The Tre Smeder foundation has decided to donate half a million euros to Hanken and the fundraising campaign Count on Hanken. The donation will be paid out during the first quarter of 2022. The campaign Count on Hanken has received donations exceeding 3,4 million euros, including the donation from The Tre Smeder foundation.
Thousands of Swedish-speaking Finns are active in Stockholm's business life. However, many of them don’t know about each other, even though a good network in this community would make it easier to cope with the competition in the city and also support Finnish companies to establish themselves there. This is something that the new network FIKSA – Finnish Contacts in Stockholm's Business Life aims to offer.
Many members of different societies face inequalities due to their sexual orientation and gender. Despite positive legal changes, the experiences of the LGBTI communities show persistent discrimination.
In the next few days, we will send a text message to you as a degree student at Hanken to ask for some feedback about your studies and your well-being.
After last week's preliminary judging, GBSN - Global Business School Network has determined the Top Six teams who will be going to the Final Round of judging in The HUMLOG Challenge! Those teams are (in no particular order):
New digital technologies such as 3D printing, 3D modelling and scanning technologies and AI technologies is changing how designs are created and digitalising thewhole creation process. New research points out that not all works created digitally deserve intellectual property protection in the EU.
The Hanken International Advisory Board (IAB) aims to provide strategic advice and perspectives for the development of the School in accordance with international standards and development trends of accredited business schools. Rector has appointed new members in IAB as of 1.11.2021.
An overview of the complexity, constraints, and evolution of MSF global supply chain operations – A personal decade-based opinion By Diego Flores, MSF Head of Mission and International HUMLOG Institute practitioner fellow.
How to speed up the growth in Finland? This was discussed at the traditional seminar Toppsemi, which was held at The Swedish School of Economics Hanken in Helsinki on 26 October. "We cannot only distribute the cake, but it must be made to grow, and this requires structural societal reforms that make Finland attractive to investors”, the event's keynote speaker Björn Wahlroos stated.
A supply chain perspective can enable the identification of problems in legal processes, factors that affect public procurement and vulnerabilities in preparedness for cascading disasters. New research examines what a supply chain perspective entails in strictly regulated public services and processes.
The nationwide recommendation for remote work has ended and many workplaces have switched to combining remote work and office work in new ways. Different hybrid models will require more planning by both managers and employees and in some cases also redesigning of the office spaces.
There are several recent cases where influential CEOs, such as Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Amazon’s previous CEO Jeff Bezos, have received criticism for poor workplace safety. A new study investigates whether CEO power is detrimental to workplace safety.
Professor emeritus Niklas Bruun has edited a new book that explores the right of employers and employees with regard to intellectual property (IP) created within the framework of the employment relationship.
The Nordic countries have made it easier for women to combine work and family by creating a parental leave system that has contributed to high labour force participation for women and lower costs in the form of lost income. Parental leave can, however, also have negative consequences for women's careers in professions where knowledge progresses fast.
The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland donates 1 000 000 euros to Hanken and the fundraising campaign Count on Hanken. The campaign has now received donations exceeding 2,8 million euros.
How can we create an atmosphere that supports teams to be successful? And how to lead an organisation in the middle of change? These were themes that were discussed at Hankendagen this year. The event was broadcasted from Hanken in Helsinki on 8 October with a record audience.
Due to maintenance work outside Hanken's main building in Helsinki, there will be an interruption in the heat supply throughout the building on Monday 11 October from 8 am to 7 pm.
Hanken School of Economics annually appoints the Alumni of the Year, a Hanken Alumnus/Alumna who has been topical in the past year and has received acknowledgement for their engagement in society. The Alumnus/Alumna has also kept contact with Hanken and shown an interest in the development of Hanken after their graduation. This year, Hanken appointed Heidi Schauman as the Alumna of the Year.
Hanken alumnus Kurt Björklund donates one million euros to the ongoing fundraising campaign Count on Hanken. With his donation, Björklund wishes to inspire Hanken's alumni to participate in the campaign and thereby strengthen Hanken's core activities.
Many countries in Europe are struggling to achieve higher vaccination coverage in the fight against covid-19. This has raised the question of how more people could be motivated to take the vaccine. A new study, which Hanken School of Economics has been involved in and which was published in the scientific journal Science, shows that a small payment equivalent to 20 euros made more people get vaccinated in Sweden.
