Due to the current pandemic situation and the impact it has had on the Finnish economy, Hanken wants to offer the opportunity for free education in economics also for other than our degree students.
The overall objective of HERoS (Health Emergency Response in Interconnected Systems) is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the response to the Covid-19 outbreak. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101003606.
The history of training and development research goes as far back as the early 20th century but new perspectives are needed. A new study gives tools to improve planning and delivering training programmes.
The Helsinki GSE Situation Room states in its latest report that the number of layoffs has continued to grow strongly. The report is presented at an open access webinar in Zoom on Thursday, 14 May at 8 am.
The Finnish foundation Suomen arvopaperimarkkinoiden edistämissäätiö rewarded Hanken student Walter Hildén for his master’s thesis. The award is 5000 EUR.
Hanken & SSE remains the top-ranked Nordic school in all categories in the annual Financial Times rankings as a part of Stockholm School of Economics (SSE)
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) will be going live this spring on the social learning platform Future Learn, with millions of users around the world. The courses are open for anyone and everyone around the world.
The latest report by the Helsinki GSE Situation Room states that the growth in the number of applications for unemployment benefit paid by Kela has been greatest in the Uusimaa region. The report is presented at an open access webinar in Zoom on Thursday, 7 May at 8 am.
New research discusses that the politics put forth in times of disaster tend to represent the interests of the powerful actors, rather than those of the marginalized people worst affected by the disaster.
Hanken’s and Åbo Akademi’s Swedish language test originally planned to be organized on 14 April 2020 was cancelled due to the pandemic. Alternative ways for applicants to prove their Swedish language skills will be organized at a later stage only for those applicants who otherwise are about to be offered admission.
The national cooperation for admission to BSc within Business Administration and Economics has decided, due to the pandemic, to alter the admission criteria.
Helsinki GSE's third report states that unemployment among the self-employed has increased considerably more than unemployment among employees. The report is presented at an open access webinar in Zoom on Thursday, 30 April at 8 am.
The second report by the Helsinki GSE Situation Room states that lay-offs and redundancies caused by the corona crisis have hit different employee groups in different ways. The report is presented at an open access webinar in Zoom on Thursday, 23 April at 8 am.
Reports are presented each week at an open access webinar. Here you can find the first report that covers e.g. lay offs in Finnish companies during the corona virus crisis.
The Finnish universities have concluded that, due to the coronavirus situation, organising traditional entrance examinations is not possible without compromising the safety of those involved. What makes guaranteeing safety impossible is the severity of the pandemic, the difficulty of identifying those at a higher risk for serious illness, as well as the risks associated with the examination situation itself.
The project highlights Finland as a solid example of effective and timely policy decisions due to availability of data. The aim is to support fast decision making amid the coronavirus crisis.
"Stockmann's is always Stockmann's" was the famous department store slogan in the 1950s. New research shows that Stockmann’s introduced marketing thought in Finland even before marketing was established as an own discipline.
