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2011 - Heads or tails. Different sides of coins and credits in 19th century Gothenburg - Cornelia Lönnroth - Gothenburg City Museum
During the 19th century, the city of Gothenburg was one of the most expansive in northern Europe and its economic position strengthened. This is reflected...
2011 - Private sponsorship of culture and sports - Ragnar Lund - Stockholm University
Private companies are increasingly contributing to community-building activities by sponsoring culture and sport. Sponsorship partnerships have become important...
2011 - The SME internationalization process: trade barriers, cultural differences and the role of institutions - Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall - Stockholm School of Economics
That a country's institutions play a central role in economic development and how trade patterns are formed. With well-functioning institutions, the...
2011 - The organized entrepreneur - the conditions and effects of business incubators - Mats Hugo Jutterström - Stiftelsen SSE Institute for Research (SIR)
Contrary to the current individual-centric and narrow view of entrepreneurship, organized entrepreneurship is gaining ground in society. Entrepreneurs are increasingly...
2011 - Iron as a transformer of society. State formation and modernization in Sweden 1150-1350 - Bengt Berglund - Jernkontoret
The project examines the role of iron in the process during the Middle Ages - here delimited to 1150-1350 - when a Swedish...
2011 - Endowed Chair in Business History 2011 - Per Cramér - Gothenburg School of Economics
Operating appropriations for the 2011 funding of the endowed chair in Business History held by Professor Susanna Fellman.
2011 - Framework grant to the Department of International Business - Per Cramér - Gothenburg School of Economics
2011 - Growth, transformation and competition - the Swedish life insurance industry 1855-2010 - Lars Fredrik Andersson - Umeå University
The life insurance industry emerged in Sweden in the mid-19th century. In the emerging industrial society, life insurance faced a growing need to provide...
2011 - The European commodity and credit market in pre-industrial times. Bills of exchange and assignments as credit and payment instruments - Magnus Andersson - Gothenburg School of Economics
Major events Economic and political changes take place in Europe during the pre-industrial era and turbulence characterizes the period. Among other things, it...
2011 - Maintaining and developing a research environment for trade-related research - Björn Axelsson - Stockholm School of Economics
Continued support for one year to two PhD students and two post-docs. The research projects are about (1) transparency...
2011 - Conference on "Real Estate Finance" - Anders Anderson - Swedish Institute for Financial Research
The Institute for Financial Research conducts high-quality research in applied financial economics. Through open seminars and conferences, the institute disseminates research results and...
