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2008

School of Business,
Economics and Law
annual magazine
carl bennet brings
international
research stars
to gothenburg
Economics Student
of theYear
&
international law
student of the year
600 environmental
researchers
met at the school
graduate school
getting even better
Graphic design & production: Frank & Earnest
Photography: Göran Assner/View, Johannes Berner/Parasoll, Eric Bylander/School of
Business, Economics and Law, Johanna Flemström/School of Business, Economics
and Law, Rolf Hallin, Jeffrey Johns/School of Business, Economics and Law,
Ola Kjelbye, Bobbo Lauhage, Åke E:son Lindman, Göran Olofsson/University of
Gothenburg, Sofia Sabel, Johan Wingborg/University of Gothenburg as well as private.
Printing: Palmeblads Tryckeri
The Annual Magazine is printed on environmentally friendly paper.
Swan label 341188.
Cover: 250 g Multiart silk
Inside pages: 130 g Multiart matt
Cover photo: The picture of Maureen McKelvey, Professor of Industrial Economics,
was taken at the School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg.
Photography: Ola Kjelbye
EFMD
The School is
environmentally
certified in accordance
with ISO 14001.
The School is accredited by EQUIS – the European Quality
Improvement System – a sought-after quality stamp that
demonstrates that the School’s research and education are
of the highest international quality.
Contents
A modern and responsible 85 year-old. ........................................................................ 6
Host for the world’s most important conference............................................... 8
Ethics and economic history on the timetable.................................................. 11
SEK 40 million for new professorship in Business History................... 13
Award-winning students with a feeling for the world.............................. 14
The art of making the very most of things............................................................. 17
Carl Bennet – business leader who brings in the stars from
the international research firmament........................................................................... 18
Marketing manager who guides logistics students........................................ 20
Graduate School set to improve further.................................................................... 24
An exchange semester at India’s hottest university....................................... 26
School of Business, Economics and Law 2008................................................... 29
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“We provide our students with a good
foundation for a responsible attitude
towards social development.”
rolf wolff, dean
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modern
responsible
a
and
85 year-old
The School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg has been in
existence for 85 years.The School was inaugurated in 1923 by Dean
Otto Nordenskjöld, with a total of nine students in the first group. In 2008,
the School educated around 6,500 students who can contribute, in a
responsible and creative manner, towards sustainable global development.
This is something to be proud of.
The School’s popular programmes attracted
many applicants in 2008. The number of firstoption applicants increased by 13 percent compared to the year before, and the total number
of applicants increased by 20 percent.
The School’s Programme in Business and
Economics, analytic focus, was responsible for
the largest increase. Among the linguistic areas
of focus, Chinese increased most in popularity,
with 100 first-option applicants for the 20 places.
The Master of Laws Programme had a total
of 3,748 applicants, making the Programme
the most popular at the School in terms of
the number of applicants.The Master of Laws
Programme was expanded by 100 places during
the year.The Programme now has 250 places.
Even so, the aim is to retain the small-scale feel
and the sense of proximity. And despite the
increase in the number of places, the Programme
has the second-highest admissions credits of all
law programmes in Sweden.
Young people have a good awareness
of the School
According to the Youth Barometer 2008 –
a survey of young people between the ages of
6
15 and 24 across the whole country – awareness
of the School is relatively high. 38 percent
of those asked were aware of the School of
Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg,
and of these 18 percent could imagine becoming
a student at the School.When asked whether
the School would be their first-option choice,
20 percent of these said yes. In addition, the
young people associated the School with “good
exchanges with other countries”, “the courses
are attractive on the market” and “has good
contacts with industry”.
Higher education popular
In autumn 2008, the School’s ten Master of
Science programmes had 1,800 applicants for
300 places.The programmes, which are all
two years in duration, are taught in English
and result in a Master of Science degree.The
Management programme was offered for the
first time, and it was decided during the year
to start up the Marketing and Consumption
programme. As a result, the School will have
eleven Master’s programmes in autumn 2009.
There were a total of 291 Master’s graduates at
the School in 2008, as well as 96 Master of Laws
EDUCATION STRUCTURE
THE EDUCATION IS DIVIDED INTO
THREE CYCLES:
First
Bachelor’s Degree 3 years
Second
Master’s Degree�� 1 years
Master’s Degree�� 2 years
Third
Licentiate Degree�� 2 years
Doctoral Degree�� 4 years
RANGE OF EDUCATION 2009
Programmes within the first cycle
Programme in Business and Economics, 180 ECTS credits or 240 ECTS
credits (Degree of Master of Science
in Business and Economics)
linguistic (French, Spanish, German,
Japanese or Chinese) or analytic focus
Master of Laws Programme, 270
ECTS credits
Bachelor Programme in Logistic
Management, 180 ECTS credits
Programme in Environmental Social
Science, 180 ECTS credits
Single subject courses
The School of Business, Economics
and Law offers a broad range of single
subject courses. These are provided
within both the first and second c ycles
at the School´s six departments:
Business Administration, Economic
History, Economics, Human and Economic Geography, Law and Institute
for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Programmes in the second cycle
within the Graduate School
Taught in English, encompass 120
ECTS credits.
Rolf Wolff, Dean of the School of Business, Economics and Law.
School of Business, Economics and Law 2008.
The award-winning architecture continues to impress guests
and passers-by.
Master of Science in:
Accounting
Economics
Environmental Management
and Economics
Finance
Industrial Management
Intellectual Capital Management
(LLM) graduates.The School of Business, Economics and Law is the faculty of the University
of Gothenburg with the most Master’s graduates.
Much of the School’s research is carried out
within the framework of the PhD education
that is conducted at all the departments.The
number of new admissions to PhD education
at the School fell in 2005–2006, before starting
to increase again in 2007. 31 PhD students were
admitted in 2008, which is an increase of six
students compared to the previous year. Av de
antagna var 35 procent kvinnor.
Many opportunities for collaboration
There have been many opportunities for
alumni, students, industry and researchers to
meet during the year.The School’s alumni
meetings provided an opportunity for alumni,
lecturers and researchers from the School to
meet, while the Student Union’s labour market
days facilitated meetings between students and
industry. Career Service’s inspiration evenings
provided students with the chance to meet
alumni to learn which areas of focus they opted
for in their studies, as well as how these choices
affected their careers. At the School of Executive
Education, further education was provided
based on academic research for industry and the
public sector.These are just a few examples of
the opportunities for exchanging knowledge
that were provided during 2008.
All-time-high in external grants
The majority of the research at the School is
funded by external grants.The long-term work
aimed at increasing grants produced good
results in 2008, with the School receiving large
donations for Design Management, Business
History and postgraduate education. A generous
grant from the Sten A. Olsson Foundation for
Research and Culture laid the foundations
for a new institute focusing on innovation and
entrepreneurship, which will be launched in
2009. All together, external grants reached an
all-time-high in 2008.
International Business and Trade
Logistics and Transport Management
Management
Marketing and Consumption
Tourism and Hospitality
Management
Institute for Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
Postgraduate education
Provided within all the departments at
the School.
HIGH ADMISSION CREDITS
The School’s programmes hold their
own well in the face of the competition,
and in most cases the admissions
credits were higher in 2008 than the
year before.
Admission credits in the second
selection, Autumn 2008 (max. 20):
Programme in Business and
Economics
Analytic�� 18,95
French�� 17,81
Japanese�� 18,40
Chinese�� 18,80
Spanish�� 18,10
German�� 18,02
Bachelor Programme in
Logistic Management�� 17,20
Master of Laws Programme�� 18,90
Programme in Environmental
Social Science�� 16,67
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important
host for the
world’s most
conference
When the world’s leading environmental and natural resource economists
met to discuss sustainable development in poor countries, the level of
support was impressive. More than 600 researchers from 49 countries
attended EAERE 2008, the largest environmental economics conference
in Europe.The School and the Environmental Economics Unit were the
proud hosts for the conference.
Christian Azar,
Professor of Physical Resource Theory at Chalmers
University of Technology.
Maureen Cropper,
Professor of Economics at
the University of Maryland,
USA.
Environmental economics involves looking at
the costs and benefits of various measures for
dealing with issues such as waste management
and global warming.The main theme for the
conference in Gothenburg was Climate change
and environmental problems in developing
countries.The topicality of the subject was
evident in particular from the influx of both
prominent researchers and representatives from
the political and administrative worlds. Also
attending the conference were delegates from
environmental protection agencies in various
European countries, the Executive Director of
the European Environment Agency, Jacqueline
McGlade, as well as a number of Swedish
director-generals:Tomas Kåberger from the
Swedish Energy Agency and Lars-Erik Liljelund,
then Director of the Swedish Environmental
Protection Agency and now Director-General
with responsibility for climate issues within the
Prime Minister’s Office.
Many of those who participated are normally
researchers in the field of environmental
economics in developing countries. There
they educate politicians and decision-makers,
which means that they help developments in
these countries take place in a sustainable and
environmentally aware manner.
Major challenges
Xu Jintao, Professor of
Environmental Economics
at Peking University, China.
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The challenge of sustainable development is
most evident in poor countries, and it is also
here that the mismanagement of natural resources
is greatest.This means that effective management of environmental and natural resources
is extremely important in these countries, and
that there is considerable interest in interchange
and in charting what is being done at present to
rectify the problems.
One of the principal speakers at the confe
rence was Maureen Cropper, Professor of
Economics at the University of Maryland, USA.
She analysed the very high costs in the form
of loss of income and loss of welfare caused by
poor health among inhabitants in Asia’s cities.
According to Cropper, there should be a greater
focus on preventive measures in the form of
environmental investments in order to achieve
better air quality in these cities. Professor Xu
Jintao was one of those who listened with
interest during her lecture “What are the
health costs of air pollution in China? What is
being done to reduce them?”. Xu Jintao is an
environmental researcher from China, whose
work includes encouraging his rapidly growing
country to start using alternative energy sources
to a greater extent.
“Our strong economic growth is having
consequences, and the Government has now
started to understand this.The structure of the
country with its heavy industry means that
pollution is on the increase, and this is having an
impact both locally and globally,” explains Xu
Jintao. He also feels that there has long been a
lack of knowledge about environmental issues
in China.
Good grades for serious conference
Christian Azar, Professor of Physical Resource
Theory at Chalmers, was another principal
speaker who described how climate change
may entail costs and hardships that will affect
the very poorest the most. An example of this
are the people in lowland areas of Bangladesh,
who have neither insurance nor the potential
to protect themselves against the increased
frequency of typhoons or rising sea water levels.
Thomas Sterner is a Professor of Environmental Economics at the School of Business,
Economics and Law, as well as being the current
Chair of EAERE. He saw Christian Azar’s
speech as an excellent example of the responsibility that the Western world has.
“Reducing the rate of global warming is as
important a way of saving lives in the future as
medical investments.We in the rich countries
of the world have a responsibility for those who
are harmed by the climate change we cause.
We can best manage this by reducing emissions,”
says Thomas Sterner, who was also the host
of the conference in Gothenburg. He is still
gladdened by the words of praise he received
afterwards – according to many it was the best
conference they had ever been to.
“The conference went wonderfully well.
Thanks to a large group of environmental
economists at the School of Business, Economics
and Law, all of whom worked really hard, we
succeeded in staging a unique conference.”
In addition to the praise,Thomas Sterner is
happy to recall the discussions that were held
regarding the discount rate of interest, whether
biofuel leads to famine and who should bear the
burden of environmental taxes.
These matters will continue to be discussed
at the 2009 EAERE conference in Amsterdam,
which Thomas Sterner has been working on
during the year.
“I am looking forward to exciting new
discussions that are interesting from a research
perspective as well as being important for
sustainable development. Above all I am looking
forward to a rewarding meeting with good
friends; the conferences are like a string of
meetings where we get to know each other and
further develop our co-operation,” concludes
Thomas Sterner.
BRIEF FACTS ABOUT EAERE
EAERE stands for the European
Association of Environmental and
Resource Economists
Environmental economics is the
use of economic tools to understand underlying causes of environmental problems, as well as how
they can be resolved
450 scientific articles were
presented at EAERE 2008
At EAERE, Mats Segnestam,
who has devoted his professional
life to environmental issues as
the Head of Sida’s environmental
policy unit, was presented with the
European Practitioner Achievement
Award in Applying Environmental
Economics.
Michael Hanemann, Professor of
Agriculture and Resource Economics at the University of California in
the USA, was presented with the
European Lifetime Achievement
Award in Environmental Economics
EAERE 2009 will take place in
Amsterdam
“Reducing the rate of global warming is
as important a way of saving lives in the
future as medical investments.”
Thomas Sterner Wajda Irfaeya can measure individuals´ feeling of
responsibility.
Measuring PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
PUBLISHING RECORD
WITHIN ECONOMICS
Personal responsibility among individuals in
working life is extremely important for the
success of any organisation. Up until now,
however, it has been unclear what personal
responsibility actually is.This is now changing,
through a doctoral thesis by Wajda Irfaeya at
the Department of Business Administration.
The doctoral thesis “Employee Responsibility:
Conceptualization,Validation, Determinants
and Outcomes” is based on responses from 677
individuals employed at a Swedish corporation.
In the doctoral thesis,Wajda Irfaeya explains the
concept of personal responsibility, demonstrates
what affects the desire to take responsibility,
and how this impacts on key work behaviours
and attitudes such as job performance and job
satisfaction.
“I have developed a model for measuring
personal responsibility. It is possible to study how
personal responsibility influences performance
in various contexts, and how businesses can
reinforce their employees’ sense of responsibility,”
says Wajda Irfaeya.
The doctoral thesis shows that the term
personal responsibility comprises three dimensions: a sense of obligation, feeling accountable
for own actions and taking the initiative. At
the same time, consideration must be given to
the various roles of individuals, and the study
draws a distinction between managers and nonmanagers, for example.
“Managers require different conditions to
be able to feel responsible and thereby perform
better,” says Wajda Irfaeya. “As a manager you
have different resources, you work strategically
and usually dislike being controlled by others.”
2008 was a good year for the Department of
Economics. Never before has the Department
succeeded in having so many articles published
in important international journals.This success
is no fluke, but rather the result of hard work
over an extended period.
For a number of years, one of the Department’s
goals has been to increase its presence in the
highest ranked journals and thereby also to
improve its own ranking. This has become
increasingly important in the increasingly fierce
global competition.
Clear incentive structures have been a success
factor. Just as at many other universities around
the world, the criteria for setting wage rates are
linked to publications according to the ranking list
issued by the Dutch research institute Tinberger.
However, the Department of Economics has
gone one step further and introduced an additional reward system. Researchers who succeed
in having an article published in one of the five
best journals receive SEK 50,000. Publication in
one of the next ten journals on the list results in
an award of SEK 20,000.
DRM – THE NEW COPYRIGHT
DRM, or Digital Rights Management, is a broad
Kristoffer Schollin is hoping for creative innovation.
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concept that covers many types of technology
for checking access to as well as utilisation and
distribution of intellectual property.This can
apply to everything from CDs to sophisticated
online shops for music and film. Kristoffer
Schollin, Doctor of Intellectual Property Law,
has written the doctoral thesis “Digital Rights
Management – the New Copyright”.
“When I started writing it five years ago, the
technology was relevant in the USA. At that
time the focus was all on Napster, the first file
sharing programme that was distributed and
used by a large number of people. Now that
the doctoral thesis is complete, we are suddenly
focusing on Sweden in the form of Pirate Bay,”
says Kristoffer Schollin.
According to Kristoffer Schollin, the success
of DRM depends on how free those who design
the regulations are in their thinking. It is not
only important to preserve what already exists.
It is necessary to identify a new way of managing the economics surrounding music and
film, daring to release creativity and think along
new lines.
DEVELOPING DEVELOPMENT
GEOGRAPHY
At the Department of Human and Economic
Geography, five researchers and two doctoral
students have come together in the research
field of Development geography.The particular
focus here is on how globalisation processes
affect people’s living conditions in developing
countries.
“We are studying how global phenomena
produce local effects, above all in Africa,” explains
Margareta Espling, a researcher at the Department.The issues being studied by the group
include combating poverty, the supply situation
in rural areas of Cambodia, the importance of
gender, social networks and local mobilisation
in Mozambique and Uganda, and land usage,
access to water and supplies in Rwanda.
With the aim of building up research expertise,
Sida is providing support to selected universities
in developing countries. One of these is Makerere
University in Uganda. A number of doctoral
students there are receiving both Ugandan and
Swedish guidance.
“Collaborating on the provision of guidance
within this project gives us a wonderful exchange
of experiences.This is inspirational, and there is
also a great deal to learn from communicating
with a different academic culture,” says Margareta
Espling, who has provided guidance for a
Ugandan doctoral student.
Ethics
economic history
and
on the timetable
The world has been caught napping – the financial crisis
is a fact and many are asking themselves how it could have
happened so quickly. But not Thomas Polesie, Professor of
Business Administration at the School of Business, Economics
and Law, who has the opportunity to pore over all the facts
and figures.
Thomas Polesie looks calm, as far from a crisis
as you can get. But he is not surprised at the
current financial turmoil. He believes that the
situation has been developing for a long time.
The course of events is admittedly faster than
in previous crises, and it is affecting the whole
world, but the signs have been seen before.
“Some phenomena recur time and again
through history. So this is hardly a bolt out of
the blue,” says Thomas Polesie.“The companies
that take the effort to analyse their figures
regularly have the chance to discover what is
happening and to take evasive action. Because
behind the figures are events that have occurred
and expectations about the future.”
Good corporate analyses take time
and energy
Society would benefit from more, in-depth,
independent corporate analyses, considers
Thomas Polesie. But he also admits that these
analyses take a long time.
“You have to study annual reports, overviews
covering several years and press clippings.We
also need to add to this with in-depth interviews in order to ascertain an accurate picture
of the company,” says Thomas Polesie.
The information is there, but it requires both
NEW RESEARCH CENTRE:
CENTRE FOR RETAILING
The Swedish retail trade turns over SEK 467
illion a year (2007, Statistics Sweden), the wholeb
sale trade a further SEK 900 billion (2005, Swedish
Retail Institute), and the trade association Svensk
Handel has more than 275,000 employees in its
13,000 member companies.Trade and consumption are extremely important for public finances
and their development. At the same time, there
time and energy
to find it. Over the
years, the School has
focused on corporate
analyses in the fields
“The companies that take the effort to analyse their figures regularly have the chance
of shipping, real estate
to discover what is happening,” says Thomas Polesie.
and manufacturing
companies, and this
work is continuing.
wrong in various situations and to look back
“Analysing companies is fascinating,” says
at past events.”
Thomas Polesie. “Now that the ‘crisis’ is a fact,
The School of Business, Economics and
we have more to do than ever. One topical
Law tries to educate its students in under
question is how should we act in the event of a
standing people’s behaviour in different situacrisis. How should companies move forward?
tions. Managing financing, for example, is often
And how can we prevent it happening again?
complicated and dependent on many different
Moral perspectives are important
factors. In this respect,Thomas Polesie believes
Thomas Polesie does not believe that universithat integrity is a good characteristic. It helps to
ties can escape their share of the responsibility
be independent of others, as well as to have the
as regards the current situation. He considers
ability to read opinions.
that an analysis must also be carried out at the
“Role play is currently interwoven in
School regarding what went wrong, not only
the teaching. This is a good method that is
technically but also morally.
both exciting and rewarding,” says Thomas
“Universities do not teach enough about
Polesie. “I am convinced that the students
the importance of economic history, ethics
of the future will think in a much broader
and morals,” says Thomas Polesie. “All those
perspective, with ethical and moral issues
who teach need more time together with the
taking their place and where there is a longer
students to reflect about what is right and
time perspective.”
is a lack of co-ordinated research in the field.
These are some of the reasons for the School,
in co-operation with the Handelns Forsknings
stiftelse (a corporate research foundation),
inaugurating the Centre for Retailing in October
– a research centre with the focus on trade.
The purpose of the venture is to increase
knowledge about the importance of trade
and to generate increased interest in trade as a
phenomenon in society.
The School has a long tradition of research
within trade-related subjects such as consumer
science, the retail trade, marketing and logistics.
This, combined with the fact that trade has
been central to Gothenburg’s economy for
several hundred years, contributed to the creation
of the research centre.
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PUBLIC DEFENCE OF DOCTORAL THESES 2008
Alpaslan Akay, Economics: “Essays on Microeconometrics and Immigrant Assimilation”
Leif Anjou, Business Administration: “Political steering
of local government operations under own management. A multiple case study of elderly care and health
and medical services”
Marita Blomkvist, Business Administration: “Entrepreneurs as accountants – the year-end procedures in
Gazelle-firms”
Ingmari Cantzler, Business Administration: “Teamoriented entrepreneurs. A study of co-operation and
development in entrepreneurial teams”
Evert Carlsson, Economics: “After Work – Investing
for Retirement”
Karl Erlandzon, Economics: “Retirement Planning:
Portfolio Choice for Long-Term Investors”
Johan Hagberg, Business Administration: “Fluid identities. NetOnNet and the return of e-commerce”
Gustav Hansson, Economics: “Essays on Social Distance, Institutions, and Economic Growth”
Xianghong Hao, Business Administration: “Coping
with Project Complexity. A study of a yearly facelift car
project at Volvo Car Corporation”
Wajda Irfaeya, Business Administration: “Employee
Responsibility: Conceptualization, Validation, Determinants and Outcomes”
Elisabeth Karlsson, Business Administration: “Delivery options for grocery e-commence”
Elina Lampi, Economics: “Individual Preferences,
Choices, and Risk Perceptions – Survey Based Evidence”
Fredrik Lavén, Business Administration: “Organizing
Innovation. How Policies are Translated into Practice”
ONE MILLION DOLLARS
DONATED
SEK 40 MILLION FOR
INNOVATIVE COLLABORATION
One million dollars, or SEK 6.7 million. That
is what the School received in a donation
from the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation,
a US foundation that supports education and
Swedish culture via projects in Sweden and
North America.
With this donation as a basis, the School has
created a new postgraduate programme – The
Osher PhD student fellowship positions – which
also includes a study trip for the PhD students.
“We want to provide the PhD students with
the opportunity to visit inspiring research
environments at one of California’s leading
universities, such as Stanford or Berkeley,”
says Claes G. Alvstam,Vice-Dean with overall responsibility for research at the School of
Business, Economics and Law.The first two
scholarship recipients are Andreas Moberg,
Department of Law, and Pelle Ahlerup, Department of Economics.
The Torsten Söderberg Foundation donated
SEK 40 million during the year for a professor
ship in Design management – a collaboration
between the School of Design and Crafts
(HDK) and the School of Business, Economics
and Law.
“The aim is for HDK and the School of
Business, Economics and Law to work in the
long term to develop knowledge and research
within an area at the boundary between design
and economics,” said Tomas Söderberg, Chair
of the Torsten Söderberg Foundation, when the
donation was made public.
Lena Lindberg, Economic Geography: “The Regionalisation Process in Southeast Asia and the Economic
Integration of Cambodia and Laos into ASEAN”
Torbjörn Ljungkvist, Business Administration: “Business advice. Interplay between entrepreneur and
experts”
Zia Mansouri, Business Administration: “Governing
Innovation. Internet and Renewal in Swedish Banks”
Andreea Mitrut, Economics: “Four Essays on Interhousehold Transfers and Institutions in Post-Communist Romania”
Farzana Munshi, Economics: “Essays on Globalization
and Occupational Wages”
Grisha Alexis Palma Aguirre, Economics: “Explaining
Earnings and Income Inequality in Chile”
Svante Prado, Economic History: “Aspiring to a Higher
Rank. Swedish Factor Prices and Productivity in International Perspective 1860–1950”
Kristoffer Schollin, Intellectual Property Law: “Digital
Rights Management – the New Copyright”
Lisa Emelia Svensson, Business Administration: “A
Discourse Analysis of Innovation Policies for Economic
Growth”
Magnus Söderberg, Business Administration: “Four
essays on efficiency in Swedish electricity distribution”
Sven Tengstam, Economics: “Essays on Smallholder
Diversification, Industry Location, Debt Relief, and
Disability and Utility”
Kristina Thorell, Human Geography: “Bottom-up approaches within nature conservation planning in the
cultural landscape; preconditions for local participation
and decentralisation”
Elias Tsakas, Economics: “Essays on Epistemology
and Evolutionary Game Theory”
Sanja Vujicic, Business Administration: “Photographic
Messages in Tourism Advertising. Advertisers’ Planning for the Production of as well as Potential Tourists’
Interpretation of Photographic Messages in Tourist
Brochures”
MANAGEMENT TRAINING THE BEST
MEDICINE FOR HEALTHCARE
In October, Helena Öfverström defended her
doctoral thesis “The step to management – Doctors
as clinical managers”. The thesis demonstrates
that doctors perceive management training to
be the best aid for helping them understand the
role of managers.
“I identified three different ways for a manager
to develop his or her management.They can
learn from former managers or learn by working
as a manager. A third alternative is for them to
learn to become managers through theory and
education,” explains Helena Öfverström.
In her doctoral thesis, Helena Öfverström
came to the conclusion that clinical managers
feel that neither role models nor practical
manager ial work teaches them to become
managers.This is both because management is
relatively invisible within healthcare, and because
the day-to-day work gets in the way of what they
perceive as “the real managerial work”. However,
they perceive that management training helps
them to understand the role of the manager.
It acts as a bridge between their ideal and the
practical experience of being a manager.
Kristian Wasén, Business Administration: “Robot
surgery - Remote closeness providing a new method
of human-robot interaction within top-level service
production”
Karl Ydén, Business Administration: “‘War’ and the
career system”
John Ylander, Business Administration: “Constructive
management – Synchronizing relations in change”
Precious Zikhali, Economics: “Land Reform, Trust and
Natural Resource Management in Africa”
Helena Öfverström, Business Administration: “The
step to management. Doctors as clinical managers”
Anders Örtenblad, Business Administration: “Making
Sense of Vague Management Ideas”
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Helena Öfverström strikes a blow for the clinical manager.
THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
– HARDLY THE LAST
In October 2008, the Centre for Finance at the School
of Business, Economics and Law arranged a panel discussion regarding the causes of the financial crisis, its
consequences and possible solutions.
Peter Rydell, Executive Vice President and Regional
Manager of Swedbank, pointed out that this systemic
crisis, unlike the one that Sweden experienced at the
start of the 1990s, spans the whole world.There are
many reasons, but according to Evert Carlsson, Director
of the Centre for Finance, part of the problem is related
to properties and their financing:
“The banks’ loans for financing property purchases
have a long time horizon. However, as the banks’ own
financing of these loans has a short duration, a liquidity
problem arises.”
Peter Rydell also highlighted political factors in this
context:
“The US lending institutes are governmental organisations. One reason for the crisis is that they have been
under political pressure to lend money to people without security.”
The panel’s representatives from both industry
and the academic world observed that the current
crisis will not be the last. And by way of conclusion,
the students in the hall, who will be responsible for
handling future crises, received a few wise words from
Peter Rydell to help them on their way:
“You can go a long way with common sense.
Never become involved in taking decisions you don’t
understand – it is very dangerous.”
sek 40 million for
new professorship in
Business
History
The Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Foundations have awarded the School
SEK 40 million for a professorship in Business History based at the Department
of Economic History. Head of Department Sverker Jonsson is looking forward to
being able to further strengthen and develop the Business History area.
The School’s economic historians have long
carried out research and taught about companies and various sectors, including the forestry
industry, the shipyards, the food industry, the
banking sector and the railways, as well as their
growth and development.
The academic discipline of Business History
has its roots in economic history, describing
the growth of the industrial society, conducting
in-depth analyses of the history of individual
companies, highlighting patterns over time and
clarifying the importance of entrepreneurship
and innovations.The historical dimension
provides the students with new perspectives on
general, topical and socially important phenomena, as well as helping them to understand the
times in which they are living.
“Above all we are now seeing the effects of
insufficient knowledge on this subject,” says
Sverker Jonsson. “The insight that the students
have after completing their economics studies –
with an in-depth insight into Business History
– will help them to see worrying signs in
society during the good times. And as a result
to act both more sensibly and more quickly.
This subject is relatively unknown for students
coming straight from upper-secondary school,
although most of them quickly see the benefit
of better understanding the age in which they
are living. My response when asked why we
should learn about the olden days is generally
“In order to look forwards, you have to look
backwards, otherwise you will have to look
out!”,” concludes Sverker Jonsson.
INTERACTION BETWEEN
PEOPLE IN THE WORKPLACE
“In the book we have gathered all Swedish
research that has anything to say about leadership.
Here we describe leadership from a Swedish perspective, which is unique,” says Sten Jönsson.
The LIM research programme is also relevant
for the project “Attitudes toward employability in
the Swedish work sector”, where the effects that
the European employability strategy have had as
regards employees in Swedish working life have
been charted and evaluated. In addition, research
is being conducted regarding “The creativitystimulating manager”, where the aim is to
increase knowledge about how managers in
R&D groups can facilitate and stimulate the
creativity and innovative capacity of the group.
Another interesting project is “We don’t
move”. In this, the work on change conducted
by high-tech and knowledge-intensive indus
trial companies in order to retain production
and production development in Sweden in the
long term is being investigated.
Professor Sten Jönsson is responsible for the
Ledership, Innovation and Co-workers (LIM)
research programme. He has conducted research
into management for more than 40 years, and
can state that there is a great deal left to explore
within this subject. Under the auspices of the
LIM project, several interesting research results
have shed light on the interaction between
people in the workplace.
The LIM research programme gathers together
multi-disciplinary research about leadership
and employeeship.The purpose is to investigate
various aspects of innovation and innovative
capacity.The starting point is the fact that
Swedish and Scandinavian organisers have developed unique relations between managers and
employees. During the year, LIM has presented
several interesting publications on this topic.
The Management book is one of them.
Head of Department Sverker Jonsson is pleased about
the increased resources.
TORSTEN AND RAGNAR SÖDERBERG
FOUNDATIONS
Over the past year, the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg
Foundations have distributed grants and awards totalling around SEK 290 million. The largest ventures in
2008 are three professorship donations, of which the
School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg
has been awarded one totalling SEK 40 million on the
subject of Business History.
An additional donation of SEK 40 million came to the
School through a collaboration with the School of
Design and Crafts at the University of Gothenburg.
Sten Jönsson is in the limelight with the Management
book, in which he has gathered together all Swedish research
about leadership.
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award-winning
students
with a feeling
for the
world
Irja Sandin and Lily König are two energetic students from the School of
Business, Economics and Law who have more in common than their national
awards. Both have demonstrated that an investment in education does not
necessarily have to mean that the outside world has to wait.Their driving force
is their great commitment to life’s other issues.
Irja Sandin completed her degree of Master of
Science in Business and Economics in autumn 2008
and was awarded the national Economics Student
of the Year 2008 prize. Lily König, who is studying
law, was awarded the International Law Student of
the Year 2008 prize.These two distinctions reveal
that these girls are aiming high, but also charitably.
The fuel for their sharp minds is commitment to
that which is closest to their hearts. For Irja Sandin,
this relates to ideas that are good for society and
the desire to create a fairer world. For several years
Irja Sandin was the Chair of the University of
Gothenburg’s Environmental Association, as well
as being active within the justice movement. She
was project leader for the Fair Trade Forum 2008,
which brought together some forty speakers, for
example on the subject of “How to include ethical
requirements during procurement and purchasing”.
The speakers came from right across Sweden as well
as several other countries. In addition to the lectures, Irja Sandin arranged a large product market for
ethical and fairly produced goods.
“Even as a twelve year-old I was really angry
about all the things that were not working. Outside
our house in Botkyrka there was a refuse container
in which everything was discarded without being
sorted. I simply couldn’t accept that,” says Irja Sandin.
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“I wrote a note which I stuck up on the container,
in which I explained how and where people could
recycle things such as newspaper and glass.”
Working for free
Lily König also wanted to get more out of her studies
and to find an outlet for her social commitment.
Together with other law students at the School, she
therefore launched a legal service for vulnerable
women. Lily König and other students work for free
to help and guide women who, for various reasons,
have contacted the women’s helpline.
“We are one hundred percent committed: we
print material, apply for grants, go to the media
to call attention to a growing social problem,” says
Lily König. “I have always wanted to do some good.
This driving force probably comes from my time
in Nepal, where I lived as a child with my parents.
I saw poverty at close quarters and understood that
it was the social structure that prevented some from
living a good life. How can you influence your
life – and the lives of others? I am trying to find the
answers to these questions.”
A larger world
Both Lily König and Irja Sandin understood from
an early age that a good education opens doors.
“How can you influence your life
– and the lives of others?
I am trying to find the answers
to these questions.”
Lily König
“Keeping this commitment alive
gives me a broader perspective as
regards economics.”
Irja Sandin Irja Sandin almost opted for medical studies, but
now she is pleased that she opted for economics at
the School of Business, Economics and Law.
“Medical studies would have meant focusing
solely on medicine for five years.That doesn’t
suit me – I want to gain an insight into different
worlds and have scope for my interest in sustainable
development and fair trade,” she says. “Keeping this
commitment alive gives me a broader perspective as
regards economics. I think differently.”
Lily König had no great insight into the legal
world when she decided to study at the School.
Her social interests were the governing factor.
“Law is everywhere in society. Studying law
means that I have the opportunity to learn a
method, a way of thinking, a way of reasoning and
solving problems,” says Lily König. “My involvement in ELSA, an international organisation for
lawyers, gives me the chance to apply my knowledge already.Within ELSA we write articles, arrange
seminars and pass on contacts between law students
in different countries. Now that I have had the
opportunity to use my knowledge in practice, I feel
that I have made the right choice!”
The desire for an even broader perspective on life
has led to studies overseas for both Lily König and
Irja Sandin. Lily König is now spending her advanced
studies year in France, and then wants to practise
law in Vienna for six months. Irja Sandin was attracted
by Barcelona and its culture, and she chose to study
in this environment for six months. She wrote her
Master’s paper in an entirely different part of the
world, Sri Lanka, where she studied working conditions within the tea industry.
Do what you enjoy
Lily König and Irja Sandin both radiate an energy
that is almost tangible, and they appears to be
able to convert this into just about anything at all.
Their social life also provides more energy, and the
girls take care to keep their interests alive during
their studies.
“You simply have to decide not to sacrifice
too much during this time,” says Lily König. “It is
important to take the time to do the things you
enjoy. I am very sociable and want to have my
friends around me, although I also enjoy reading
books and make time to do this.”
“If I am doing something I enjoy, then I make the
time. It also gives me energy, which in turn means
that I am able to do my studies,” says Irja Sandin.
“For example, I am currently training to run in
the Stockholm marathon.This involves many miles
in the forest, and I set myself new goals before each
training session. Breaking through boundaries is
wonderful, on whatever level these exist.”
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Eva Ossiansson tried problem-based learning.
Louise Gustafsson, Erik Björling and Henrik Nandra
competed in the Slovenian city of Maribor.
VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE
PRODUCES BETTER LEARNING
E-BOOKS – AN INVESTMENT
FOR THE FUTURE
In times of crisis, it is clear that companies with
a short-term quarterly approach find it increasingly difficult to survive, and that disjointed
management and a lack of understanding of
which products customers want will be punished.
During the autumn, the business administration students at the School have been allowed
to make their mistakes in the classroom rather
than subsequently in business. In the Market
planning course, they have had the opportunity
to manage and run virtual companies over
a compressed ten-year period, so learning
what good and responsible leadership entails.
And vice versa.
Eva Ossiansson, course leader, wanted to move
away from the traditional setup of lectures, project
work, course books and exams, and instead try
out problem-based learning. She found SimBiz,
a web-based business simulation that is actually
designed for the training of company managers.
Using it as an educational tool for a hundred
students was a challenge.
“The course is based on a high level of commitment on the part of the students, with a
higher degree of participation required than in
traditional education. On the other hand, how
ever, we know that people learn more when the
acquired knowledge has to be put into practice,”
says Eva Ossiansson, who feels that this new way
of teaching results in the students, through their
own management experiences, being able to see
the consequences of their decisions.
The Economics Library is making a major
investment in e-books in order to safeguard
access to course and research literature.There
are now no less than 50,000 e-books in the
library’s database.
“E-books have a lot of advantages. One major
added value of course is that the book is always
there, wherever you are in the world.You can
also search for topics or terms in many e-books
simultaneously, which saves a great deal of time
compared to searching through printed books
one by one,” explains Göran Bergh, Principal
Librarian at the Economics Library.
Those studying, working or carrying out
research at the University of Gothenburg have
the opportunity to log in and share the multitude of e-books, while course leaders have the
potential to put together an entire electronic
course package. However, Göran Bergh does
not believe that e-books will completely replace
printed books in the foreseeable future.
“E-books are relatively well suited to economic and legal subjects.They are not as good
when you have to read large amounts of text at
the same time. Reading on the screen can then
become hard work.”
LAW STUDENTS WON A PLACE
IN THE FINAL
The School’s team progressed to the regional
final of The European Law Moot Court Competition in 2008. Over the course of two intensive
days in February, the team comprising Erik
Björling, Louise Gustafsson and Henrik Nandra
competed in the Slovenian city of Maribor
against eleven other universities for a place in
the All European Final.They competed both as
a team and individually.The team’s coach in
Maribor was Eric Bylander, LL.D.
The verbal arguments in a fictitious EU law
case in front of a panel of judges were successful.
In the competition’s final stage, the All European
Final, which took place before the European
Court of Justice in Luxembourg a few months
later, only four of the original 77 teams remained, as well as four individual competitors.
Erik Björling was one of the four finalists, as
one of the two best general advocates in the
entire competition.
After seven judges from the European Court
of Justice and the Court of the First Instance had
listened to their statements, the final winners
of the competition were the Collège d’Europe,
Universität Wien and Helsingin Yliopisto.
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ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
IN NEW MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMME
During 2008, the School launched its first pure
management programme within the second
cycle: Master of Science in Management.The
programme focuses in particular on ethics and
sustainability. Here the students learn not only
how to design incentive structures and optimise
production units, but also the ethical problems
that can result from this.
The programme is research-based and covers
a broad spectrum of subjects, including behavioural science, financial structures and change
management.
The students acquire general knowledge
about leadership, but also have the opportunity
to tailor their education according to their
specific career plans and to work on their own
strengths and weaknesses. It is all about preparing yourself for a life in interaction with
people. A manager cannot stick to ready-made
models, but has to learn to navigate through
constant change.
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS,
ECONOMICS AND LAW BEST
IN SWEDEN
“Best in Sweden!”That was the assessment of
the School’s education within business administration, viewed in terms of how well the
education interacts with working life, according
to the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise’s
collaboration survey in 2008.The School took
first place with top marks for both work placements and working life-related project work and
degree projects.
The School’s Programme in Business and
Economics includes several courses of seminar
work, where the students are allocated a company and a contact person. Most in-depth areas
within business administration incorporate
collaboration with industry. For example, all the
students on the year-long master’s programme
“Management of growth companies”
have a sponsor company.
There are around 40 companies within the
School’s Partnership Programme, collaborating
with the School in various ways, such as on
work relating to seminars and degree projects.
Guest lecturers from the partner companies
are also a regular feature of the business administration courses.
The art
of things
of making the
very most
Anna Fernlund is a passionate student who finds it easy
to get involved. She wants to acquire as much knowledge as
possible from her time at the School – and also to have fun at
the same time. Her involvement in the Student Association
provides her with exactly this. She is not satisfied simply
with theoretical knowledge – there is so much more to learn
alongside her education.
“Why not take the chance when it is right
in front of your nose?” says Anna Fernlund.
“Through the Student Association I gain an
insight into entirely new worlds and can prepare
myself for life after my studies.The Student
Association actually challenges me every day.
Here I get to meet new, exciting people both
from industry and other universities – and all
are happy to share their experiences.”
Make your voice heard
Anna Fernlund has already tried using her
knowledge in working life. As one of the
consultants in the Student Association´s
company, Handels Consulting, she offers her
skills to industry. Here she gets to compete
with other companies on the private market.
Anna Fernlund is not only inquisitive regarding
the outside world. At the School she has also
made a name for herself behind the scenes at
management level. She has held the exciting
role of Chair of the Education Committee
within the Association leadership, and this has
given her the opportunity to influence education. Anna Fernlund has also held a position
in the Academic Appointments Board, and has
made her voice heard in the selection of new
professors, researchers and teachers.
“We get to be involved and to have an influence, and I am able to witness a level of sensitivity that I believe to be specific to this School,”
says Anna Fernlund. “The students always have
a say when decisions are taken that influence
the education.”
Energy, desire
and good results
Anna Fernlund has
Through her involvement in the Student Association, Anna Fernlund gains an insight into many
several irons in the
different worlds
fire. As the project
School and why it is a good choice. She considers
leader for gadden 2008, she made it possible
this to be a simple and enjoyable task, as she is so
for the students to meet some eighty companies
happy at the School.
at the popular labour market days.The work
So how does Anna Fernlund find the time
entailed both project management and markeand the energy both for her studies and for her
ting at a high level, to provide both companies
wholehearted involvement in an active Student
and students the chance to make valuable
Association?
contacts. Even though gadden takes place at
“I have always gone with my gut feeling when
the School, it is by no means certain that the
things feel important. My burning interest in
students will attend.
educational issues has governed my choices.
“We try to market gadden in a professional
And I believe that this is the secret – if you are
way, and are developing long-term strategies and
sufficiently engaged by the things you are doing
new methods for reaching our target audience.
and can see the opportunities, the energy will
It is not simply a matter of putting up a poster
automatically be there,” says Anna Fernlund
at the School,” says Anna Fernlund. “We have
“Swapping experiences with interesting people
to penetrate the noise in order to get our
in business and having the chance to have an
message through.This requires a great deal of
influence provide me with energy that drives
energy and desire.We conducted three new
me forwards. In fact, it has driven me all the way
marketing efforts in 2008, one of which was
to a job in the autumn. Öhrlings Pricewaterbased on encouraging the students to participate
houseCoopers can count on getting my 100 %
in a competition on the website.We achieved
commitment!”
a good response, which could be seen by the
unusually large number of people subsequently
registering their interest in participating in the
project group for gadden.”
ANNA FERNLUND
Student ambassador – a simple task
Anna Fernlund has also been seen at education
fairs in Gothenburg and Stockholm. As a student
ambassador, she communicated a picture of the
Studying the Programme in Business and Economics
with an analytic focus. Bachelor of Science in accounting
and financial management and Master of Science in
financial management.
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Carl
Bennet
business leader
who brings in
thefrom
stars
the
international
research firmament
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The years at the School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg in the
mid-1970s changed his life. Since then Carl Bennet has created international
success stories out of both Getinge and Elanders, and has been a Board member
for some of Sweden’s most important companies and institutions. He is now at
the forefront of industry’s contribution to the School’s investment in an international visiting professor programme.
Ever since it was founded, the School’s history has been
characterised by well developed collaboration with
industry. And as Sweden’s industry is primarily targeted
at exports, the School has also gained a prominent inter
national profile. This can be seen particularly from the large
number of partner universities the world over with which
it co-operates. This helps the School to accompany and
support its partner companies in their international expansion activities. The tailored further education for controllers
at SKF is an example of this. The training is implemented
by the School’s School of Executive Education and takes
place, as well as in Gothenburg, at partner universities in
Chicago and Shanghai.
Positive noises from business
“The School’s international focus is entirely correct.The
business world views this as an extremely positive factor,”
says Carl Bennet who, in addition to his involvement in
the School’s development, is also the Chair of the Board
of the University of Gothenburg and a member of the
Government’s research working committee.
The aim is to further reinforce the School’s international
stamp, for example by attracting more, prominent professors
within a number of prioritised areas.
It has long been difficult to recruit international research
stars, not least due to reasons of cost.This is where Carl
Bennet and the other business representatives come in.
The funding contribution from AB Volvo, Carl Bennet AB,
Elanders AB, SKF, Stena AB and the Sten A. Olsson Foundation
for Research and Culture is confirmation that business views
knowledge environments such as the one at the School of
Business, Economics and Law as an important ingredient in
the development of future international competitiveness for
Swedish industry
Contributing to strengthened competitiveness
The time when the success of Swedish industry was based on
a low cost level is long since gone, and will probably not be
seen again. Other competitive advantages based on knowledge quality of a high international class must therefore be
created on an ongoing basis.This is often highlighted when
we talk about technical research. However, the same applies
to corporate management and business development.The
history of business administration is lined with examples of
management models that have not only changed individual
companies for the better, but also entire sectors.
“By bringing in prominent international professors, we are
helping to further reinforce the knowledge environment and
individual companies,” says Carl Bennet, who in addition to
being renowned for building companies, is also known for
his involvement in politics and social issues.
Years at the School decisive
Building knowledge-intensive environments and regions is
also important from a social perspective.
“It attracts capital for investment and creates jobs, which
results in increased welfare – and this in turn facilitates good
education for many.”
Carl Bennet himself studied at the School of Business,
Economics and Law in Gothenburg between 1973–1975.
“Those years were decisive in
my life. It was incredibly interesting,
INTERNATIONAL VISITING
right from the very first day. I hope
PROFESSOR PROGRAMME
2009–2013
that today’s and future students will
The programme is financed through
experience the same thing.”
funds from AB Volvo, Carl Bennet AB,
Bringing in international visitElanders AB, SKF, Stena AB and the
ing professors within strategically
Sten A. Olsson Foundation for
Research and Culture.
important areas of research, such
The visiting professors will be promias International Business in Emerging
nent researchers within their fields.
Markets, Industrial Management and
The areas being prioritised include:
Business Strategy, will contribute
Business Strategy
to this.
International Business in
“But the most important thing
Emerging Markets
is to bring in the right people.
If you have good professors, you
Logistics and Transport
attract interested and able students.
Some twenty professors will be recruited
from the School’s partner universities.
And with interested students you
They are expected to work at the School
create environments that favour
for one to two months per semester for
a period of five years.
corporate development,” says
Carl Bennet.
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guides
marketing manager who
logistics
students
Logistics is much more than just transport. Marie Carlsson, Head of
Marketing and Sales at Volvo Logistics, believes that logistics is a prerequisite
for growth and is a matter of being economical with resources.Volvo Logistics
is one of two programme companies on the Bachelor Programme in
Logistic Management, tasked with providing inspiration, giving insights
into the sector and being on hand for the students.
The Programme is a business administration
programme that specialises in logistics.The
students are in great demand – a large proportion of those who graduated from the
Programme in 2007 had already been offered
employment before they completed their
studies. But this does not mean that the
programme cannot be developed further.
Since autumn 2008, the Bachelor Programme
in Logistic Management has been augmented
with additional content, with the aim of
reinforcing the students’ personal development
and at the same time further improving their
position on the labour market. Surveys among
the School’s partner companies have demonstrated that the companies are not demanding
additional theoretical knowledge – the School’s
students already possess that. Instead there
was a clear desire for improved practical skills.
The School saw
the potential of
marie carlsson
closer co-operation
Bachelor of Business Administration.
between the educaHead of Marketing and Sales at Volvo. Logistics and
tional programme and
one of the company’s two contacts for the Bachelor
dedicated companies
Programme in Logistics Management.
in the sector.
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“All studies show that the more contact students
have with business, the easier it is for them to
get a job for which they are qualified,” says
Annelie Dagerklint, responsible for contacts
with the School’s partner companies.
Mutual exchange
SKF and Volvo Logistics realised the benefits and
decided to become programme companies.This
was the start of a mutual exchange, where the
programme companies have the opportunity
to get to know the students at the same time as
contributing with guest lectures, case studies
and insights into what is expected of a newly
qualified logistician.The students for their part
gain a good picture of the sector, an important
network of contacts and the opportunity to
showcase their abilities.The timetable now also
includes oratory, teamwork and career planning
with coaching.
The venture was kicked off in September.
Marie Carlsson, Head of Marketing and Sales at
Volvo Logistics and one of the company’s two
contacts for the programme company work, was
involved in a panel debate at the School.
“Meeting the students is so inspirational.
Marie Carlsson believes that logistics is a matter of
being economical with resources. This entails many
exciting challenges for the logisticians of the future.
They are full of energy and desire, and bring
different perspectives,” says Marie Carlsson, who
believes that the Programme’s approach with its
new content is a good initiative.
“I believe it is absolutely right to combine
theoretical education with other elements that
prepare the students to function successfully
in their working life.The soft skills are central
when you get out onto the labour market, and
will probably become even more important
in the future,” explains Marie Carlsson, who
feels that Volvo Logistics’ role as a programme
company is to support the students, provide
an insight into the role of the professional and
to be on hand to answer questions. “Above all
however, from a broader perspective, we are
there to help secure the correct future skills for
the industry.Volvo Logistics also hopes to benefit from the students’ diversity, wealth of ideas
and novel solutions.”
Masses of opportunities
The image of logistics is changing as environmental considerations become an increasingly
natural part of the activities of all companies
and organisations. Marie Carlsson believes that
the traditional view of logistics as solely concerning transport is incorrect and restrictive.
“Nowadays we talk instead about logistics
as ‘being economical with resources’, which
I believe summarises the sector’s challenges
much more accurately,” she says, pointing out
that people working in the sector now work
extensively to identify efficient, environmentally aware solutions.
Marie Carlsson also believes that logistics
is a fundamental prerequisite for growth.This
is because logistics can also involve attracting
people to a particular region. A recent example
of this can be seen from Spain: Bearing in mind
the country’s geographical location towards the
edge of Europe, the decision was taken to invest
heavily in high-speed trains. As a result, people
can now be transported quickly and easily
in a way that does not entail environmental
disadvantages for the country.
“This type of solution naturally goes hand-inhand with the environmental argument. In future,
who will want to sit in a traffic jam for hours on
end just to get to work?” asks Marie Carlsson.
The logistics graduates of the future will be
faced with many exciting challenges.The best
way of approaching them is with an open mind,
considers Marie Carlsson.
“A mind is like a parachute – it doesn’t work
unless it’s fully open. I believe it was Frank
Zappa who said that. It is extremely appropriate
for the logisticians of the future,” concludes
Marie Carlsson.
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THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS,
ECONOMICS AND LAW’S
PARTNER COMPANIES 2008
Senior Partners
AB Framtiden
AB Volvo
Deutsche Bank
Handelsbanken
KappAhl
Nordic Capital
Region Västra Götaland
SEB
Second Swedish National Pension
Fund
Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund
SKF
Stena Metall AB
Stena AB
Swedbank
Volvo Car Corporation
Senior Partners Tourism
Göteborg & Co
LFV
Swedish Hotel & Restaurant
Association
The Swedish Tourism Research
Institute
WINNING PARTNERS IN
MUTUAL TRUST
The School’s Partnership Programme is a structured form of collaboration between business,
organisations and the School.The aim is to create
value, both for the School and for the companies.
The Partnership is regulated in a three-year
agreement that can be set at two different levels
– Senior Partner or Associate Partner. The
agreements assist in increasing the competitive
ness of business through skills development.
The dialogue should also contribute to the
undergraduate education meeting the needs
of business and society. The collaboration also
contributes to attracting students to the School.
“It takes time to build up a partnership programme and the work is based on mutual trust,”
says Anneli Dagerklint, in charge of the Partnership Programme. “The School is currently
collaborating with around forty companies –
both large and medium-sized.”
The Partnership Programme has entered
into agreements with Saab Microwave Systems,
Nordic Capital, Deutsche Bank and Stena AB
(Finance) during the year.
West Swedish Tourist Board
Associate Partners
AstraZeneca
Bankgirocentralen BGC AB
BRG Business Region Göteborg AB
Danske Bank
Deloitte
Elof Hansson AB
Ernst &Young
Göteborg Energi
Handelns Forskningsstiftelse
Hogia AB
KPMG
2007 GRADUATES
– WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
Last year the School conducted a follow-up
survey of the undergraduates who graduated in
2007.Where are the students working today?
How did they find their first job? Which sectors
are they working in? Out of just over 800
g raduates, 539 were surveyed.The response
frequency was 66 percent.
Papyrus AB
Port of Göteborg
Redcats Nordic
Renova
Saab Microwave Systems
SCA Hygiene Products
Stampen AB
Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB
RESULTS:
90% of those graduating in 2007 had employment
within six months of graduation
42% of the economics and business administration
graduates and 30% of the law graduates had
accepted jobs even before completing their studies
94% of the law graduates and 80% of the economics
and business administration graduates considered
that they had very or fairly advanced work duties in
their first job after graduating
92% would recommend the School of Business,
Economics and Law to prospective students
17% of the graduates from the Programme in Business
and Economics worked overseas after graduating
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350 alumni listened to Ulf Petrusson in the Malmsten Hall.
WELL SUPPORTED ALUMNI
MEETING
One of the year’s four alumni meetings took
place in October. Ulf Petrusson, Professor of
Law, spoke about how today’s industry can lift
itself out of the old industrial world view and
build business from intellectual assets.
There was considerable interest and his
highly topical address, “Business strategy and value
creation for 21st century companies”, attracted 350
alumni to the Malmsten Hall.
The evening was concluded with the
chance to mingle and eat, and the alumni really
appreciated the event.Two of the assessments
following the meeting were: “In addition to
new input as regards mental activity, it was great
fun to meet old fellow students” and “Interes
ting talk about an interesting development.
It was also a good opportunity to meet people
of different ages with common interests”.
ALUMNI AROUND THE WORLD
Many of the School’s students are interested in
working internationally after graduating.
To provide inspiration, the School’s Career
Service introduced a new series of lectures
during the year – Alumni around the world.
Under this heading, former students who are
now working overseas visit the School to share
their experiences.
They included Håkan Brandberg who, after
graduating in 1970, has spent nearly all of his
professional career abroad, in Germany, Canada,
Brazil and Spain. Another was Daniel Andoff,
who has built an international career within the
SCA Group and has worked in both Belgium
and Australia. Anna Ljungholm, who has
worked for seven years in Germany including
as a market analyst and head of strategic marketing, also met the students.
Open innovation in
theory and practice
TAILORED TRAINING
FOR SKF
At the School there is an inter-disciplinary research
group that is focusing on open innovation processes.
In parallel with research, the group will create an arena
for an exchange regarding what open innovation
actually is and how companies, society and research
should relate to it and make use of the opportunities
it offers.There is considerable interest from industry,
and the researchers will collaborate for example with
AB Volvo and Volvo IT Innovation Centre.
“We will follow how the company and its surroundings switch over their innovation processes
towards increased openness and involvement by
players that have not previously been invited to
participate.This encompasses organisational and
cultural changes, as well as new ways of dividing
up the values and the risks that arise,” says Björn
Remneland, researcher at the School of Business,
Economics and Law and project leader for the
research group.
Open innovation stands previous business models
on their head and is a major challenge for most
established sectors.
“It is now necessary for companies to think in a
broader perspective,” says Björn Remneland. “The
very best people may not be within your company,
so it is important to look outside your own world
and to bring in the expertise you require.The whole
of society is moving towards sharing, and modern
technology has opened up new opportunities.”
Thanks to large grants from the Swedish Research
Council and Vinnova, it has been possible to launch
two major research projects. Both are based on three
perspectives of open innovation: organisation, intellectual property law and IT.
A total of 16 people from 15 countries in
Europe, North America, South America
and Asia are participating in the SKF
Finance Executive Programme, a tailored
training programme for SKF’s global
organisation.
“SKF mapped the financial functions
within the Group and then came here
to work with us to design a setup that
matched their requirements,” explains
Per-Olof Larsson at the School of Executive
Education at the School of Business,
Economics and Law.
The programme has teachers from the
School of Business, Economics and Law
in Gothenburg, New York University
and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and
is implemented with course modules in
Gothenburg, Chicago and Shanghai.
School of Executive Education runs
similar courses for other Swedish and
foreign companies.
INTERNATIONAL FOCUS ON
NEW EXECUTIVE MBA
In October, a new group of experienced managers
entered the School’s Executive MBA Programme.
The Programme will run part-time for two years,
and has the goal of providing the participants with
the latest findings within management and contri
buting to their career development. After the
programme, the participants will have the tools
to initiate and implement strategic initiatives.
A new feature is that the course is being taught
entirely in English. It includes many international
elements – both in the form of overseas residential
schools and speakers from some of the School’s
more than 150 partner universities the world
over. Right from the outset, the participants met
teachers from the Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore, India, one of the School’s
partner universities and also the destination for
the residential school week that the participants
will be implementing in January 2010.
Per-Olof Larsson, School of Executive Education,
designs courses worldwide.
School of Executive Education
The School of Business, Economics and Law has
been supplying further education to business for
thirty years
The School of Executive Education offers further
education based on academic research, targeted at
industry and the public sector
The training programmes are often a part of the
company’s operational development
The School of Business, Economics and Law has
strategic collaborations with universities all over the
world, and uses teachers and researchers from its
partner universities in further education activities
MANAGEMENT GURU
KAREN STEPHENSON
VISITING
Why do eighty percent of all mergers and
internal corporate restructuring operations
fail? How is it that the actual communication structure and the culture are so different from the official organisational charts
that organisations have drawn up?
Karen Stephenson believes that it is
to do with the power of the social and
professional networks. And also that it is
possible to measure and map these structures, which corporate managements often
either are not able or do not want to see.
Karen Stephenson has a PhD from
Harvard University, a background as a
chemist, an anthropologist and a management consultant, and has devoted the last
30 years to working with and researching
networks and organisations. In September
she visited the School and gave an
Executive Seminar, where she discussed
her experiences and her research with
alumni and employees at the School’s
partner companies. Among the examples
she shared was the work of developing
the organisation of the Pentagon after
September 11.
In 2007, Random House listed Karen
Stephenson as one of the 55 most important
management gurus of our time, and she has
received great international recognition.
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graduate school
improve fur
set to
Maureen McKelvey
Professor of Industrial Economics at
the School since 2008.
2001–2008, Professor of Innovation
Economics at Chalmers.
Visiting researcher at SCANCOR at
Stanford University and “Innovatorin-Residence” at the University of
Queensland.
Has been a representative for RIDE,
a research centre that is financed by
VINNOVA.
Her research focuses on innovation
processes in which companies and
other societal actors develop and
realise new ideas, leading to economic
growth and structural transformation.
MASTER OF SCIENCE
PROGRAMMES 2009/2010:
Accounting
Economics
Environmental Management
and Economics
Finance
Intellectual Capital Management
International Business and Trade
Logistics and Transport
Management
Management
Marketing and Consumption
Tourism and Hospitality
Management
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The competition is becoming fiercer. For the students, a Bachelor’s degree
is no longer enough to get a management job, and it is vital for the School
of Business, Economics and Law’s Graduate School to improve further
before the Swedish universities lose an important competitive advantage.
Maureen McKelvey, Professor of industrial economics at the School of
Business, Economics and Law, is very busy.
As a student, choosing to take advanced studies
at a Swedish university is still economically
advantageous. Some call it “the world’s best
kept secret”, and the fact is that discussions are
now taking place in the Government Offices
regarding when fees are to be introduced for
non-Europeans to study at Sweden’s universities.
For a while it was rumoured that this would be
implemented in 2010, although now it appears
as though it will be further delayed.
For Maureen McKelvey, head of the School
of Business, Economics and Law’s Graduate
School, the agenda is full up, regardless of when
the decision gains legal force. She has to ensure
that the master’s programmes are internationally
competitive, and this battle has to be fought on
several fronts.
Several success factors
The School is currently offering eleven two-year
Master of Science programmes.The master’s
programmes provide a more in-depth analytical
capacity, more advanced knowledge of problem
definition and an improved capacity to use your
skills in practice compared to undergraduate
education. In 2008, some 1,800 people applied
for the 300 places that were on offer.
Maureen McKelvey believes that it is neither
particularly secret nor even an advantage for the
Graduate School that no fees are payable for the
Swedish universities.
“It is both true and false,” says Maureen
McKelvey. “We have 1,400 international
students applying to the Graduate School.
I assume this means that our reputation has
spread, both that it is financially beneficial but
above all that we offer good courses.”
For Maureen McKelvey, however, the introduction of fees is not necessarily a bad thing.
“In many parts of the world, above all in
China, it will no doubt be perceived as a sign
of quality. People there are so used to paying
for their education, that the absences of fees
causes them to question the quality of the education.The growing international middle class
spends a great deal of money on education,” says
Maureen McKelvey, who is devoting considerable energy to creating visibility by offering
good programmes. “For example, the Graduate
School is currently carrying out benchmarking
in relation to other universities in order to see
more clearly our own strengths and weaknesses.
One way of profiling yourself is to offer strongly
niched programmes such as Tourism and
Hospitality Management and Intellectual Capital
Management.
“Our success factors will be the ability to
offer various specialised niches incorporating
prominent research, as well as broad specialist
master’s programmes such as Finance. Inter
national attractiveness is achieved through
a high level of expertise that links advanced
ther
education to research and application area. By
bringing together the best researchers, teachers,
visiting professors and business contacts in one
and the same programme, we hope to achieve
good synergy effects,” says Maureen McKelvey.
Major changes
In today’s knowledge society, a Bachelor’s
degree is often not enough for those who
want to compete for the most attractive jobs.
A master’s degree is rapidly becoming a necessity,
particular when competing for international
positions.Two years ago, university and university college courses were restructured in the
Bologna Process, which aimed to co-ordinate
higher education in Europe.This has increased
the potential to move about between various
European countries during and after the period
of study, as well as making it easier to compare
courses and graduates from an international
perspective.
“Having international master’s courses is a
major adjustment for Sweden. Students and
industry are currently growing accustomed
to the term. Not everyone understands what
it means yet. The same is true throughout
most of Europe, which is undergoing the
same process. However, countries such as
China and the USA are used to this concept,”
says Maureen McKelvey, who can also see
the benefits for the students of studying for a
master’s degree. “It usually means that Swedish
and international students meet in smaller
groups, with the same problems to solve.
Employing different ways of thinking and of
gaining an understanding of other cultures is
part of an important learning process.
Aces up her sleeve
Maureen McKelvey has many thoughts on how
the Graduate School should continue to attract
international students. For example, Sweden
Maureen McKelvey, Head of the School of Business, Economics and Law’s Graduate School,
hones the School’s – and the region’s – advantages to make it an even more attractive choice.
is seen as an exotic welfare state, with several
exciting multinational companies such as IKEA,
H&M,Volvo and AstraZeneca.The School’s
close co-operation with industry is also viewed
as positive.
However, Maureen McKelvey still has one
of her strongest cards up her sleeve.The new
visiting professor programme means that two
dozen world-leading teachers will be coming to
the School. Just the thought of this puts a gleam
in her eyes.
“They will be a direct resource for the Graduate
School.With their specialist expertise, they can
inspire young researchers, become part of the
dialogue and help to profile us further,” she
concludes.
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an exchange semester at
India’s
hottest university
Studying in the Netherlands or Germany would simply have been “more of the
same”. Andreas Malmström wanted to experience something really different during
his exchange semester.That’s why he chose the Indian Institute of Management
in Bangalore, the School’s new partner university and a school with an excellent
reputation, both in Asia and the rest of the world.
The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore,
or IIMB as it is often known, has almost 300,000
applicants but only 300 places, which naturally
guarantees highly motivated students.
“I explained to my new classmates that I
intended to sleep for 7–8 hours per night,”
explains Andreas Malmström. “They just
laughed at me.You won’t have time for that
here, they said. Despite the high tempo of the
studies, however, the atmosphere was informal
and helpful.”
Out of the frying pan …
Andreas Malmström had completed two-thirds
of the Programme in Business and Economics.
In Bangalore, he joined an MBA programme
with a management profile, where the students
had already completed their degrees and in some
cases also had some experience of working life.
“I was thrown straight into the course,”
explains Andreas Malmström. “The demands
placed on me were as high as those placed on
the others, but it worked. It spurred me on.
I had no problems coping with the courses,
but I had to work really hard.”
Anglo-Saxon tradition
Andreas Malmström (centre) believes that the greatest
experience was getting to know an entirely new culture and
acquiring an extended network of contacts. Every week he
calls or e-mails his new friends in different parts of the world.
THE INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAMMES OFFICE IS THE
WAY OUT – AND IN
The School’s International Programmes Office
is constantly juggling many different elements.
They do not only initiate and maintain inter
national contacts – they also help and encourage students regarding exchanges at one of
the partner universities and guide international
exchange students into the School.
The School currently has partnership agreements with more than 150 universities around
the world, and in 2008 received 382 international
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During his exchange semester in Bangalore,
Andreas Malmström studied courses in subjects
such as marketing, operational control and
management.The courses had a clear AngloSaxon character. All the teachers had been educated in the USA. Andreas Malmström explains:
“The education was set up in such a way that
students. At the same time, 214 Swedish students
took the opportunity to study for one or two
semesters at one of the partner universities.
Many are interested in acquiring experience
from overseas.The competition for places is
generally toughest at the English-speaking
universities. Catharina Miklin works at the
International Programmes Office and explains:
“Singapore Management University and
Bocconi in Milano are two of the most popular
choices.We guess that the exciting locations are
just as important factors as the fact that they are
prominent universities.”
we had to contribute a lot ourselves. Before each
lesson, we were supposed to have prepared a
solution to a case.We got to present our conclusions, and this was followed by a general
discussion. As grades were given for the way we
acted in the classroom, it was important to be
involved.We were able to practice extensively at
making good presentations, something that I
believe I will benefit greatly from in the future.”
High status for teachers
One clear difference between Sweden and
India was the status of teachers. In Bangalore
the teachers were treated with great respect,
and were always addressed as “sir”. Each teacher
had a number of assistants, dressed in white
uniforms with gold buttons, who constantly
helped by washing the board, pouring out water
or adjusting the microphone.The teachers also
had their own secretaries, who helped them for
example in marking exams.
Stood up well in the competition
The fact that IIMB is a school with a high
status can be seen in particular from the other
exchange students.They came from renowned
universities in Europe and the USA, such as Yale.
“The School of Business, Economics and Law
has done well to qualify as a partner university
for IIMB,” believes Andreas Malmström. “How
ever, those of us from Gothenburg stood up well
in the face of competition. Even though we
were only studying there for a short time, we did
not lag behind like other exchange students.”
The Institute has a really high status at home
in India, of course.This became clear when
Andreas Malmström travelled around India at
the end of the semester.
“Many people showed an interest when I wore
my school sweater.They came up and wanted to
know how I had managed to get in, and so on.
I hope that the institute’s good name will help
me to get a work placement in India.”
The School focuses a great deal of energy
on building long-term, strategic partnerships
with well renowned universities.The world’s
economic emphasis has shifted towards Asia, and
in recent years the School has acquired several
new partner universities in China and India.
This provides the students with the optimum
platform for their future professional lives, as
well as being appreciated by business, which
increasingly has a presence in Asia.
LIBRARY INVESTING
SUSTAINABLY
During the year, the Economics Library at the
School purchased literature on the environment
and sustainable development. Subject areas such
as environmental law, environmental economics, CSR and environmental reporting were
given a literary shot in the arm.The Environ
mental Economics Unit at the Department of
Economics and the Bachelor Programme in
Environmental Science were very helpful in the
selection process.
New books within the environmental field
will continually be displayed in a separate
exhibition at the Library. In addition, a webbased subject guide has been developed that
will facilitate searching for relevant resources
within the subject area.
RED LETTER DAY FOR
THOSE WITH A THIRST FOR
KNOWLEDGE
On the School’s Day, the doors are opened to
all those who are curious about research from
a popular science perspective.The Day was held
for the eleventh time in 2008 and offered a
record number of talks.
Over the course of four hours on a Sunday,
22 lectures were given on the subjects “You have
to work little friend – legal perspectives on health and
ill-health”, “Economy and experiences” and “Health
Management”.
In addition to these three subjects there were
also independent speeches within such widely
varying subjects as “Consumption, happiness and
wellbeing”, “When sugar came to Sweden” and
“Gender discriminatory advertising”.
CLAES BEYER: NEW VISITING
PROFESSOR IN LAW
Claes Beyer, Lawyer at Mannheimer Swartling
Advokatbyrå and former Chair of the Swedish
Bar Association, took up a visiting professorship
during the autumn with the focus on the field
of public business law, in particular association
law and stock market law.
The Master of Laws Programme at the
School is characterised by its modern educa
tional methods, which include a far-reaching
collaboration with practising lawyers.The visiting professorship fits in very well here.
“The visiting professorship provides us
with access to the specialist knowledge and
experience that Claes Beyer possesses within
limited liability company and stock market law.
Through this more in-depth collaboration, we
are able to offer our students a unique link to
applied commercial law, as it is practised in one
of Sweden’s leading law firms,” says Mats Glavå,
Head of Department at the Department of
Law. “It also provides our researchers with the
potential to develop commercial law in dialogue
with those working in practice.”
HÅKAN LARSSON:
NEW HOLDER OF THE ASSAR
GABRIELSSON VISITING
PROFESSORSHIP
In December 2008, Håkan Larsson became
the holder of the Assar Gabrielsson Visiting
Professorship in applied corporate management.
Transport and logistics have been a common
theme throughout his professional life, and he
will focus on this in his contacts with students,
researchers and management at the School.
At the same time, he wants to strengthen
Swedish industry by creating a powerful centre
of research and education within logistics, as
well as to develop the potential for rationalisation
that he can see in the logistics sector.
“I want to gather the expertise that exists
within the academic world, business, governmental and sector organisations when it comes
to logistics,” says Håkan Larsson. “Through
improved co-ordination of skills and resources
and more research and education, logistics in
a broad sense can be significantly rationalised.
With that we can contribute towards increasing
competitiveness for the whole of Swedish industry, which is handicapped due to the size of our
country and the long distances both within the
country and to other markets.”
In 2007, Håkan Larsson left his position as
CEO of Rederi AB Transatlantic. Before that
he was CEO of Schenker AG and Managing
Director of Bilspedition and Wilsongruppen.
Håkan Larsson is currently active on a number
of Boards of Directors.
Håkan Larsson, new holder of the Assar Gabrielsson visiting
professorship.
Jan Wallander
APPRECIATED MEDAL
RECIPIENTS
For the third time in succession, the School’s
Pro Studio et Scientia medal – for commitment
and knowledge – was awarded to people who
have been important to the School.The 2008
distinction went to Kaj Thorén, former Director
of SKF, and Sten Jönsson, Professor Emeritus in
Business Administration.
Kaj Thorén received the distinction for his
all-round commitment to the School’s best
extending over many years, including Board
work in the Faculty Board and a number of
related foundations as well as his valuable
participation in the Advisory Board. Kaj Thorén
also played an active role in the creation of the
Centre for Business Solutions.
For almost four decades, Sten Jönsson has
been a world-class researcher within several
branches of business administration, including
as an important member of the group known as
the “Gothenburg School” within management
research. Sten Jönsson also played a significant
role in the building up of the Gothenburg
Research Institute (GRI).
Bruno Latour
JAN WALLANDER AND
BRUNO LATOUR HONORARY
DOCTORS
Jan Wallander, Associate Professor of Economics,
and Bruno Latour, Professor and research
manager at the Institut d’études politiques de Paris,
were made honorary doctors at the School of
Business, Economics and Law in June.
jan wallander has distinguished himself
as a researcher, company manager and author,
with valuable contributions within areas such as
motorism, budgeting, leadership and manager
recruitment. He has been the Managing Director
of the Centre for Business and Policy Studies
(SNS), the IUI (now the Research Institute of
Industrial Economics), Sundsvallbanken and
Handelsbanken. Jan Wallander has supported the
research work at the School in various ways for
many years.
bruno latour is one of the leading public
intellectuals of our time. He trained as a philo
sopher and anthropologist, and now works as
a professor and research manager at the Institut
d’études politiques de Paris. Bruno Latour is
inter-disciplinary research personified, and
is able to combine philosophy and semiotics,
sociology and history, anthropology and information technology, law and economics without
any difficulty. Bruno Latour has long main
tained contacts with the School, and has given
both doctoral courses and public addresses in
Gothenburg.
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THE SCHOOL’S FACULTY BOARD:
Top from the left: Richard Nordin (member from 1 February 2009), Mette Sandoff, Emilie Dorf, Stefan Öberg
Bottom, from left: Gunilla Bornmalm-Jardelöw, Rolf Wolff, Claes G. Alvstam, Inga-Lill Johansson
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The School's management
The School's Faculty Board has overall responsibility for content, quality and allocation of
resources within undergraduate education,
research and PhD education.The Faculty
Board's decisions are taken in close consultation
with the School's Heads of Department.
The management team of the School comprises Dean Rolf Wolff and Vice-Deans Gunilla
Bornmalm-Jardelöw and Claes G. Alvstam, who
are also members of the Faculty Board.
The management team has distributed its
tasks among its members. Rolf Wolff is in
charge of the School’s contacts with the community and the business sector, and also with
the University in general. As Dean, Rolf Wolff
is also responsible for decisions on operative
matters relating to staff, financial administration,
infrastructure, etc. Gunilla Bornmalm-Jardelöw
is the Dean’s deputy. Her main area of responsibility is undergraduate education. Claes G.
Alvstam is responsible for the School’s research
and PhD education.
students
Mattias Olinder, Student Union
Daniel Vilén, Student Union (until 30 June)
Emilie Dorf, Student Union (from 1 July)
Stefan Öberg, Student Union (PhD student
representative)
members of the school ´ s
faculty board in 2008
employee representatives with the
right to attend and speak
Anna Wahle, Public Employees' Negotiation
Council (OFR-S) (until 30 April)
Astrid Igerud, OFR-S (from 1 May)
Martin Selander, Swedish Confederation of
Professional Associations (SACO) (until 30 June)
Roger Ljungvall, SACO (from 1 July)
Vakant, Union of Service and Communication
Employees (SEKO)
(term of office 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2009)
teaching staff
Rolf Wolff, Professor, Dean and Chairman
Gunilla Bornmalm-Jardelöw, Senior Lecturer,
Vice Dean and Deputy Chair
Claes G Alvstam, Professor and Vice Dean
Per Cramér, Professor
Mette Sandoff, Senior Lecturer
Inga-Lill Johansson, Associate Professor
Organisation
The University of Gothenburg
Administration
The School’s Faculty Board
Property Service
The Advisory Board
International Programmes
Office
Dean
Vice-Deans
Faculty Office
Department
of Business
Administration
Department
of Economic
History
Centre for Retailing
Department
of Human
and Economic
Geography
Department
of Economics
Department
of Law
Centre for Regional
Analysis
Centre for Tourism
Gothenburg
Research
Institute
Section for
Graduate
School
Section for
Programme in
Business and
Economics
Centre for
Finance
External Relations
Institute for
Innovation
and Entre
preneurship
School of
Executive
Education
Centre for
Consumer Science
Centre for
Intellectual Property
Business & Design Lab
Centre for Integrated
Growth
Centre for
Business Solutions
Lighthouse
Centre for
Business in Society
The Advisory Board
The Advisory Board comprises selected individuals from the business and public sectors.
The Board serves to support the School's
management on strategically important issues.
The School’s Dean is a permanent member,
the Vice-Deans and business co-ordinator are
adjunct members.The President of the Student
Union is entitled to attend the meetings.
members of the advisory
board in 2008
Göran Bengtsson, Deputy Governor, County Administrative Boar of Västra Götaland
Tore Bertilsson, Executive Vice President and CFO, AB SKF
Claes Beyer, Lawyer, Mannheimer & Swartling Advokatbyrå
Tomas Brunegård, MD, Stampen AB
Eva Halvarsson, MD, Second Swedish National Pension
Fund
Lars Idermark, MD, Swedish Cooperative Union (KF)
Anders Jansson, MD and CEO, Stena Metall AB
Finn Johnsson, Board Chairman, AB Volvo (Deputy
Chairman)
Håkan Larsson, formerly Rederi AB Transatlantic
Johan Malmsten, Chairman of the Richard C. Malmsten
Memorial Foundation
Lennart Mankert, MD, the Swedish Exhibition Centre
Hans-Olov Olsson, Board Chairman, the Association of
Swedish Engineering Industries (Chairman)
Claes Pollnow, Executive Vice President, SKF China
Catarina Dahlöf, Halland County Council Director
Torbjörn Sköld, Lawyer, Advokatfirman Vinge KB
Kaj Thorén, formerly AB SKF
M. Johan Widerberg, Executive Vice President,
Handelsbanken
Peter Rydell, Executive Vice President, Swedbank AB
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The School's finances in 2008
Income 2008, total SEK 362 million
Costs in 2008, total SEK 366 million
Government grants SEK 197 million, 54%
Individual grants and sales
SEK 137 million, 38%
Commissions SEK 22
million, 6%
Other sources SEK 6
million, 2%
STRUCTURE OF INCOME 2006
SEK million
Government grants
Donations, commissions
and sales
other income
Total
2007
2008
175 (55 %) 188 (53%) 197 (54%)
134 (42 %) 149 (42%) 159 (44%)
10 (3 %)
18 (5%)
6 (2%)
319
355
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Out of Government
grants, SEK 119 million refers to grants for
undergraduate education and SEK 78 million
to grants for research
and PhD education.
“Individual grants and
sales” include external
research grants totalling
SEK 131 million and
income from the sale
of materials, the leasing out of premises, etc.
“Commissions” relate
to income from commissioned research.
Staff SEK 201 million, 54%
Shared university facilities
and libraries, SEK 67 million,
19%
Premises SEK 40 million, 11%
Other operating costs SEK 36 million, 9%
Study funding SEK 19
million, 6%
Depreciation and interest SEK 3 million, 1%
FINANCIAL OUTCOME IN 2008
Income
Costs
Net surplus/deficit
SEK million
Compared to 2007,
staff costs increased
by five percent,
which is mostly as a
result of wage agreements. In the “Shared
university facilities
and libraries” item,
costs for the library
constitute SEK 23
million. “Study funding” includes doctoral
student wages and
study allowances.
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366
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Major grants
New professorship in business history, SEK 40 million,
Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Foundations. Department
of Economic History.
Collaboration between the School of Design and
Crafts and the School of Business, Economics
and Law; Torsten and Wanja Söderberg professorship in
Design management, SEK 40 million, Torsten Söderberg
Foundation.
Grant for innovation and entrepreneurship, SEK
25 million, Sten A. Olsson Foundation for Research and
Culture.
“Integrated logistics development for sustainability
and competitiveness”, SEK 16.1 million,Vinnova (SEK
9.9 million), Logistics and Transportation Foundation LTS
and Volvo Logistics (SEK 4.2 million) and Schenker (SEK 2
million). Professor Johan Woxenius, Department of Business
Administration in co-operation with Chalmers University
of Technology.
Grant to the Graduate School and strategic development, SEK 12.5 million, Richard C. Malmsten Memorial
Foundation.
Grant to the international visiting professor
programme, SEK 7.5 million, Sten A. Olsson Foundation
for Research and Culture.
Grant for postgraduate education, SEK 6.747 million,
Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation.
“The (un)sustainable package”, SEK 6.215 million,
Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (SEK 5.27
million) and the Swedish Research Council (SEK 945,000).
Associate Professor Magnus Mörck, Centre for Consumer
Science, together with Lasse Brunnström, School of Design
and Crafts, Karin Wagner, IT University, and Annika Olsson,
Lund University.
“Open innovation in theory and practice; towards
a conceptual framework”, SEK 4.83 million,Vinnova.
Professor Torbjörn Stjernberg, Department of Business
Administration.
“Forestry/bio-energy - climate change - poverty
reduction”, SEK 4.2 million, Sida. Anders Ekbom, PhD,
Department of Economics.
“IVL Climate Policy Assistant Professors”, SEK 4
million, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute AB.
Professor Thomas Sterner, Department of Economics.
“FAS – HAPPINESS OJS”, SEK 3.74 million, Swedish
Council for Working Life and Social Research. Professor
Olof Johansson-Stenman, Department of Economics.
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“Theoretical framework for open innovation in
practice”, SEK 3.645 million, Swedish Research Council.
Björn Remneland, PhD, Department of Business Administration.
“Qualities in credit assessment”, SEK 3.3 million, the
Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation and the Tore
Browaldh Foundation. Professor Sten Jönsson and Associate Professor Gunnar Wahlström, Gothenburg Research
Institute.
“CAI; Customer and Agent-Initiated Transport
Chains”, SEK 3.065 million, Swedish Road Administration (SEK 1.533 million) and Banverket (SEK 1.532
million). Professor Arne Jensen, Department of Business
Administration.
“Service-oriented business models for Enterprise
Systems”, SEK 2.8 million,Vinnova. Urban Ask, PhD,
Department of Business Administration.
“Hopp-Jerka, Stann-Anders and Marginal-Malin”,
SEK 2.75 million, Swedish Council for Working Life and
Social Research. Professor Christer Lundh, Department of
Economic History.
“Legal change and social movements”, SEK 2.64 million, Swedish Research Council. Associate Professor Håkan
Gustafsson, Department of Law.
Grants to the Centre for Tourism, SEK 2.6 million,
LFV (SEK 700,000), West Swedish Tourist Board (SEK
700,000), Swedish Hotel & Restaurant Association (SHR)
(SEK 500,000), Gothenburg & Co (SEK 300,000), the
Swedish Exhibition Centre (SEK 200,000) and Liseberg
(SEK 200,000)
“Climate policy and fairness”, SEK 2.435 million,
FORMAS. Professor Fredrik Carlsson, Department of
Economics.
Grant to the Centre for Consumer Science, SEK 2.4
million, Region Västra Götaland.
“Business dynamics, competition and p
roductivity
in the Swedish economy”, SEK 2.34 million,
Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation. Professor
Lennart Hjalmarsson, Department of Economics.
“How large was the public sector during the 18th
century?”, SEK 2.25 million, Swedish Research Council.
Martti Rantanen, PhD, Department of Economic History.
Grant to the Centre for Integrated Growth, SEK 2.2
million, Region Västra Götaland.
“Historic Labour Database (HILD)”, SEK 2.16 m
illion,
Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. Professor
Christer Lund, Department of Economic History.
Grant to Lighthouse, SEK 2.04 million,Vinnova.
Professorship in maritime law and other transport
law, SEK 2.013 million, Torsten Pettersson Foundation’s
donation for Professorship in maritime law and other
transport law. Department of Law.
“Industrial engineering a hundred years after F.W.
Taylor”, SEK 1.8 million, Bank of Sweden Tercentenary
Foundation. Gary Kokk, PhD, Gothenburg Research
Institute.
“Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund, Corporate
Law and Finance”, Sweden. SEK 1.8 million, Sixth
Swedish National Pension Fund. Peter Rosén, PhD,
“Deforestation and Property Regimes: The Institutional Framework of Forest Extraction and its
Consequences on Sustainability in Sweden 18101920”, SEK 1.737 million, Swedish Research Council.
Staffan Granér, PhD, Department of Economic History.
“Sustainable Knowledge Platform for the European
Maritime and Logistics Industry (SKEMA)”, SEK
1.711 million, European Commission. Professor Johan
Woxenius, Department of Business Administration.
Grant for internationalisation, SEK 1.706 million,
Foundation for Economic Research in West Sweden.
“The Trading City and the European Market 1619
-1860. Development Lines for Port City, Hinterland
and Merchant Houses in Gothenburg and a
Comparison with Stockholm in Preindustrial
Times”, SEK 1.6 million, the Jan Wallander and Tom
Hedelius Foundation and the Tore Browaldh Foundation.
Associate Professor Christina Dalhede, Department of
Economic History.
“The European Court of Justice as a Political Actor
and Arena: Analyzing Member State’s Observations
under the Preliminary Ruling Procedure”, SEK
1.595 million, Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation.
Professor Per Cramér, Department of Law, and Daniel
Naurin, Department of Political Science.
“Migration and long swings – Sweden in the Atlantic
economy 1870-1913”, SEK 1.55 million, Bank of
Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. Jan Bohlin, PhD,
Department of Economics History.
“International logistics centres”, SEK 1.5 million,
Logistics and Transportation Foundation LTS. Professor
Arne Jensen, Department of Business Administration.
“Institutional reform – Rwanda”, SEK 1.3 million,
Sida-SAREC. Professor Arne Bigsten, Department of
Economics.
“Promoting environmentally friendly behaviour
through feedback: Energy saving in households”,
SEK 1.5 million, Swedish Research Council. Cecilia
Jakobsson, PhD, Centre for Consumer Science and the
Department of Psychology.
“Design as knowledge work”, SEK 1.3 million, Swedish
Council for Working Life and Social Research. Anna
Rylander, PhD, Business & Design Lab, Gothenburg
Research Institute.
“Revision of the Uppsala model”, SEK 1.5 million,
Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Foundations. Professor Jan
Erik Vahlne, Department of Business Administration.
“Swedish agricultural production 1800-1910”, SEK
1.413 million, Swedish Research Council. Professor
Carl-Johan Gadd, Department of Economic History.
“Model and decision support system for evaluation
of intermodal terminal networks – MINT”, SEK
1.282 million, Swedish Road Administration and Banverket.
Jonas Flodén, PhD, Department of Business Administration.
“Customer and Agent-Initiated Transport Chain”,
SEK 1.23 million, Logistics and Transportation Foundation LTS. Professor Arne Jensen, Department of Business
Administration.
Grant for researcher exchange with Scancor, SEK 1.2
million, Jan Wallander & Tom Hedelius Foundation.
“Rural Income Diversification and Poverty Reduction
in Africa”, SEK 1.2 million, SAREC. Professor Arne
Bigsten, Sven Tengstam, PhD, and doctoral student Måns
Nerman, Department of Economics.
Grant to CERGU (Centre for European Research),
SEK 1.026 million, Foundation for Economic Research in
West Sweden. Professor Per Cramér, Department of Law.
“From operational to strategic leadership”, SEK
1.012 million, City of Gothenburg. Christian Jensen, PhD,
Distinctions and commissions of trust
employees
during the year, Associate Professor Christian Ax from the Department of Business
Administration was a member of the Institute for Business Administration's (FEI) jury for
handing out the award of Business Administration Book of the Year.
Professor Barbara Czarniawska, Gothenburg Research Institute, presented her paper
“Organizations as obstacle to organizing” at the Nobel Symposium “Foundations of Organization”.
Anders Ekbom, researcher at the Department of Economics, was appointed project manager and Board member within the Sida-funded Forest and Climate Initiative.
Professor Karin M. Ekström, Centre for Consumer Science, was appointed a new member of The Peer Review College of the Danish Council for Strategic Research.
Professor Lennart Flood, Department of Economics, was elected as a new member of the
Social Council.
Martin Fritz, Professor Emeritus of Economic History, was awarded the City of
Gothenburg’s badge of merit.
Ella Greising, Office supervisor at Property Services, was named Best Administrator 2008
by the School’s Student Association.
Professor Lennart Hjalmarsson, Department of Economics, was appointed member of
an international panel of experts that will assess Danish centres of excellence. He was also
appointed special investigator on the Investigation into cost-effective controls for waste
that is incinerated, as well as a member of the scientific committee that will evaluate a department at the University of Southern Denmark. He was also appointed a member of the
medal committee at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Associate Professor Ulla Johansson, Business & Design Lab, received an honorary mention for best marketing book, awarded by the Swedish Marketing Federation.
Karin Jonson, Project administrator at the Department of Economics, was the Environmental profile of the month for April at the University of Gothenburg for her work regarding
the environmental conference EAERE.
Professor Sten Jönsson, Gothenburg Research Institute, was appointed Chair of the
newly established subject association Business Administration in Sweden. During the year
he was the associate editor for the journal “Qualitative Research in Organization and
Management”, and also accepted the position of “honorary associate editor” for the journal
“Master of Business Administration”. He was also elected to the “Pool of reviewers” for the
European Science Foundation (ESF).
Johan Magnusson, Director of the Centre for Business Solutions, was appointed member
of the Microsoft Academic Advisory Council, EMEA.
Ulf Olsson, Professor Emeritus of Economic History, was awarded the Letterstedtska
author’s prize in 2008 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for his book “Finansfursten K.A. Wallenberg 1853–1938”.
Leturer Mats Persson, Department of Law, was appointed Teacher of the Year by the
School’s Student Association.
Björn Remneland, researcher at the Department of Business Administration, received the
award for the best paper, Entrepreneurship Captured Through Dramatism, at a conference
regarding innovative methods at Lund University.
Associate Professor Marie Stenseke, Department of Human and Economic Geography,
was appointed member of the steering group for the Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Sciences at the University of Gothenburg.
Professor Thomas Sterner, Department of Economics, was awarded the Myrdal Prize
2008 and appointed President of the European Association of Environmental and Resource
Economists. He also became Associate Editor of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies and a member of the editorial council for Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences.
Professor Dennis Töllborg, Gothenburg Research Institute, was elected new Deputy
Chair of HRDI, the Human Rights Development Initiative.
Professor Rolf Wolff, Dean of the School of Business, Economics and Law, was appointed
new member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He was also appointed member of
the EQUIS Committee for the next three years.
Professor Johan Woxenius, Department of Business Administration, participated in the
Swedish Maritime Administration’s expert group for increased recruitment to the shipping
sector.
Wallander scholarships were awarded to four young, recent postdoctoral fellows, funding
their research for three years. The researchers are Alexander Herbertsson, Department of
Economics, Rickard Bergqvist, Department of Business Administration, Wajda Irfaeya,
Department of Business Administration and Elina Lampi, Department of Economics.
The Broman Foundation for research and enterprise allocated three scholarships to the
School for postdoctoral fellows studying enterprise and entrepreneurship. The scholarship
recipients are Anders Isaksson for his project “Knowledge of the financial function in
entrepreneurial firms” (second year), Mattias Johansson for his project “Entrepreneurship,
innovation management, technology transfer, network studies – Board members’ networks
in technology-based companies” and Kristoffer Schollin for his project “Virtual business development and entrepreneurship”.
The Alderbertska Forskningsstiftelsen foundation allocated post doc scholarships to the
School to support research regarding sustainable development in an overall perspective.
The recipients were: David Langlet, Department of Law, Elina Lampi, Department of
Economics, Kristina Lindström, Department of Human and Economic Geography, and
Elisabeth Karlsson, Department of Business Administration.
The Osher PhD Student Fellowship was awarded to Andreas Moberg, Department of
Law, and Pelle Ahlerup, Department of Economics.
students
Law student Stefka Bokmark won the Association of Insurance Law's essay competition
with the essay “Burden of proof and evidence requirements in the light of traffic insurance
case NJA 2006 p. 721”.
The Association of Insurance Law in Gothenburg awarded grants to three essay writers:
Anna Bond-Taylor Boman, “Children, liability insurance and recourse – a study of
children’s liability for damages from a compensation law perspective”, Rickard Johansson,
“Environmental damage and liability insurance – a study of ecological damage, its
valuation and the repercussions of the Directive of Environmental Responsibility” and
Augusta Speiser, “Telephone selling of insurance”.
Associate Professor Airi Rovio-Johansson, Gothenburg Research Institute, was appointed Council Member of The World Association of Lesson Studies at The Hong Kong
Institute of Education.
The team comprising law students Erik Björling, Louise Gustafsson and Henrik
Nandra progressed to one of the finals of the international student competition, the
European Law Moot Court Competition. Erik Björling also made it to the final of the
individual competition.
Anders Sandoff, researcher at the Department of Business Administration, was appointed
as an expert on the District Heating Committee.
The Board of the Centre for Employee Culture awarded Lovisa Broström a grant for her
paper “The expansion of social transfers 1919-1938”.
Associate Professor Sven Siverbo, Department of Business Administration, was awarded
the June Pallot Prize for the best conference paper at the 5th International Conference on
Accounting, Auditing and Management in Public Sector Reforms.
This year’s Vinge Scholarship for best business law paper in Gothenburg went to Viktor
Dahlberg for his essay “Overcoming the Business Judgment Rule – An Analysis of the
Business Judgment Rule and its Raison d’être”.
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distinctions and commissions of trust, students, cntd.
The School came in second place in the Swedish Championships in Business Admini
stration and Economics. The team comprised Karl-Erik Dexner, Josef Kuhlin and
Aron Modig.
The paper “Closing the Gap” by Liv Eriksson and Cheri Pik Yee Ho was named the
winner in an essay competition regarding climate solutions, arranged by the WWF’s student
initiative Global Focus.
Lily König was named the International Law Student of the year by Mannheimer
Swartling.
Emelie Lerge, Martin Karlsson, Luisa Malmquist, Carolin Sjöholm, Ulrica Starck,
Karolina Söderberg and Carolyn Westeröd were awarded Best friend scholarships by the
Student Association.
Marcus Ewerstrand and Jakob Mattsson won second prize when the Stora Property
Prize was awarded for the first time. They received the award for their undergraduate paper
“In a world of macro-economic uncertainty”.
Law student Erik Sandin won second prize in the Swedish Competition Authority’s essay
competition for his paper: “The importance of economic arguments and analysis in Swedish
competition law”.
Malin Gevert and Sofia Jacobsson were awarded Ernst & Young’s prize for the best
paper on financial management in 2008 for their essay “Governed individuals’ view of wage
systems in the public sector”.
Irja Sandin was named Economist of the Year by Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Karl Haldorson and Björn Kranerfors were awarded the Albert ter Vehn prize for the
best paper on external accounting and business analysis in 2008 for their paper “Profitability
from a gender perspective – is equality more profitable?”.
Ten students from the Department of Human and Economic Geography and from the
Bachelor Programme in Environmental Science gained an honorary mention in the international student competition “Cities beyond oil” with their case study “Angered 2050”.
Publications 2008
Overview of a number of publications of various types. A complete list of publications can be
downloaded from www.handels.gu.se/fakta or ordered by telephone on +46 31 786 49 48.
Yifan Zhang won first prize in Japan’s Asahi Shimbun English Essay Contest.
Personnel 2008
Total
Women
Men
Professors
40
7
33
Associate professors
40
15
25
118
38
80
41
13
28
29
28 Books
14 Reviews
89 Book contributions
125 Conference contributions
16 Anthology contributions
129 Reports
58
29
158 Articles, peer-reviewed
12 Licentiate theses
Administrators
119
94
25
75 Articles, other
33 Doctoral theses
Total
416
196
220
Postdoctoral teachers/fellows
Other teachers
Doctoral students
Guest researchers at the School of Business, Economics and Law
Thanks to the School’s large network of contacts, the School’s researchers and students have
the potential to collaborate with and be taught by prominent researchers. There is not room
to present all those who have visited the School during 2008. We have therefore selected those
who have been recurring guests or who have spent a week or more at the School.
department of business administration
Professor Trond Bjørnenak, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen, Norway
Professor Donald Getz, the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Canada,
and the School of Tourism, University of Queensland, Australia (Erik Malmsten Visiting
Professorship)
Assistant Professor Deborah R. Litvin, Francis E. Girard School of Business and International Commerce, Merrimack College, North Andover, USA
Professor Hanne Nörreklit, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Professor Michael Roe, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
department of human and economic geography
Jan Amcoff, PhD, Institute for Future Studies, Stockholm
Professor Gunnel Forsberg, Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University
Per-Olof Hansson, PhD, Department of Education, University of Gothenburg
PhD student Aramanzan Madanda, Department of Women and Gender Studies,
Makerere University, Uganda
Associate Professor Diana Mulinari, Centre for Gender Studies, Lund University
Academic Director Ross Nelson, Faculty of Arts, Thompson Rivers University,
Kamloops, Canada
Associate Professor Madelene Ostwald, Earth Sciences Centre, University of Gothenburg
Professor Andy C. Pratt, Department of Geography and Environment and LSE Urban
Research Centre, London School of Economics, United Kingdom
Björn Segrell, PhD, Linköping University
Associate Professor Gunhild Setten, Department of Geography, NTNU, Trondheim,
Norway
Senior researcher Rodolfo Severino, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS),
Singapore
department of economics
Professor Rolf Aaberge, Statistical Norway, Oslo, Norway
Hala Abou-Ali, PhD, University of Cairo, Egypt
Assistant Professor Wisdom Akpalu, State University of New York at Farmingdale, USA
Francisco Alpizar, PhD, CATIE, Costa Rica
PhD student Claudia Aravena, University of Dublin, Ireland
Catia Batista, PhD, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Associate Professor Göran Bostedt, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU),
Umeå
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Professor Gardner Brown, University of Washington, USA
Professor Martin Dufwenberg, University of Arizona, USA
Peichen Gong, PhD, SLU, Umeå
Mads Greaker, PhD, Statistics Norway, Oslo, Norway
Professor Martha S. Hill, Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, Michigan, USA (Erik Malmsten Visiting Professorship)
Xuemei Jiang, PhD, Peking University, China
Menale Kassie, PhD, Ethiopian Development Research Institute, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
Professor Sven Knoth, Advanced Mask Technology Centre, Dresden, Germany (Erik
Malmsten Visiting Professorship)
Professor Tony Leiman, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Minhaj Mahmud, PhD, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
PhD student Haileselassie Medhin, Ethiopian Development Research Institute, Ethiopia
James McGregor, PhD, IIED, London, United Kingdom
Katrin Millock, PhD, Paris School of Economics, University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne,
France
Yohei Mitani, PhD, University of Colorado, USA
Adrian Müller, PhD, CCRS-University of Zurich, Switzerland
Celine Nauges, PhD, Toulouse School of Economics, France
Marco Nicolosi, PhD, University of Perugia, Italy
Professor Peter Parks, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
Professor Ragnar Tveterås, University of Stavanger, Norway
Catherine Schaumans, PhD, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
Ruben Tansini, PhD, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
Elias Tsakas, PhD, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Pedro Vicente, PhD, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Professor Dale Whittington, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Professor Jintao Xu, Peking University, China
gothenburg research institute
Associate Professor Henrikke Bauman, Environmental Systems Analysis, Chalmers
University of Technology
Professor Mary Jo Hatch,Virginia University, USA
Professor Yehouda Shenhav, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Professor Jill Woodilla, Welch School of Management, Sacred Heart University, New
Jersey, USA
Professor Patricia Yancey Martin, Chair & Daisy Parker Flory Professor of Sociology,
Florida State University, USA
New professors and associate professors
new professors
Karin M. Ekström, Business Administration (promoted)
Peter Martinsson, Economics (promoted)
Lena Mossberg, Business Administration (promoted)
Östen Ohlsson, Business Administration (promoted)
Johan Stennek, Economics (promoted)
Johan Woxenius, Business Administration (new employee)
new associate professors
Daniela Andrén, Economics (new admission)
Ola Zetterquist, European Law (new admission)
Donald Storrie, Economics (new admission)
Thomas Erhag, Public Law (new admission)
Gunnar Wahlström, Business Administration (new admission)
Jinghai Zheng, Economics (new admission)
Guest lecturers from business
Roland Adrell, Lawyer, Gärde Wesslau
Eva-Lena Albihn, Deputy MD, BRG
Kirby Alguire, R&D Controller,VCC Finance,Volvo Car Corporation
Bo Andersson, MD, Stockholm Chartering AB
Fredrik Andersson, Lawyer, Mannheimer Swartling
Kenneth Andersson, Business Consultant, SEB
Lennart Andersson, Business Consultant, SEB
Linda Andersson, Employer Branding Specialist, Human Resources,Volvo Car
Corporation
Roger Andersson, Legal Representative, Unionen
Ulf Andersson, EHS Manager, AB SKF
Daniel Andoff, Finance Manager, SCA Packaging Sweden AB
Torbjörn Andréasson, Consultant, TA Affärsutveckling
Per Ansgar, CFO Manufacturing,VCC Finance,Volvo Car Corporation
Steven Armstrong, Chief Operating Officer,Volvo Car Corporation
Nina Axelsson, National Trainee Co-ordinator, AB Volvo
Tim Baughman, Director Finance,VCC Finance,Volvo Car Corporation
Maria Ben Sahlem, Business Manager, Drivhuset
Björn Bengtsson, Director Accounting,VCC Finance,Volvo Car Corporation
Elin Bengtsson, Sales Development, AB Volvo
Niklas Benjaminsson, Senior Analyst, Transaction Advisory Services, Ernst & Young
Maria Benktzon, Professor, Ergonomidesign Group
Staffan Berg, Industrial Division, Manufacturing & Supply, SKF Group Headquarters
Märta Bergfors, Business Intelligence Analyst, Business Region Gothenburg
Eva Bergh, Lawyer, Jon Mannheimer
Lina Berglund, General Manager, Maersk Logistics
Adam Bergman, EUCD Finance Analyst,VCC Finance,Volvo Car Corporation
Thomas Binder, PhD, the Danish Design School
Lars Björck, Senior Associate, Transaction services, KPMG
Katarina Björkgren, social studies graduate, Frölunda Women’s Helpline
Stefan Björkegren, Lawyer, Glimstedts
Ulrika Björkroth, Solicitor, Stadskansliet, Gothenburg
Peter Björnram, MD, Amplico kapital
Bo Blomqvist, HR,Volvo Labour Relations
Christian Boethius, Business Consultant, SEB
Håkan Bohlin, Investment Manager, Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund
Håkan Brandberg, MD, Novum Diseño Nórdico
Erik Brandt, Buyer, Purchasing,Volvo Car Corporation
Jan Breikss, Lawyer, Advokatfirman Grönvall
Gisela Breiter, Finance Manager, Manufacturing,VCC Finance,Volvo Car Corporation
Torbjörn Browall, MD, Persula AB
Matthias Buchholz Hurtado, Controller, SKF
Mårten Byström, MD, Wizmobi
Linda Carlsson, Public Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor's Office
Pia Carlsson, HR Business Partner, Purchasing, Human Resources,Volvo Car Corporation
Göran Celander, Consultant, TNF Gallup
Jiem Cranney, CFO Market Sales and Service,VCC Finance,Volvo Car Corporation
Jerry Creson, former Senior Director, Autodesk AB
Fabian Dahl, Business Area Manager, Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund
Emelie Dahlberg, Project Co-ordinator, Sida Helpdesk for Environmental Economics
Månstråle Dahlström, Young Consultant, Swedish Development Advisors
Maria Dahlqvist, Lawyer, Setterwalls
Jonas Dermark, Senior Enforcement Officer, Swedish Enforcement Authority
Henric Diefke, Lawyer, Mannheimer Swartling
Adriana Dobrin, Project Manager,Volvo Bus Corporation
Anders Dreijer, Deputy MD, Broström
Ola Ekman, MD, Scandinavian Enviro Systems
Tomas Ekström, Quantitative Analyst, Second Swedish National Pension Fund
Dan Eliasson, Company Lawyer, Berg Propulsion Technology AB
Dennis Eliasson, Legal Representative, Commercial Employees’ Union
Jan Eliasson, Diplomat
Håkan Enquist, Project Manager, Saab Technologies
Göran Erasmie, Senior Consultant, ScandInfo Marketing Research
Mattias Erlandsson, Economist, Unit for international and financial economics, National
Institute of Economic Research
Bengt Eriksson, Category Marketing Director, SCA Tissue Europe
Mia Eriksson, Associate Lawyer, Rosengren
Pernilla Eriksson, Personnel Officer, Handelsbanken
Kristina Fahl, Deputy MD, StrategiQ Fondkommission AB
Michele Fara, Associate Lawyer,Vinge
Bert Ferm, MD, B Ferm AB
Maria Fermér, Associate Director, Molecular Medicine, AstraZeneca R&D
David Filipsson, Advisory Department Mergers & Acquisitions, Öhrlings
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Jonas Flodén, Senior Enforcement Officer, Swedish Enforcement Authority
Alexander Forsgren, Advisory Trainee, Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers
Åke Fransson, Lawyer, Advokatfirman Nordia
Jenny Fredriksson, Buyer, Purchasing,Volvo Car Corporation
Anna Färnevik, Public Relations Manager, MQ
Anders Gerner, Lawyer, Allmänna advokatbyrån
Anders Gidlund, Company manager, SYSteam
Karl Glimnell, City Court Judge, Gothenburg City Court
Eric de Graaf, Director Joint Venture,VCC Finance,Volvo Car Corporation
Ulf Granander, MD, Atlantic Container Line Sweden AB
Helena Granstedt, Health Economics Outcome Research Scientist, AstraZeneca R&D
Christina Greiner, Manager of 2nd economic crime chamber, Swedish Economic Crime
Authority
Johan Grenner, Consultant, Ingemar Cleasson Konsult
Maria Grävare Molin, HR Director, Corporate Staffs, Design & Purchasing, Human
Resources,Volvo Car Corporation
Staffan Grönberg, Lawyer, Concilium
Mats Gröndahl, Legal Representative, Byggnads
Lennart Gunnarsson, Business Consultant, SEB
Gerhard Guron, MD, Ongoing AB
Erling Gustafsson, MD, Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund
Sofia Göransson, Lawyer, Lindahl
Ulf Hagman, Plant Owner district heating, Gothenburg Energi AB
Lars Halldin, Lawyer, Advokatfirman Halldin
Mattias Hallendorff, Lawyer
Kjell Hallman, Solicitor, SEB
Carl-Otto Hanssen, Innovation Consultant, ALMI
Magnus Hedenberg, Lawyer, Bring & Bergkvist
Urban Hedström, MD, Headstream AB
Susanne Heirås, Solicitor, Intrum Justitia
David Hellsing, Customs Officer, Swedish Customs
Lawrence Henesey, PhD, TTS Port Equipment AB
Stefan Henningsson, Programme Director Climate Change, World Wide Fund for Nature
Jessica Hermansson, Senior Associate, Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers
Tord Hermansson, MD, Market Intelligence BSC, Overseas Market Knowledge & New
Car Launch Effectiveness,Volvo Car Corporation
Thomas Herrmann, Consultant, Open Space Consulting
Annika Hessler, Project Manager, KPMG
Peo Hillman, MD, Tomorrow People AB
Fatima Hollander, Legal Representative, Almega
Jens Holmer, Brand Consultant FMLY, Surfakademin
Isabel Holmqvist, PR & Marketing Manager, Barabamba AB
Kerstin Horgby, Interrogation Leader, Swedish Police Authority
Therese Hulthen, Project Manager, Schyst Resande
Bertil Hultman, Chair, Botanical Gardens
Sven-Inge Hägnemo, MD, Simbiz AB
Per Högberg, Chair, SAPSA
Ulrika Jacobsson, Recruitment Consultant, AB Volvo
Ulf Jakobsson, Th!nk About
Magnus Janson, General Manager, Maersk Logistics
contd. on next page
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guest lecturers from business cntd.
Tobias Jansson, Art Director, Camino Magazine
Martin Johansson, Lawyer, Advokatfirman Vinge
Samuel Johansson, Analyst, Stena Adactum
Sara Johansson, Graduate Program Coordinator, AB Volvo
Andreas Joviken, HR Manager,Volvo Car Corporation
Monika Jukic, Consumer Advisor, Konsument Gothenburg
Henrik Karlsson, Solicitor, Deloitte
Anders Kindlund, HR Director, Elof Hansson AB
Christian Klausson, Group Owner, SC Gruppen
Patrik Klintbom, Coordinator Alternative Fuels and Urea,Volvo Technology Corporation
Sofia Kolmodin, Solicitor, Familjens jurist
Johan Kåverud, Consultant, Advisory Services, Ernst & Young
Torsten Lagberg, Lawyer, Lagbergs advokatbyrå
Hanna Leffler, Finance Analyst,VCC Finance,Volvo Car Corporation
Martin Lidén, Sr Purchasing Manager, Purchasing,Volvo Car Corporation
Kent Lidbom, MD, Lidbom International AB
Jan Liljeqvist, MD, PNGB Global AB
Jakob Lindahl, Controller, Stadsrevisionen Gothenburg
Claes Lindroth, Sr Purchasing Manager, Purchasing,Volvo Car Corporation
Peter Lithell, Consultancy Manager, Logistikentreprenader
Jenny Liøkel, County Lawyer, County Administrative Board’s legal unit
Anna Ljungholm, Strategic Marketing Manager, Sona BLW Präzisionsschmiede GmbH
Johanna Lundqvist, Lawyer HR, Stadskansliet, Gothenburg
Marie Ljunqvist, HR, SCA
Christian Lulek, MD, Marknadsskaparen
Per G. Lundh, former Commercial Director, SAAB Ericsson Space
Bo P. Löfgren, MD, Evolutive
Linus Malmberg, MD, Cordial Business Advisors
Christina Malmqvist, Project Manager, PWC
Ulf Mannervik, MD, NormanPartners
Berit Mattsson, Environmental Strategist for Food, Environmental Development
Secretariat, Region Västra Götaland
Kristoffer Mattsson, Trade Finance, Svenska Handelsbanken
Anita Mellgren, MD, Mellgren Consulting AB
Bobi Mitrovic, Lawyer, Setterwalls Advokatbyrå
Robert Mjösén, Lawyer, Advokatfirman Credo
Jennifer Moore Peterson, Court Judge, Gothenburg Administrative Court of Appeal
Anders Munck, Lawyer, Gothenburgs advokatbyrå
Catarina Munck, responsible for sustainable communication,Volvo Car Corporation
Henrik Munthe, Investment Manager, Stena Adactum
Sara Myredal, Public Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor's Office
Lena Månsson, MD, Tussilago
Ewa Mårdberg, Court Judge, Gothenburg Administrative Court of Appeal
Jessica Nauckoff, MD, Fröken Korrekt
Lotta Nibell-Keating, Business Development Officer, West Swedish Tourist Board
Anders Nilsson, Director, Danske Bank
Alexander Nilsson, Advisor, Riksbanken
Claes Nilsson, Logistics Developer,Volvo Logistics
Kristina Nilsson, Associate Lawyer, Delphi
Per-Arne Nilsson, Inspector, Swedish Police
Mia Nordblom, Project Manager, PWC
Tobias Nordström, Planner, Forsman & Bodenfors
Helena Normark, Recruitment Specialist, Human Resources,Volvo Car Corporation
Claes Nyberg, Lawyer, Mannheimer Swartling
Yohanna Nyberg, Associate Lawyer,Vinge
Ola Nyström, Personnel Manager, Siba
Anders Ohlsson, PhD, Associate Director TNS-Gallup
Lars Olausson, Logistics Developer, Lantmännen Doggy
Anders Olofsson, Assistant Judge,Varberg District Court
Ann-Sofie Olsson, Partner, Tango Mentor AB
Jan Olsson, MD and Head of Global Banking Nordic Region, Deutsche Bank
Linda Olsson, Financial Reporting Accountant,VCC Finance,Volvo Car Corporation
Mats Olsson, CIO, Elanders
Mikael Olsson, Business Consultant, SEB
Måns Olsson, Chief Business Development Officer, Diaverum
Stefan Olsson, City Court Judge, Gothenburg City Court
Mats Olzon, MD, Åkes Äkta Hönökaka
Karin Omsén, Revenue Manager, Gothenburg International Film Festival
Hans Oscarsson, Operations Controller and Deputy CFO,VCC Finance,
Volvo Car Corporation
Bo Oskarsson, Marketing Manager, SYSteam
Paulina Persdotter, Student Co-ordinator, AB Volvo
Emilie Persson, Instructor, Rättvis handel
Neringa L. Persson, Human Resources, Lavasoft
Tommy Persson, City Court Judge, Gothenburg City Court
Walter Peterson, Businessman, Dynasty Pacific AB
Thomas Pettersson, MD, Elof Hansson AB
Eva-Lotta Ramberg, Legal Advisor, Hotel & Restaurant Workers Union
Niklas Ramstedt, Manager, Transaction services, KPMG
Viveca Reimers, Environmental Strategist, purchasing and procurement, Environmental
Development Secretariat, Region Västra Götaland
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Bo Rex, Senior Advisor, Cordial Business Advisors
Malin Ripa, Business Manager, AB Volvo
Per Rodjer, Deputy MD, Market Intelligence BSC,Volvo Car Corporation
Kristin Roempke, Chief Legal Officer, Schenker
Oskar Roman, IT Project Manager, SEB
Johan Roos, Environmental Manager, Stena Rederi AB
Anna-Sara Rosengren, Employee, ADA Women’s Helpline
Stuart Rowley, CFO,Volvo Car Corporation
Ida Ryentorp, Capital Consultant, SEB
Johan Rönnblad, MD, Imcure
Dan Sahlén, Employee, Teknikföretagen väst
Björn Sahlin, Lawyer, Advokatfirman Wåhlin
Inga-Lill Samuelsson, Legal Representative, IF Metall
Marie Sandberg, Production Manager’s Assistant, Forsman & Bodenfors
Ulrika Sandborg, Recruitment Consultant, AB Volvo
Johan Sandström, MD, Hotelzon Sweden AB
Johanna Scottenius, Management Consultant, Ekan
Kristofer Selvin, Associate Lawyer, Wistrand
Björn Seve, Planning Manager, Personnel, Stadskansliet, Gothenburg
Thomas Skärnell, MD, Skärnell Management Konsult AB
Marie Sjöberg, Associate Lawyer, Mannheimer Swartling
Claes Sjölin, Lawyer, Sjölin advokatbyrå
Tommy Sjölund, Counsellor, Crisis Centre for Men
Marie Sobilius, Public Prosecutor, Court of Appeal for West Sweden
Martin Stener, MD, Pravda Partnership
Eva Stenman From, Authorised Public Accountant, Ernst & Young
Kent Stenstrand, MD, Ingemar Cleasson Konsult
David Stiernholm, MD, Stiernholm Konsulting
Ossian Stjernstrand, Head of Development, Gothenburg & Co
Andreas Stranne, Tax Consultant, Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB
Lisbeth Svengren, Research and Training Manager, SVID
Jesper Svensson, Integration Developer, Länsstyrelsen
Mathilda Sundberg, Associate Lawyer, Hamilton
Samira Toghanian, Health Economics Outcome Research Scientist, AstraZeneca R&D
Maria Tornberg, MD, Tango Mentor
Ulla-Lisa Thordén, MD, Republic
Ingrid Thulin, MD, Ingrid Thulin AB
Anne Thingvall, Marketing Manager, Ascom
Anna Tvingsell, Recruitment Officer, SEB
Daniel Ullsten, Associate Lawyer, Mannheimer Swartling
Patrik Unell, Media Consultant, Mediacom
Ricardo Valenzuela, Associate Lawyer,Vinge
Kristina Veress Hagmar, Public Prosecutor, Court of Appeal for West Sweden
Gino Vettese, Partner, Censor AB
Kerstin Vogel, Lawyer, Åbergs
Bernt Wahlsten, Social studies graduate, Familjerättsbyrån Gothenburg
Ulf Wahlström, Business Development Director, Trigger
Per Wahlqvist, Company Lawyer,Volvo AB
Per Wassén, Investment Director,Volvo Technology Transfer
Peter Westdahl, Lawyer, Westdahl
Johan Wester, Investment Director, Stena Adactum
Andrea Wetterberg, Manager Services, Jeeves
Bengt Wiberg, MD, Styrelseinstitutet
Carin Wiberg, Lawyer, MAQS
Anna Wiberger, Purchase Controller, Lindex
Jonas Wimmerstedt, Associate Lawyer, Advokatfirman Roger Eriksson
Karin Winroth Ganters, Lawyer, Advokatfirman Glimstedt
Karin Wistrand, Chancellor of Justice
Henrik Wållgren, Notary, Mölndal District Court
Pär Zelano, Court Judge, Gothenburg City Court
Joël de Zorzi, French Ambassador
Barbro Ödesjö, Special Consultant, Borgestadklinikken
Inger Öfverström, Administrative Director, County Court
Viktor Österberg, Lawyer, Advokatfirman Nordia
The School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg,Vasagatan 1, P.O. Box 600, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, +46 31-7860000,
[email protected], www.handels.gu.se

2008

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