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On June 12, 2024, Fredrik Söderqvist successfully defended his thesis on the role of bargaining power in modern labor markets. The thesis “Essays on exit, voice, and technology: Industrial relations in modern labor markets” studies the growth of the gig economy in Sweden and analyzes how the industrial relations system has responded to changing business […]

On June 3, 2024, Anna Kusetogullari, Department of Industrial Economics, successfully defended her PhD thesis about software development. In the thesis “Digital Frontiers: Studying the link between Software Development and Firm Prospects for Innovation, Internationalization, and Growth Aspiration”, Anna Kusetogullari examines the link between software development and the ability of firms to innovate. The thesis […]

On May 24, 2024, Henrik Sällberg was promoted to Associate Professor. About Henrik Henrik Sällberg is an Assistant Professor (Universitetslektor) at the Department of Industrial Economics, Blekinge Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Economics and Management from Blekinge Institute of Technology in 2010. His research interests include platform economies, transport economics, and […]

On May 21, 2024, Ola Olsson, Department of Industrial Economics, successfully defended his thesis on equity crowdfunding. The thesis “How do backers manage investment uncertainty in equity crowdfunding?” examines how ICT has given rise to a new class of equity investors through equity crowdfunding. The thesis then studies how these investors use digital tools to […]

Professor Emeritus Claes Wohlin, a distinguished scholar at Blekinge Institute of Technology, and one of the founders of the Software Engineering community in Sweden, has been honoured as an inaugural Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS, placing him in the elite top 0.05% of scholars and ranking him #6 worldwide in Software Engineering. This ranking recognises […]

Johan explains why social exclusion is inconsistent with the Swedish model. He also suggests policies to shrink the employment gap between the domestic and foreign-born such as investing in building skills through school-to-work programs. Read more on his recent interview at BLT’s website (in Swedish): https://www.blt.se/naringsliv/fler-maste-forsorja-sig-sjalva/ Johan E Eklund is Chief Economist of Sydsvenska Industri […]

Johan Eklund, along with Johan P. Larsson, has published a new book “The new social exclusion, the development of self-sufficiency and the future of the welfare state” analyzing unemployment and social exclusion among the foreign born in Sweden and the implications for the welfare state. Over the past few decades, Sweden has had a high […]

Johanna Börrefors, researcher at TIEK, has coauthored two chapters in the anthology Criminological theories and how to use them (Kriminologiska teorier och hur man använder dem). The anthology includes contributions from researchers in the field of criminology and examines the theory of rational choices, control theory, as well as resilience theory linked to risk and […]

Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol was awarded Best Quantitative Paper at the 2024 Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Conference (ACERE) in Sydney, Australia.   Viroj presented his paper titled “Agglomeration economies, the birth and infancy performance of new firms: Evidence along the industry life cycle,” which was written together with co-authors Javier Changoluisa from Universidad Espiritu Santo, Ecuador and Aldo Salinas from Universidad de las Américas, Ecuador. The paper studies how agglomeration economies influence the […]

Innovation drives the Swedish economy forward. Policymakers, in creating a regulatory environment that is favorable for innovation, influence whether and how much firms innovate. The Handbook of Economic Regulation, edited by TIEK professors Pontus Braunerhjelm, Martin Andersson, and Johan Eklund together with Knut Blind, explores this complex interconnection between innovation and regulation. The Handbook was […]