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When organizations grow too fast, they expose themselves to several risks. In the past, research has shown that people who try to move forward without careful evaluation is often associated with unethical decision-making, while taking time to evaluate consequences is associated with ethical decisions. Does this same rule apply also to organizations?

The World Economic Forum (WEF), one of the most important global platforms for business and economic policy coordination, has published a Misum-written article this week, emphasising the need to tackle the pandemic's many sustainability threats.

A few days ago we introduced Mattias Nordqvist, House of Innovation鈥檚 latest addition! His research focuses on entrepreneurship, innovation and ownership/governance in different types of family firms. Today, he takes us deeper in the interesting world of family-owned businesses. What are their most common traits and challenges? What happens when new generations engage in start-ups? What does it take for a family business to be successful? Mattias answers these questions and more. Keep reading!

The Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (Misum) is looking for a skilled communicator to support the management team with outreach efforts that convey research results for sustainable markets to various stakeholders.

On 16 June 2020, the European Commission updated the status of The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from 鈥渁ssociated partner鈥� to 鈥渇ull member鈥� of CIVICA 鈥� The European University of Social Sciences, following a request submitted by the alliance.

MIT economist Glenn Ellison surveys the epidemiological literature on an SIR extension incorporating heterogeneity in the activity rates of different subpopulations, and notes ways in which analyses based on classic SIR models can potentially yield misleading views. In a similar spirit, a new study by mathematics professor Tom Britton shows that population heterogeneity can significantly impact disease-induced immunity.

In a new paper, network member Christian Gollier analyzes the uncertainty surrounding how contagious a virus is and how that affects optimal suppression.

A new article from Enrico Fontana, Affiliated Researcher at Misum and lecturer at Sasin School of Management, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) investigates the main drivers of transgender discrimination in the Bangladeshi apparel industry. Fontana outlines a typology of collaborative practices to shift mindsets and increase transgender socio-economic inclusivity.

In line with the accelerated digitalisation, SSE has collaborated with the Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company 鈥淯tbildningsradion鈥� to disseminate current research to a variety of economic topics. On board from Misum: Abhijeet Singh and Maria Perrotta Berlin, talking about how to solve the 鈥渓earning crisis鈥� of developing countries by relatively simple measures (#SDG4 #SDG10), and the unintended consequences of the 鈥楴ordic model鈥� of prostitution legislation (#SDG5 #SDG16).

The Italian Society of Economists (SIE) invites to a webinar with Eleni Lioliou (Queen Mary University of London School of Business and Management) and Giovanni Cerulli (IRCrES-CNR - Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth) on Thursday, June 25 at 5 PM CEST.