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HOI research | How should family firms deal with the tensions of appointing a non-family CEO?
08 May 2020
An increasing number of family firms choose to select a non-family CEO for the highest executive office when there is no suitable family member available. A recent example of this is the Swedish retail giant H&M where the third generation family member Karl-Johan Persson recently handed over to the non-family CEO Helena Helmersson. However, appointing a non-family CEO in a family firm tends to give rise to tensions.
Work from home 鈥 being flexible without losing boundaries
08 May 2020
How flexible are you when working from home? Researcher Dr. Lena Lid Falkman addresses the need to set up customized strategies that can help you line up healthy boundaries to reach more productive days.
Sara Rosengren in SVT morgonstudion
07 May 2020
Sara Rosengren was invited to SVT Morgonstudion to comment on the tough times for physical stores in city centres.
Leadership in times of corona
07 May 2020
Demand for leadership is always greatest during a crisis. But what characterizes strong leadership? Two leadership researchers from the 海角社区下载take a look at why leadership in Sweden stands out from the rest of the world.
Workshop with Ikea
06 May 2020
The students in the IKEA Retail Club had a workshop on sustainability.
The State of the Union conference: 鈥淓urope: Managing the COVID-19 Crisis鈥
06 May 2020
The State of the Union Secretariat live-streams this year's special online edition of the conference: 鈥淓urope: Managing the COVID-19 Crisis鈥, this coming Friday on 8 May.
How much and when should we limit economic activity to ensure the health-care system is not overwhelmed?
06 May 2020
In a recent working paper entitled聽"Optimal epidemic suppression under an ICU constraint", network members Laurent Miclo, Daniel Spiro and J枚rgen Weibull analyze this question and show that "flattening the curve" is not theoretically optimal, instead one should "fill the box".
H&M Expansion Workshop
06 May 2020
H&M鈥檚 Retail Club last activity for the year was a workshop focusing on the expansion of two brands within H&M鈥檚 portfolio. The workshop took place via Teams.
Workshop with Swedish Match
06 May 2020
Swedish Match鈥檚 Retail Club had an online workshop about identifying individual strengths.
Can Increased Textbook Usage Affect Student Learning in Low-Income Countries
06 May 2020
Anders Olofsg氓rd (Associate Professor at SITE) together with co-authors Jean-Benoit Falisse and Marieke Huysentruyt studied the impact of a simple 鈥渢extbooks for self-study鈥 incentive scheme targeting primary school students in DRC.