav Sorenson, Professor Yale School of Managenment, received this year’s Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research at a prize ceremony at Grand Hôtel in Stockholm May 14th. The prize consisting of 100,000 euros was awarded by Helene Hellmark Knutsson, Minister of Higher Education and Research.

Johanna Palmberg and Pontus Braunerhjelm, both Research Directors at Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, contributed to HistPhil‘s forum on philanthropy in Sweden with an article on a new social contract. The two authors describe shifting intellectual currents in Sweden which are making it increasingly favorable for philanthropy and conclude by suggesting ways for philanthropic giving to play an increasingly greater […]

Welcome to the  Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research ceremony and prize lecture at Grand Hôtel in Stockholm on May 14. This year, Olav Sorenson, Professor Yale School of Management, is awarded the foremost international award in entrepreneurship research with a prize sum of € 100,000. Sorenson is awarded for showing how entrepreneurial activity and innovation are strongly embedded in […]

In an efficient economy, capital should be rapidly redistributed – from companies and sectors in decline – to more profitable investment opportunities. In a working paper, cited by the Asian NewsLens, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum’s Johan Eklund and Sameeksha Desai, Kauffman Foundation, write that a more concentrated ownership reduces capital market efficiency. Economies with highly concentrated […]

A new presentation folder covering Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum is now available for download. Read about Managing Director Johan Eklund’s ambition for the organization to affect policy to create good conditions for individuals to generate ideas and embark on new businesses ventures.

The 2018 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research goes to Olav Sorenson, Professor Yale School of Management. Sorenson is awarded for showing how entrepreneurial activity and innovation are strongly embedded in socially and spatially bounded relationships. The Global Award is the foremost international award in entrepreneurship research with a prize sum of €100,000.