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June 17, 2014

2013 - Patient experience and medical quality in Swedish primary care - Anna Häger Glenngård - Lund University

Reforms in Swedish primary care in recent years have focused on increased privatization and competition among providers and increased freedom of choice for...

June 17, 2014

2013 - The importance of family members in family firms: A longitudinal population study of ownership and succession - Carin Holmquist - Stockholm School of Economics

Sweden has Europe's oldest entrepreneurs. 75% of managers in privately owned companies are over 40 years old and as many as 38.4% are in...

June 17, 2014

2013 - Printing grant for the project "Heads or Tails" - Per Hallén - Gothenburg School of Economics

In 2011, the three-year project "Krona eller klave. Different sides of coins and credits in 19th century Gothenburg". During the...

June 17, 2014

2013 - Improving pension fund governance - Sven Hemlin - University of Gothenburg, GRI

Together, the public pension funds manage more than SEK 1 trillion in their buffer funds to ensure the financial stability of the pension system over...

June 17, 2014

2013 - Bidding records and auction outcomes - Pär Holmberg - Swedish Institute for Business Research

The bidding protocol specifies in detail which bids are allowed in an auction. For example, the protocol specifies the price range in which...

June 17, 2014

2013 - Developing an environment for trade-relevant research - Björn Axelsson - Stockholm School of Economics

The application concerns continued support for a research environment with trade-relevant research at the Stockholm School of Economics. There is a long history of...

June 17, 2014

2013 - Labor market frictions, wage growth and inequality over the life course - Niklas Engbom - (Princeton University, USA)

There are major international differences in how salaries evolve over careers between the US and Europe: between the ages of 21 and 50...

June 17, 2014

2013 - Corporate globalization: the organization, the entrepreneur, the innovations - Joakim Gullstrand - Lund University

The project is based on cutting-edge research in international trade that studies firms' export and import decisions. In brief...

June 17, 2014

2013 - SIFR Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Anders Anderson - Swedish Institute for Financial Research

Every year, the SIFR organizes a conference on a theme in financial economics. This year, the theme is entrepreneurship, which is a...