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Brand activism is becoming increasingly common as companies take a stand on societal issues. However, activism is not without risks. In a new study, researchers have analysed how the plant-based food company Oatly managed the criticism that followed its high-profile milk campaign in Finland.

When Hanken alum Marcus Räder realised that companies renting out holiday properties lacked the right technology, he sensed a business opportunity. Together with two co-founders, he created Hostaway, which has since grown into a billion-euro company with operations around the world.

Heli Rantavuo has been appointed professor of practice in marketing at Hanken School of Economics from 1 August 2026 for a two-year term. Rantavuo holds a Doctor of Arts degree from Aalto University and is an expert in market growth and product development.

In his doctoral dissertation at Hanken School of Economics, Tuomas Nurminen uses laboratory experiments to study economic settings in which trust, trustworthiness, and the misreporting of private information are key elements.

The Hanken Insights event on 20 May 2026 invited experts to discuss the current state of the Nordic labour market and how it is shaped and impacted by technological and structural change. A key takeaway was that human expertise will remain essential, but agility in learning is critical for success in a rapidly changing labour market.

Hanken has signed new student exchange agreements with Catholic University of Portugal – Porto, Portugal, and The Queen’s University of Belfast in North Ireland, United Kingdom. You can apply for an exchange at the new partner universities for the spring semester 2027 in the application round that opened today. The deadline for the applications is 15 June 2026.

The application round for exchange studies in spring semester 2027 is now open for students. The application deadline is 15.6.2026.

Yrkesmässig segregation, det vill säga den systematiska koncentrationen av olika demografiska grupper till olika branscher och yrken, är stark i Finland. Ny forskning visar att könade och rasifierade stereotyper bidrar till att upprätthålla segregation inom yrkesutbildningen.

Danske Bank is the latest company to join the Hanken Partner Programme.
“We want to make students aware of the opportunities available in Danske Bank, where you can grow within diverse roles and explore the different parts of one of the largest Nordic banks,” says Talent Acquisition Partner Bessy Sederlöf.

Time 2 Scale is a project designed to support startups in Finland and the Baltic countries in expanding their operations. Of the first eight Finnish companies that have taken part, more than half have already succeeded in scaling up their business.

Finland aims for 75 percent of international students to stay in the country and enter the labour market after graduation. This is also something Hanken is actively working towards.

This year’s Anders Wall Scholarship has been awarded to Maxine Buchert, founder and CEO of Meridian, a marketing agency specialising in organic growth on social media. The scholarship, worth over 18,000 euros (200,000 SEK), was awarded by Charlotte Wall, chair of the Anders Wall Foundation, at a ceremony in Stockholm 10 March 2026.

Applications for exchange studies in autumn semester 2026 and internship grants for May-August 2026 are now open for students. The deadline is 2 February 2026.

The President of the Republic of Finland, Alexander Stubb, has awarded three distinctions to people associated with Hanken School of Economics.

Republikens president Alexander Stubb har förlänat utmärkelsetecken till tre personer med koppling till Svenska handelshögskolan (Hanken).

The Foundation for Economic Education has granted 120 000 EUR to a new research project at the Centre for Relationship Marketing and Service Management (CERS) at Hanken School of Economics. The project explores how Nordic firms can strengthen market-centric capabilities critical for scaling innovations internationally.

Är du en internationell studerande på magisternivå, eller har du just blivit klar med dina magisterstudier och vill nu avancera på den finländska arbetsmarknaden? Det här är en utmärkt möjlighet för dig att stärka din professionella expertis inom den finska arbetsmarknaden, bygga nätverk med arbetsgivare och förbättra dina språkkunskaper genom arbetserfarenhet.

Are you an international student in a master's degree program or a recent master’s degree graduate and want to advance your career in the Finnish job market? This is an excellent opportunity to strengthen your professional expertise in Finnish working life, build networks with employers, and improve your language skills through real work experience.

A new way to store your things: pack at home, schedule pickup through an app, and have them delivered back whenever you need, whether it’s a few items or everything at once. This innovative service has been created by Hanken student Axel Aarnio and his co-founder Mikael Mauranen, in collaboration with Posti and Hanken Business Lab.

Finance Link is the latest company to join Hanken’s partner programme. “I hope the collaboration will lead to recruitment of young talent and strengthen our visibility within Hanken’s network,” says CEO Robert Malmström.

Hanken alum Johanna Söderström has built an impressive career as an HR professional in multinational companies such as Dow Chemicals and Tyson Foods. Today, she gives back to Hanken by serving as a strategic advisor to the Rector through the university’s International Advisory Board.

The COVID-19 pandemic, the blockage of the Suez Canal in 2021, and the Russia-Ukraine war are examples of events that have disrupted supply chains. Media is increasingly mentioning how such events fragment the global supply chains, and now new research proves them right. 

Då hälsovårdsorganisationer står inför stramare budgetar och ökad ekonomisk osäkerhet, understryker en ny studie från Svenska handelshögskolan (Hanken) vikten av att involvera vårdpersonal i utformningen av praktiska lösningar - särskilt när det gäller resursfördelning och att hålla löften gentemot klienter och deras familjer. Studien lyfter fram den växande spänningen mellan ekonomisk effektivitet och etiska frågor om mänsklig omsorg.

Opening hours of Hanken and different service units in Helsinki and Vaasa during summer 2025.

This year, eight Hanken students participated in the international exam "Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch PWD" which is organised in Finland by the German Finnish Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with Hanken and the Goethe-Institute. The PWD diploma is the highest grade that can be obtained in business German.

“AI requires a new kind of leadership. The biggest obstacle facing leaders today isn’t technology, it’s the mental models, the outdated ways you think about organisations, leadership and innovations”, stated keynote speaker Petri Kokko at a Hanken Insights event on AI held on 15 May.

The application round for exchange studies in spring semester 2026 is now open for students. The application deadline is 16.6.2025.

The Finnish Innovation Index (FII) 2025 winner is IKEA with top10 including global brands and Finnish icons: Apple, BMW Group, Uber, Marimekko, Fiskars Group, Normal, Samsung, Airbnb, and Lumene. The latest FII results spotlight how innovation, purpose, and growth go hand in hand.

Årets vinnare i Finnish Innovation Index (FII)-mätningen är Ikea. I topp 10 finns globala varumärken och finska flaggskepp: Apple, BMW Group, Uber, Marimekko, Fiskars Group, Normal, Samsung, Airbnb och Lumene. De senaste FII-resultaten visar hur innovation, värdegrund och tillväxt går hand i hand.

There are major changes to the BSc and MSc study plans & BSc degree structure for the next academic year. We strongly recommend that all students update their study plan at a Sisu workshop in April-May!

The founder of Dermoshop and board professional Henry Backlund has been appointed Executive in Residence at Hanken School of Economics within the Department of Management and Organisation. Backlund is based in Vaasa.

“The Vaasa region boasts a strong entrepreneurial spirit and numerous companies, but engaging students has been somewhat challenging. To address this, the Vaasa Consortium of Higher Education has decided to collaborate on entrepreneurship initiatives to better support and involve students”, says Nina Ingves, operations manager at Hanken Business Lab in Vaasa.

PhD, professor of practice, entrepreneur and board professional, Christina Dahlblom has been appointed Hanken School of Economics’ associate dean focusing on executive education and corporate relations as of 1 March 2025.

New research highlights that workplace safety, tax planning, and trade credit policies are linked to a firm’s core values and beliefs.

Professor Emeritus Christian Grönroos has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Don Schultz award for Innovation in Teaching, Theory and Practice of Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) by the Medill School of Journalism.

Hanken School of Economics has been granted over 150,000 euros from the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment in Ostrobothnia for a research project aimed at developing tourism solutions that are more accessible, sustainable, and community-based. The project's pilot area is the World Heritage site in the Kvarken Archipelago.

Hanken has signed new student exchange agreements with Curtin University in Perth, Australia, Faculty of Business Administration at Université Laval in Québec, Canada, INSPER in Sao Paulo, Brasil and IPADE Business School in Monterrey, Mexico.

As urbanisation and e-commerce reshape our world, Last-Mile Delivery (LMD) has become a critical link in the supply chain and a pivotal sustainability challenge. New research suggests that managers, city leaders, and researchers who focus solely on emissions should rather develop strategies that balance environmental, social, and economic goals and promote collaboration across individual, organisational, and systemic levels.

Hanken has signed new student exchange agreements with Esade Ramon Llull University in Barcelona, Spain and University of Aberdeen i Aberdeen, United Kingdom. You can apply for an exchange at these new partner universities for autumn semester 2025 as soon as the application round opens mid-december. Deadline for applications is 3 February 2025. You will find a short introduction to the new partners below.

I början av november hölls Svenska handelshögskolans promotion och samtidigt promoverades två jubeldoktorer, Alf-Erik Lerviks och Christian Junnelius. Jubeldoktorerna, som disputerade för 50 år sedan, delar här sina minnen från den tiden.

In line with the internationalisation ambitions of Hanken, academic and administrative staff are offered the opportunity to apply for an Erasmus+ teacher/staff mobility grant at a Hanken partner university within the European Union.

Laura Ihanainen, Oskar Korkman and Kevin Deegan have been appointed Professors of Practice at Hanken. They will work with the Department of Marketing from 1 September 2024 until 31 August 2026.

The word innovation suggests the idea of improving the functional or design features of products and services to make brand offerings useful for consumers, but new research reveals another kind of innovations that positively impact consumers’ perceptions of brands.

Ordet innovation kopplar man oftast ihop med att förbättra funktionella eller designmässiga egenskaper hos produkter och tjänster, men ny forskning avslöjar en annan typ av innovationer som har en positiv inverkan på konsumenternas uppfattning om varumärken.

“In spite of the fact that Finland for several years in a row has been named the “happiest country in the world”, our country faces a number of challenges. One of these challenges is how to adapt to demographic changes, in particular to the aging of the population”, said Rector Ingmar Björkman at the Hanken School of Economics' Opening of the Academic Year ceremony on 2 September 2024.

Hanken School of Economics has been granted over 200,000 EUR by The Finnish Research Impact Foundation (FRIF) for a research project that will involve logistics companies in the development of circular economy business models.

Drömmer du om att starta ett eget företag? Då är det här något för dig! Vi på Hanken Business Lab är glada att meddela att ansökningen officiellt är öppen för Playground pre-inkubatorprogrammet, hösten 2024. Om du är en universitetsstudent, någon som vill byta karriär eller en branschexpert som är redo att ta steget in i entreprenörskap, har du nu chansen att göra dina drömmar verkliga.

Universities will develop joint approaches to strengthen the quality and impact of researcher training. The aim of these recommendations is to increase the appeal of researcher training and the number of flexible pathways to training, strengthen its relevance to working life and employment opportunities, and speed up graduation.

Opening hours of Hanken and different service units in Helsinki and Vaasa during summer 2024.

The application round for exchange studies in spring semester 2025 is now open for students. The application deadline is 17.6.2024.

Hanken has signed a new student exchange agreement with The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. You can apply for an exchange at this new partner university for Spring semester 2025 when the application is open.

OP Uusimaa is the newest member of Hanken's partner programme. "Hanken is home to the top experts of the future, and we want to be present to increase awareness of the financial sector," says HR Manager Jani Mikanmaa.

The student team ‘Hair4you’ from Hanken was one of the top three in the Nordic final of cosmetics company L'Oréal's international marketing competition Brandstorm 2024.

According to the Finnish Innovation Index (FII) BeyondMeat, MeEat and Oatly are the most innovative companies in Finland 2024. The annual FII study, conducted by Hanken School of Economics, lists the most innovative companies and their respective industries according to Finnish consumers.

The global professional services company Reddal is the newest member of Hanken's partner programme. “Linguistic and cultural diversity is important to us, so it is natural that we start a collaboration with Hanken School of Economics”, says Reddal's CEO Per Stenius.

The newly listed financial group Mandatum is a new member of Hanken School of Economics’ partner programme. “Hanken offers a versatile education that goes well with our extensive operations at Mandatum. It's a good match," says Joanna Kivi, Talent acquisition & Employer branding Manager at Mandatum.

"Research Sneak Peek" är ett koncept som vi på CERS utvecklade mot slutet av förra året, 2023, där vi ber våra forskare att tömma lådorna och visa vad de för närvarande arbetar med.

Digital data can help companies improve customer experience and achieve greater growth, but the downside includes data breaches, misuse and employee technostress. How can companies responsibly and transparently collect, use and create value from all available digital data? A new research project at Hanken School of Economics wants to find out.

Professor Terry Esper is visiting Hanken during spring 2024 as a Fulbright Distinguished Professor.

Several students at Hanken School of Economics have been involved in helping a project for Unicef Finland to investigate how much children's rights are taken into account in Finnish listed companies. Unicef Finland report shows that the majority of companies do not consider or measure their impact on children.

Fighting global threats, from climate change to new contagious viruses, often requires large-scale changes in behavior. How can we modify the behavior of billions of people? This is the key question in Professor Tore Ellingsens economics lectures in how to change the world.

The Hanken School of Economics invites you to the doctoral course on Societal Logistics with Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics Professor Terry Esper. This will be an all-day course at Hanken School of Economics on 17th and 18th April 2024.

Individual wellbeing doesn’t always add up to team wellbeing – but reflection and open communication can help.

Det är mer sannolikt att både teamet och individerna mår bra om man reflekterar och delar med sig av sina problem inom teamet, och om det finns goda relationer mellan alla medlemmar. Långt ifrån alla team lyckas hitta rätt balans visar ny forskning.

Research Sneak Peek is a concept we at CERS developed at the end of last year, 2023, where we ask our researchers to empty the draws and show what they are currently are working on.

Biodiversity loss is among the biggest challenges facing us. In order to address this challenge, businesses need to implement governance principles that promote the protection of our nature. Theresa Harrer, a postdoctoral researcher at Hanken School of Economics, is on a mission to find out how these governance principles for biodiversity should look like.

During Rector’s mulled wine event in Helsinki on 15 December 2023, and in Vaasa on 18 December 2023, Rector Ingmar Björkman presented awards and distinctions. Björkman also presented the medals awarded by President Sauli Niinistö on Independence Day.

Under Rektors julglögg i Helsingfors 15.12.2023 och i Vasa 18.12.2023 utdelade rektor Ingmar Björkman premieringar bland annat för utvecklande av undervisningen samt stiftelsens premieringar. Dessutom överräcktes utmärkelsetecken som Republikens President Sauli Niinistö förlänat på självständighetsdagen.

Applications for exchange studies in autumn semester 2024 and internship grants for May-August 2024 are now open for students. The deadline is 31.1.2024.

It’s increasingly important that students learn to think like entrepreneurs even though they may never want to start their own company. Hanken School of Economics supports students in recognizing there are good opportunities to implement a startup mentality and spark excitement from within an existing organization, through the research area of corporate entrepreneurship.

On 6 December 2023, the President of the Republic of Finland, Sauli Niinistö, awarded three distinctions to persons connected with Hanken School of Economics.

Republikens president Sauli Niinistö har den 6 december 2023 förlänat utmärkelsetecken till tre personer med koppling till Svenska handelshögskolan.

The winning team of Hanken Quantum Hackathon 2023 offers practical solutions for small and medium-sized businesses in Finland grappling with ESG reporting. The students behind Sustainify, came up with a platform that simplifies the reporting process by guiding users through tailored questionnaires.

Varför ska vi bry oss om vissa vill tro att jorden är platt? Enligt Carlos Diaz Ruiz, forskardoktor vid Svenska handelshögskolan (Hanken), har alla i ett fritt samhälle rätt till sina övertygelser, även om de är felaktiga. Problemet är inte att övertygelsen är felaktig, utan hur denna grupp använder övertygelsen som ett slagträ för att undergräva demokratin.

Hanken has signed new student exchange agreements on BSc level with ESSEC Business School in France and University of Calgary Haskayne School of Business in Canada. You can apply for an exchange at these new partner universities for fall semester 2024 no later than 31 January 2024. You will find a short introduction to the new partners below.
More information is also given by Johanna Lilius, Head of International Relations (johanna.lilius@hanken.fi).

There are upcoming training sessions for the databases Capital IQ, Factset, Orbis, Refinitiv (LSEG) Workspace and WRDS during the weeks 41-42. Check the times and links in the post!

Det kommer skolningar för databaserna Capital IQ, Factset, Orbis, Refinitiv (LSEG) Workspace och WRDS under vecka 41-42. Kolla tiderna och länkarna i posten!

Hanken School of Economics’ project Ostrobothnia Tourism Roadmap 2030 looks at how UN’s Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development can be applied to a regional tourism strategy.

We need to be aware of the many contradictions and pitfalls when designing technologies and technology-powered services that empower individual well-being.

A record number of almost 150 people applied to the 2023 Hanken mentorship programme. Mentor Yrsa Landsdorff and mentee Wilma Leskinen are two of them. The mentorship programme has given Landsdorff valuable insights about the younger generation, and Leskinen has successfully achieved the goal she set herself at the start of the year.

Digital intimate partner violence is not only affecting the victim but potentially also any workplace, even yours and mine. It cannot be ignored, especially by managers and others with power to do something about it, says Charlotta Niemistö, project leader at Hanken School of Economics.

For the first time in 10 years, a Finn brings home an individual men's medal in the World Orienteering Championships. Olli Ojanaho, who studies Management and Organisation at Hanken, won the bronze medal in long-distance orienteering in Switzerland in July 2023.

För första gången på 10 år hämtar en finländare hem en individuell herrmedalj i orienterings-VM. Olli Ojanaho som studerar företagsledning och organisation på Hanken tog brons i långdistansorientering i Schweiz i juli 2023.

In this CERS blog post, Assistant Professor Mekhail Mustak discusses the importance of adopting a Customer Success Management (CSM) approach.

I detta blogginlägg från CERS diskuterar biträdande professor Mekhail Mustak vikten av att anta en Customer Success Management (CSM)-strategi.

The INCREDIT project, where Hanken plays a vital role, has been selected in the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) HEI Initiative. The HEI Initiative helps higher education institutions build the capacity to teach innovation and entrepreneurship.

As part of the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), Hanken & SSE remains the number one Nordic executive education house in the Financial Times rankings.

Vaasa city library is moving to a new library system. The library system is used for managing all library materials, loans, and customer data. Due to the change, all library locations will be closed between May 22 and June 6, 2023. During this period, the online library catalogue will also be unavailable.

The application round for exchange studies in spring semester 2024 is now open for students. The application deadline is 14.6.2023.

The Finnish Innovation Index (FII) is a national indicator of the perceived innovativeness of companies among Finnish consumers. The annual ranking conducted at Hanken School of Economics lists the most innovative companies according to Finnish consumers.

Three student teams from Hanken have participated in the Nordic final of L'Oréal's international marketing competition Brandstorm 28.4.2023. All Hanken teams performed very well among the 8 Nordic teams competing. Team TAL Scentiment from University of Gothenburg won and secured a place in the international final in Paris in June.

In this CERS blog post, Assistant Professor Larissa Becker discusses the problem with the lack of a common definition of Customer Experience (CX), despite it being a buzzword in marketing and service practice.

På CERS blogg diskuterar biträdande professor Larissa Becker problemet med bristen på en gemensam definition av Kundupplevelse (CX), trots att det är ett trendord inom marknadsföring och tjänsteforskning.

“It's been about 15 years since I was at Hanken, and I needed a few more tools in my toolbox. Something tangible since questions around strategy and leadership are coming up in my work daily.” These comments stem from President and CEO of the Ahola Group, Ida Saavalainen, who currently attends the Hanken Executive MBA programme.

“Our main task is to support companies to improve their leadership. We do this by igniting strategic renewal in teams and individuals,” says Marc Hinnenberg, CEO of Hanken & SSE Executive Education.

Assistant Professor of Marketing, Mekhail Mustak, has co-written a research paper exploring the threats and opportunities of deepfake technology.

In order to honour the university's largest donors, Hanken has established awards for the best performing students at Bachelor’s and Master’s level, and to the best performing students who go on exchange during their bachelor studies.

The Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Research Institute (HUMLOG) is working with the most pressing issues in our world: from the COVID-19 pandemic to the war in Ukraine and the enormous challenges presented by climate change. This week the Institute celebrated its 15th anniversary.

At the beginning of the year, a new funding act determining the state's research and development funding in 2024–2030 entered into force. In practice, the implementation of the Act means that the central government budgeted approximately EUR 260 million more for RDI activities each year in 2024-2030.

On 14 March 2023 Hanken School of Economics arranged an inaugural installation ceremony for three new professors, Martin Fougère (Management and organisation), Johanna Gummerus (Marketing), and Jennie Sumelius (Management and organisation).

Hanken student Henrik Helenius has been awarded the Anders Wall scholarship of approximately 20,000 euros for having excelled in entrepreneurship and creative thinking. The scholarship was presented on 10 March 2023 at the Anders Wall Foundation's scholarship award ceremony in Stockholm. Helenius is one of the founders of Droppe, a marketplace that sells supplies to industrial companies.

Adopt more systematic recruitment processes, quickly implement the EU directive on gender quotas, and a proactive attitude among women. These are some of the recommendations in a new study on how to increase the proportion of women on boards and management teams of publicly traded companies.

Demand for agricultural commodities in the EU are driving land use change in biodiversity-rich countries in for example Africa and Latin America, leading to major biodiversity losses. Hanken School of Economics is part of a large EU-project that aims to generate new knowledge and tools on how to make agrifood systems more sustainable.

PhD Johanna Gummerus has been appointed as the new Professor of Marketing at Hanken School of Economics. Professor Gummerus has a long and warm relationship with Hanken. She graduated from the university in 2011 and enjoys it so much that she has worked here ever since.

The technical issue with the Shibboleth login is now solved and the exchange appliation is open again. The application for exchange studies in autumn semester 2023 closes 31 January 2023 at 23:59.

Applications for exchange studies in autumn semester 2023 and internship grants for May-August 2023 are now open for students. The deadline is 31.1.2023.

Academics in management and organization studies today have been driven into focusing predominantly on building a CV and developing networks, securing funding and producing articles published in high-ranked journals, all of which supports the university’s competitive position in global rankings. As a result, we see academics who neglect their own life in terms of material, emotional or familial sustenance, and social relations. Instead, they devote all their time to precarious work.

Hanken has signed new student exchange agreements with SKEMA Business School and ESCP Business School in France. Students can apply for an exchange at these new partner universities for autumn semester 2023 no later than 31.01.2023.

On 6 December 2022, President of the Republic of Finland, Sauli Niinistö, awarded three medals to people connected with Hanken School of Economics. The medals are officially awarded on Independence Day, but Hanken will mark the occasion with a ceremony during the Rector's Christmas coffee at the School on 16 December 2022.

Republikens president Sauli Niinistö har den 6 december 2022 förlänat utmärkelsetecken till tre personer med koppling till Svenska handelshögskolan. Utmärkelsetecknen förlänas officiellt på självständighetsdagen, men Hanken uppmärksammar detta med en ceremoni under Rektors julkaffe på högskolan 16.12.2022.

Limiting global warming requires reducing substantially the greenhouse gases that our economies emit, particularly the emissions of firms driving economic activity. The European Union committed to reduce emissions down to net zero by 2050 and Finland by 2035. Meeting these commitments requires continued actions of governments and firms, but also of financial actors.

“Hanken School of Economics and Aktia have a long shared history, and we are therefore particularly thrilled to continue this collaboration by being Hanken’s new partner company,” says Lotta Borgström, Director of Investor Relations and Communication at Aktia.

These days, consumers have access to practically all music imaginable, thanks to smartphones and services such as Spotify, and the shelves of corner shops are filled with food and drink from all over the world.

“Hanken aims to contribute with a much larger number of foreign citizens coming to Finland and being integrated into Finnish working life”, said Rector Ingmar Björkman at the opening of the academic year at Hanken School of Economics on 1 September 2022.

CERS was represented in the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference in Montery, AMA SERVSIGS conference in Glasglow and Frontiers in Boston this summer.

A new study conducted at Hanken School of Economics lists the most innovative companies according to Finnish consumers. The Finnish Innovation Index (FII) is a national measure of perceived innovativeness of companies among Finnish customers who have during the last six months purchased or used the products of the included companies.

It is especially relevant today to consider people experiencing vulnerability during crises. On the Cers blog, Anu Helkkula discusses the importance of including the receivers and their vulnerability experiences in creating helping efforts.

Det är ytterst relevant att idag ta människor som upplever sårbarhet under kriser i beaktan. På Cers-bloggen diskuterar Anu Helkkula vikten av att inkludera mottagarna och deras sårbarhetsupplevelser i att skapa hjälpinsatser.

Ideally trademarks and certification marks on various products promote sustainable development. If these tools are used properly, they increase transparency and thus promote consumer information. However, there are some challenges, professor Irene Calboli said at her Fulbright seminar at Hanken School of Economics 30 May 2022.

As part of Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), Hanken & SSE remains the top-ranked Nordic executive education house in all categories in the Financial Times rankings and climbs to position 15 in the world.

The first ENGAGE.EU Conference for Early-Stage Researchers and Young Scholars will be hosted by University of National and World Economy (UNWE) at its Conference Centre in Sofia 23-24 of June.

We have asked the chair of the Hanken board, Christoph Vitzthum, five questions. Read, among other things, about the direction in which Vitzthum wants to develop Hanken and what strengths he thinks the university has.

How to shape the market for future needs? Is this the end of globalisation? Will it be possible to start an anode material factory in Vaasa? These were topics that were discussed during the annual Hankendagen which was held in Vaasa on 12 May 2022.

Hanken offers a coaching programme that takes a closer look at how to manage working life expectations, workload, time management and how to learn more about social interaction. The core of the message is how we can create the best working conditions and community possible.

Nordea Bank is to begin its first major university collaboration as a new member of the Hanken partner programme. Hanken's international profile and high quality of teaching attracted the cooperation.

It is often assumed in corporate branding research that coherence and consistency are solid principles for a corporate identity. However, many older assumptions are challenged by the realities of our business world that is more diverse than ever. Sonja Sarasvuo who recently defended her doctoral thesis helps contest this fundamental assumption.

Concentration, discussion, inspiration, exchange of ideas – the atmosphere is palpable when you step down into the basement of Hanken in Helsinki. Here is Hanken Business Lab, an innovative incubator with the goal of helping start-ups, growth companies, associations and individuals to grow.

Creating a stronger link between economics and IT, managing big data more efficiently, making better data-driven decisions and developing new fintech solutions – these and others are areas Quantum wants to be involved in.

Hanken student Alexander Silén (b. 1994) has been awarded this year´s Anders Wall scholarship of SEK 200,000. Silén receives the scholarship because he has excelled in entrepreneurship and creative thinking.

“Seek support and be the support that others seek as well”. This career advice was provided by Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, former President of the Republic of Croatia, when she visited Hanken to talk about leadership.

Who do we want to be as a company? And what do we promise to our stakeholders? These are questions all companies face when they want to express their corporate identity. New research suggests that companies could increase stakeholder identification by involving multiple stakeholders in their branding processes.

Gemensamma och rättvisa spelregler för en ännu bättre och ansvarsfullare verksamhetskultur – det är kärnan i Hankens nya uppförandekod.

The HUMLOG Institute at Hanken is a world leader in research in humanitarian logistics, ie how to best reach out with help to people in crisis areas. At a seminar at Hanken 3.3.2022, HUMLOG's experts and researchers commented on the situation in Ukraine and why it would be more effective if the outside world's aid to Ukraine would be monetary rather than sending goods.

Earthquakes, storms, floods, forest fires - natural disasters have a firm grip on our world. In order for us to handle disasters in the best possible way, two things are needed: cooperation and trust.

Lime Technologies' mission is to recruit more young talent to the IT industry. The company hopes to find new staff members via its partnership with Hanken.

Lime Technologies mission är att rekrytera fler unga till it-branschen. Företaget hoppas hitta nya medarbetare via samarbetet med Hanken.

Remember to download and activate your Break Pro. Break Pro is a free break exercise program that reminds you to take breaks during static work- or study days. Read more here!

Veronica Liljander was a productive and respected professor, researcher, and colleague. She was very involved in teaching and supervised many students on both master's and doctoral level.

"We have always done it that way" is an expression that Joel Sunabacka, head of the Bank of Åland in Vasa, Hankenalumnus, and winner of the competition Young Leader of the Year in Western Finland, cannot stand.

Dr. Daniel Pasternack has on 1.10.2021 been appointed Professor of Practice at Hanken for a period of three years. Pasternack has a background as an entrepreneur and is the CEO of the asset management company Elite Alfred Berg.

Lifeline Ventures invests two million euros in Hanken Business Lab's member company Mobal. Lifeline Ventures' previous investments include Wolt, Supercell, Smartly and Aiven.

Many high-tech products contain high-demand metals. These metals are of strategic importance to the world economy but will likely be difficult to access in the future. As critical materials, they are part of society’s critical infrastructure and should therefore be recycled and reused to a greater degree.

Many members of different societies face inequalities due to their sexual orientation and gender. Despite positive legal changes, the experiences of the LGBTI communities show persistent discrimination.

After last week's preliminary judging, GBSN - Global Business School Network has determined the Top Six teams who will be going to the Final Round of judging in The HUMLOG Challenge! Those teams are (in no particular order):

How to speed up the growth in Finland? This was discussed at the traditional seminar Toppsemi, which was held at The Swedish School of Economics Hanken in Helsinki on 26 October. "We cannot only distribute the cake, but it must be made to grow, and this requires structural societal reforms that make Finland attractive to investors”, the event's keynote speaker Björn Wahlroos stated.

A supply chain perspective can enable the identification of problems in legal processes, factors that affect public procurement and vulnerabilities in preparedness for cascading disasters. New research examines what a supply chain perspective entails in strictly regulated public services and processes.

The nationwide recommendation for remote work has ended and many workplaces have switched to combining remote work and office work in new ways. Different hybrid models will require more planning by both managers and employees and in some cases also redesigning of the office spaces.

How can we create an atmosphere that supports teams to be successful? And how to lead an organisation in the middle of change? These were themes that were discussed at Hankendagen this year. The event was broadcasted from Hanken in Helsinki on 8 October with a record audience.

Emeritus Professor Christian Grönroos has published a new book on one of the current trends in trade, "Tjänstefiering. I kundens ögon är alla företag tjänsteleverantörer" (”Servicefying. In the customer’s eyes all firms are service providers”, Volante, Stockholm 2021).

Emeritusprofessor Christian Grönroos har i september publicerat boken "Tjänstefiering. I kundens ögon är alla företag tjänsteleverantörer" (Volante, Stockholm 2021).

Food security is defined as having sufficient access to food in order to maintain a healthy life. The mainstream approach to ensuring sufficient food and nutrition security is focused on production and consumption. New research shows that food security research and action need to emphasise distribution and retail in addition to agricultural production.

New research shows that a service-providing organisation facilitates the well-being of individuals by supporting, socialising, and empowering them. Technology, service environment and design, and internal practices and arrangements also contribute to the individuals’ well-being.

Research funding is increasingly granted to large, multidisciplinary consortia in which researchers from several universities, but also other societal actors participate. Researchers at Hanken have actively applied for funding for such projects, and in the spring of 2021, a record number of researchers at the university received highly welcomed news from the funders.

After many years in the oil industry, Linda Tallberg changed her career and started researching human-animal relations at work. She is often asked the question: what do animals have to do with business?

Big questions such as decolonization, the relevance of research to the global south, and the future of work, were on the agenda of the fourth Responsible Organising conference, held at Hanken on the 28th of April.

Stora frågor såsom avkolonisering, forskningens relevans för det södra halvklotet samt det framtida arbetslivet stod på agendan på den fjärde Responsible Organising-konferensen som ordandes online på Hanken i slutet av april.

Rasmus Öhman, 28, graduated in 2016 with a Bachelor's degree in accounting from Hanken in Helsinki. He continued to Aalto University where he became a Master of Economics in 2019. Since October 2019, he has been working at Deloitte AG in Zurich.

When Paul Viio, Professor of Practice at Hanken since 15.3.2021, six year ago started to do online courses in the USA, he felt that the field was light years ahead there compared to Finland. However, during the last year, huge steps towards digitalisation has been taken in Finland – sometimes even bigger than necessary.

The Finnish Innovation Index (FII), developed jointly with the Norwegian School of Economics, offers Finnish consumers the opportunity, for the first time, to evaluate the innovativeness of companies selling services and products. The results of the survey were published on a webinar broadcasted from Hanken the 17 June. The event will be annual.

Unequal access to drinking water in different geographical contexts is embedded in political, racialized, classed, and gendered hierarchies. Technologies and innovations aimed at solving drinking water problems only tend to gloss over the bigger issues.

Hanken School of Economics launches a new Career Podcast where Hanken’s alumni share their career stories and discuss what choices they have made, but also look back at their studies at Hanken. The first three episodes will be out 12 April 2021.

To freelance alongside paid work is becoming more and more popular. When should one consider delegating the accounting to an agency or consider whether it would be more profitable to establish a company? And what does one have to think of when hiring staff?

Within the agreement between Hanken School of Economics and the Fulbright Center, three US scholars will visit Hanken during spring 2021. Professors Nezih Altay, Brian Gibson and Leigh Anne Liu will conduct research at Hanken and hold a public seminar on their findings. More information about the seminars will be published on Hanken's website during the spring.

In 2017, The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre conducted an audit of Hanken’s quality system and awarded it a quality label that is valid for six years. In February, Hanken signed up for the next national evaluation taking place in 2023.

The previous service LEAN Library ends on March 31 and is replaced by LibKey Nomad, a browser extension that provides links to fulltext scholarly articles when you are working off-campus - without having to take the route via the library’s website or Hanna/Finna. Just download the LibKey Nomad browser extension.

The topic “Sustainability In The Banking Industry” was of great interest to researchers, alumni and students on Hanken’s Finance Day this year. The annual event was held online for the second consecutive year on 17th March 2021 and fully booked.

Gamification is one of the buzzwords in today’s societies, and it seems there are no limits in what all benefits and new areas of life one can conquer with it. The new book edited by Mikko Vesa from Hanken lightens up the connections between gamification and the field of management and organization.

Spelifiering (eng. gamification) är ett slagord i dagens samhällen. Det verkar som om det inte finns några gränser för vilka fördelar och nya livsområden som speliferingen kan erövra. Den nya boken som redigerats av Hankens forskare Mikko Vesa för fram sambandet mellan spelifiering och forskningsområdet företagsledning och organisation.

Why are universities holding on-location entrance examinations during the pandemic?
After carrying out careful assessment and risk analyses, Finnish universities have concluded that holding entrance examinations which require applicants’ physical presence and also involve careful safety arrangements is the best way to implement a fair student admission procedure that takes into account subject-specific special requirements and treats all applicants equally.

Jesper Haga (to the right in the picture) and Dennis Sundvik (to the left in the picture) wanted to offer something new to their students in finance and accounting with their Swedish-speaking podcast After Class.

Would you benefit from getting some tips and support and having the opportunity to discuss a theme related to study habits, motivation or for example stress management? Or would you perhaps want to take the opportunity to ask the study coach a question or share tips and ideas with other students?

There are differences among countries in Europe in how the care work is organized. Care work has traditionally often been regarded as an internal question for families in many countries in Europe.

MOT Kielipalvelu® includes the language tools you know from MOT – but completely modernized and with a lot of new content. You will be able to use the service easily on all of your devices, also outside of the university network.

Coronakrisen har prövat Finlands ekonomi, men i lägre grad än vad som befarades från början. Under krisen har företagsverksamheten fått stöd både direkt och indirekt, t.ex. genom lättnader i reglerna för permittering. Nu bereder regeringen ett tredje kostnadsstödpaket till företagen. Regeringen borde dock överväga att skifta fokus från direkta stöd, såsom kostnadsstöd, till stöd som kräver motprestation, såsom Finnveras borgen.

Business decision-makers ranked Hanken & SSE Executive Education number one in many of the criteria in the annual Taloustutkimus' business image survey.

Applicants will be informed of how the entrance examinations will be carried out by 16 March. Universities have continued to prepare student admissions for 2021, taking into account the current coronavirus situation. The aim is to organise the spring and summer entrance examinations on campuses or other physical facilities. The tests are supervised and follow strict safety arrangements.

Michael Seelen, 41, graduated from Hanken in Vaasa in 2003 with Computational Finance as his major. Now he lives in Middleton, Wisconsin, where he works as a Director of Risk Management and Data Analysis at Hy Cite Enterprises.

”Med denna text önskar jag dela med mig till dig, läsaren, en del av det jag lärt mig under mitt arbete för min doktorsexamen relaterat till kunder och ekosystem. Den här artikeln handlar också om ord och deras betydelse, särskilt om ord som används jämnt och vars definition vi ofta tar för givet.”

“I share with you, the reader, a part of my journey as I am working on one conceptual paper for my PhD related to customers and ecosystems. This article is also on the meaning of words, especially high-mileage words that we frequently take for granted.”

Quantum is a versatile meeting place that offers access to company and financial databases and allows for the handling of big data. Modern technology makes it possible to stream all classes and other events, as well as allowing for keeping up with real-time financial news. Quantum, made possible by donations, opened in February 2020.

Välkommen att delta i Hanken Research Day, som ordnas virtuellt 27.11 kl.11! I år medverkar Hanken Foundation Distinguished Fellow och nobelpristagaren Bengt Holmström i en intervju och dessutom presenterar fyra forskningsgrupper från Hanken det senaste inom sin covid-19-relaterade forskning. Intervjuerna och efterföljande diskussionen leds av Baba Lybeck.

In a new conversational podcast, “Sustainability Unwrapped”, researchers from Hanken School of Economics turn to experts outside the academia in order to come up together with solutions to how the world could be made sustainable. The first two episodes were out in the beginning of this week with new episodes every Monday. Two episodes every week will be released until the mid of December.

Christina Dahlblom has been appointed Professor of Practice at Hanken’s Department of Management and Organisation as of 3 November 2020. Dahlblom wants to contribute to even tighter networks and dialogues between Hanken and the corporate world, in order to help Hanken continue developing cooperation, research and teaching that brings value to both Hanken, businesses and society.

Christina Dahlblom har utsetts till Professor of Practice vid institutionen för företagsledning och organisation från och med den 3 november 2020. Dahlblom vill bidra till att skapa ännu tätare nätverk och dialog mellan Hanken och näringslivet, för att hjälpa Hanken utveckla samarbete, forskning och undervisning som ger mervärde för både Hanken, företag och samhället.

The Board on 20.10.2020 appointed Professor David B. Grant as new Dean of Research and Social Impact at Hanken. His term of office is until 31.7.2021. David B. Grant is Professor of Supply Chain Management & Social Responsibility at Hanken.

Fresh results published by a research project led by Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki show that travel restrictions are one of the most effective methods to stop the spreading of Covid-19. Travel bans have however, also resulted in serious disruptions in the transportation of medical supplies.

Five Hanken students participated this year in the international examination "Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch" (PWD), which is organised by the Deutsch-Finnische Handelskammer in cooperation with Goethe-Institut.

Although a state of emergency is not the optimal situation for developing novel innovations, a newly published Hanken study shows how the Covid crisis presented certain businesses with the opportunity to take their operations in an entirely new strategic direction.

The coronavirus pandemic has shown that it is possible to work from home five days a week. However, is that ideal? Continued restrictions and the risk of another wave of coronavirus infections could, in many ways, make the autumn at workplaces bleaker than in the spring.

To the extent that the Covid-19 pandemic may change certain fundamental patterns of consumer behaviour, companies must carefully consider how to adjust their market strategies and tactics accordingly.

The Department of Health and Welfare (THL) has launched the Koronavilkku mobile app, which is designed to help break coronavirus infection chains. University rectors, including Hanken's Rector Karen Spens, recommend that both students and staff start to use the app.

New research shows that understanding the customer ecosystem is essential for successful smart self-service experiences, like activity trackers. The ecosystems can be individual-, brand- or socially-driven.

Ny forskning visar att det är viktigt att förstå kundens ekosystem för att kunna erbjuda framgångsrika användarupplevelser inom smarta självbetjäningstjänster, till exempel sportklockor. Ett kundekosystem innefattar alla de faktorer som påverkar kundens upplevelse och det kan vara individuellt, varumärkesbaserat eller socialt drivet.

Vi övergår från den dominerande Budskapslogiken till en reviderad logik: Lärandelogiken.

We will move from the dominant message logic to a revised logic of learning.

Global shortages of medical equipment and problems with supply chains have during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis once again shown the strong need for global cooperation in medical supply chain management. According to experts at Hanken School of Economics governments and international organisations have failed to learn several lessons from earlier disasters and epidemics.

Joakim Wincent is researching entrepreneurship and well-being. He is inspired by the fact that there are always new problems to solve and says that research is like solving puzzles.

During the last three weeks in an ongoing covid pandemic, millions of people across the US and worldwide have taken to the streets and raised their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd by a policeman. Solidarity protests also took place in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku voicing issues of inequality, discrimination, and unequal justice.

CEOs are more likely to be fired when their firms are involved in ESG (“Environmental, Social, and Governance”) related misconduct, writes Niclas Meyer in a blog post on the Hanken Research blog.

Here you'll find the service available at Hanken in Helsinki and Vaasa during summer 2020.

How could we increase sustainability in urban last mile deliveries? Can innovations both reduce the negative effects of e-commerce and simultaneously create a top delivery system for consumers? Hanken School of Economics is coordinating a Nordic research project that will dive into these questions.

The growing importance of ESG data for financial decision making and for achieving sustainability goals was the topic of a webinar hosted by Hanken School of Economics on 11.6.2020. The speakers called for increased standardisation, transparency, availability and reliability of sustainability data in the face of pressing climate and environmental demands.

Hanken ranks at top among Finnish universities in U-Multirank, for research citation rate, top cited publications, and international student mobility.

Vår kultur har höga förhoppningar på att tekniken ska förbättra våra liv.

Our culture puts high hopes on the role of technology in improving our lives.

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the role of customers in business. It has become dramatically clear to many that without customers there is no business. Now when everything is upside down it is timely and relevant to reflect on this old but fundamental issue. Not that managers would not know it, in principle.

Covid-19-pandemin belyser kundernas roll inom affärslivet. Många har blivit dramatiskt medvetna om att utan kunder finns ingen affärsverksamhet. Nu när allt har vänts upp och ned är det relevant att reflektera över det här gamla men grundläggande problemet. Inte för att chefer inte skulle känna till det.

In order to carry its social responsibility during these exceptional times, Hanken School of Economics has decided to accept an additional 45 students in the ongoing admissions 2020.

Hanken School of Economics, FIANT Consulting Oy, 3bility Consulting and The Human Rights Centre (HRC) implement a research project called SIHTI (Status of Human Rights Performance of Finnish Companies). The aim of the project is to obtain comprehensive overview of how Finnish companies are fulfilling their human rights responsibilities in relation to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected economics on all levels in society. In order to ensure a more resilient and flexible society in the future it’s important for countries not to isolate themselves, but rather to take global regulatory actions through international agreements and that applies as much to fighting pandemics and climate change, said Topi Miettinen, Professor at Hanken School of Economics, during an online event at Hanken.

Vi har hört det gång på gång: Robotar och artificiell intelligens (AI) kommer att ersätta många av oss, även dem som jobbar i serviceyrken med direkt kundkontakt.

All of us have heard this several times: robots and artificial intelligence (AI) will replace many of us, and this also goes for service employees who used to have face-to-face interaction with customers.

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.

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)

The Library in Helsinki offers limited lending service starting on May 14th. Vaasa City Library offers limited lending service starting on May 11th.

"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.

Att arbeta hemifrån kan hjälpa oss att hitta nya vanor som förbereder oss för framtidens arbete, säger forskardoktor Emma Nordbäck.

Have you ever heard about a smartphone app from a friend and thought that it sounds great, you must download that, too? There are several ways for customers to experience smartphone apps, some of which can be surprising for app developers.

Har du hört en vän tala om en smarttelefonapp och tyckt att den låtit så bra, att du också måste ladda ner den? Kunder erfar smarttelefonappar på många olika sätt, och vissa kan vara överraskande för apputvecklare.

Hanken's staff and students in Helsinki and Vaasa will work and study from home starting from 13.3.2020. While Hanken's buildings are quiet, the organisation is up and running – remotely! In order to support the Hanken spirit we are launching the campaign #hankenremote!

How to get help with replacing print material with digital sources

During the Partner Assembly on 6 February, the Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid was conferred as Honorary Doctor. She was conferred for her contribution to promote digitalisation.

Two leading players join forces to accelerate organisational and professional growth

Senior Fellows of CERS will strengthen CERS’ international research initiatives and also be involved in doctoral supervision.

Hanken alumnus Anders Portman photographs architecture and building environments. For him, working as an entrepreneur with his own values guiding him is important.

As a result of extensive harmonization efforts in the area of copyright law in the EU, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) plays an important role in defining the boundaries of the scope of protection offered to authors and holders of related rights.

The Finnish Service Alliance has awarded Lobna Hassan’s doctoral thesis The Service PhD of 2019.

Today’s business world is faced with continuous turbulence, and decision-making in the incalculable environment is even more complicated than before. Hanken trains its students to work-life challenges in tight collaboration with the business world.

Students become real life CEO’s, project managers and consultants in the Entrepreneurship and Management course Business Consulting.

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of CERS, Centre for Relationship Marketing and Service Management at Hanken, the Grönroos Prize 2019 was awarded to prominent service researchers, Professor Suvi Nenonen and Professor Kaj Storbacka.

Rector Karen Spens is awarded with the Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland on the Finnish Independence Day, 6 December.

Rektor Karen Spens förlänas Kommendörstecknet av Finlands Lejons orden på självständighetsdagen den 6 december.

Hanken Executive MBA graduate Päivi Koivisto has been working in corporate sustainability for more than 20 years. She’s seen the field grow from a fringe function into one an increasing number of companies are putting at the core of their strategies. We spoke to her about the change.

Rector Karen Spens has today signed a contract stating that Hanken School of Economics will hereby become a shareholder of Funidata Oy, a university owned company who is currently developing the Sisu support tool system for university education.

The impact of policies on quantity and quality of entrepreneurship in a country depends on the informal rules of society, e.g. culture of not registering business activities, in that specific country, concludes Ashkan Mohamadi in his doctoral thesis.

Hankens fyra första studenter mottog sina QTEM-certifikat under QTEM-nätverkets festliga examensceremoni den 26 oktober vid Amsterdams universitets ekonomiska fakultet. Sammanlagt fick omkring 80 studenter sina QTEM-certifikat i Amsterdam.

Professor Emerita Mary Jo Bitner from Arizona State University will be conferred as Honorary Doctor of Hanken, at the Solemn Conferment of Degrees on 25 October 2019.

Hanken's website has been renewed! The renewal covers the design and site structure as well as the web platform.

What constitutes relevant leadership in our data-driven, fast-moving world? Seeing the individual is crucial to being relevant as a leader and relevant leadership is crucial to the success of the company, claimed Ann Hellenius at the seminar.

Negotiating with armed rebels in order to survive was a dangerous lesson in overcoming paralysing fear – something Arjan Erkel now shares with others to help them regain control over their lives.

Trainers’ House help companies through changes. Within the collaboration with Hanken, Trainers’ House can offer students part time jobs, among other things.

What makes a company engage politically for a binding legislation of corporate social responsibility? A new research project, that was granted funding from Academy of Finland earlier this year, is diving into this question by analysing a campaign.

Academic Work is the latest member of Hanken’s Partner Programme. As Branding Partner, and recruitment and staffing company, Academic Work aims to be a career partner for Hanken students.

Professor Du is starting a new project examining how companies should revise their corporate social responsibility strategies and programs to address the challenges in the age of artificial intelligence.

Idag används ordet mindfulness så allmänt att man ibland förbiser dess fulla potential. Förutom att ha betydande hälsofrämjande effekter, kan mindfulness också spela en viktig roll vid både organisationella och institutionella förändringar.

A new thesis shows that climate information interpreted and presented to local stakeholders influence the decision making which makes the society better prepared for weather-related hazards.

Artificial intelligence for the growth agenda was one of the themes on Hanken's International Alumni Day in Stockholm in May.

Several CERS Hanken researchers have gained prizes in QUIZ16 conference in Karlstad, Sverige, in June 2019.

Hanken & SSE Executive Education continues to top the rankings in Northern Europe 2019 as a part of Stockholm School of Economics (SSE).

The admission results 2019 to Hanken’s Bachelor’s Degree programme (Matriculation Examination quota), and Master’s Degree programme with instruction in Swedish have been published.

The Library has moved into Koha – an open source Integrated Library System.

Två bilder av Jyrki Ilva, Nationalbibliotek, visar att Hanken är en av de ledande open access institutionerna i Finland.

Two slides by Jyrki Ilva, the National Library of Finland, indicate that Hanken is one of the leading open access institutions in Finland.

Ilmastoveivi 2019 is a climate campaign launched by private citizens appealing for more sustainable climate policy in the European Union. Hanken has shown its institutional support for the campaign by signing the petition.

Digital technologies increasingly impact the way we think, feel and behave.

By matching foreign students with mentors at local companies, the Hanken International Talent initiative is a win-win for business in Finland.

Hanken’s four new Areas of Strength are Competition Economics and Service Strategy, Financial Management, Accounting and Governance, Responsible Organising, and Leading People for Growth and Well-being.

Since the beginning of February, Hanken Executive Education in Vaasa is an integral part of Hanken & SSE Executive Education, after having been part of Hanken School of Economics for 30 years.

Are you wondering how Hanken has been faring in its responsible management education and sustainability journey for the past couple of years? We have the answers for you in our latest PRME Report 2016-18!

During Hanken's traditional Christmas coffee in Helsinki 18 December 2018, Rector Karen Spens honoured Hanken faculty and staff by presenting awards and distinctions.

Under Hankens traditionella julkaffe i Helsingfors den 18:e december 2018 uppmärksammade rektor Karen Spens högskolans personal genom premieringar och utmärkelsetecken.

CCR, GODESS and HUMLOG warmly welcome you to join our joint-seminars!

Hankens styrelse 2016-2018 har 10.12.2018 lämnat över stafettpinnen till den nyvalda styrelsen som börjar sitt arbete 1.1.2019. Avgående ordförande Björn Wahlroos ledde ordet i styrelsen i tre perioder.

It is not easy to convince managers of a need of a new service innovation. However, students made excellent work in it, on Hanken’s course “Service Design and Innovation”.

Does your department or unit still need to order computers or other equipment this year? Orders need to be placed before 10.12.2018.

What is a service? Or what does service do for the customers?

CERS’ new MOOC “Principles of Service Management” has so far attracted almost 1000 students from 118 countries all over the world.

Three new professors have started working for Hanken: Petra Sund-Norrgård, David Grant and Ari Hyytinen. The inaugural installation lectures are held during Hanken Research Day on 14 November 2018.

People spend a lot of time and money on games; starting from mobile games to console and computer games. This is the case all over the world and in all cultures.

Hanken School of Economics is to launch its first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) later this month as the ‘Principles of Service Management’ goes live on online social learning platform, FutureLearn.

Hanken will have three comprehensive service units from 1 January 2019. A director who reports directly to the Rector will head each unit. The directors have now been appointed and will start working on 1 October 2018.

The SCANCOR-Weatherhead Partnership at Harvard University invites applications for fall 2019. The project facilitates scholarly residencies at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, at Harvard’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

SCANCOR-Weatherhead partnerskapet vid Harvard tar nu emot ansökningar för hösten 2019. Forskaren får hålla till på Weatherhead Center for International Affairs på Harvards campus i Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Since the beginning of September, the triple crown accredited (AMBA, AACSB, EQUIS) Hanken Executive MBA (EMBA) programme is an integral part of Hanken & SSE Executive Education.

Summary of the decisions made during the meeting 28.8.2018.

Three new employees have joined the teams at External Relations: Jessica Finnilä, Judith Buddingh’ and Nikoline Stenman-Möller.

CERS director, Professor Kristina Heinonen has received the Journal of Services 2018 Highly Commended Award.

Hanken researchers Ville-Pekka Sorsa (Helsinki) and Peter Björk (Vaasa) received funding for their research projects.

Summary of the decisions made during the meeting 6.6.2018.

Now it’s time to register for the Universitas Golf 2018-competition on 13 August 2018 at the Tammer Golf course in Tampere! Interval starting times from 11 AM.

The Finnish Service Alliance awarded Dr Lotta Vuoristo the Best Doctoral Dissertation of the Year Award in May 2018.

The Finnish Service Alliance har i maj 2018 tilldelat ED Lotta Vuoristo priset för Årets bästa doktorsavhandling.

The Best Doctoral Dissertation of the Year Award has been granted to D. Sc. (Econ.) Lotta Vuoristo, by the Finnish Service Alliance, in May 2018. CERS warmly congratulates Lotta and interviews her about her work.

The European General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR goes to effect on May 25th 2018. The regulations are naturally binding for Hanken, too.

Participate and win lunch coupons to Factory!

Hanken & SSE Executive Education is still number one in Northern Europe as a part of Stockholm School of Economics (SSE).

Hanken has received four financial information terminals from Infront Finance. The terminals serve as investment tools to both private and professional investors and can be used by Hanken’s staff and students.

Hanken has received four financial information terminals from Infront Finance. The terminals serve as investment tools to both private and professional investors and include global market data.

Summary of the decisions made during the meeting on 11 April 2018.

The need for external funding is growing and at the same time the state funding is cut down. In order for Hanken to stand strong and be well prepared, rector has appointed a task force for the year 2018 focusing on external funding.

The Governing Board of Helsinki Graduate School of Economics has selected Professor Otto Toivanen from Aalto University to be Academic Director and Professor Hannu Vartiainen from the University of Helsinki to be Academic Deputy Director.

My Research is a series of articles presenting the work of doctoral students, working at CERS, Centre for Relationship Marketing and Service Management at Hanken School of Economics.

Read the summary of the Academic Council meeting 7 March 2018.

The investigation on the administrative and supporting functions at Hanken is ongoing and the process will continue throughout spring 2018.

Mikko Vesa, Associate Professor in Management and Organisation, has been elected Lecturer of the Year by the Student Union of Hanken. The award was announced during the Student Union’s annual ball in February.

The main contracting organisations of the university sector JUKO, Pardia and JHL have issued strike notice on 22.2.2018.

One of CERS' most long-term researchers, and a strong constructor and upholder of our research center for service and relations marketing, Professor Tore Strandvik is retiring.

Erkki Liikanen, the Governor of the Bank of Finland has agreed to serve as the chair of the board of the Helsinki Graduate School of Economics (Helsinki GSE).

The Partner Programme at Hanken got yet another member as JAM Advisors joined the group of Branding Partners. Hanken now has a total of 16 partner corporations to strengthen the connection between Hanken and the corporate world.