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.

Arbetslivsprofessorerna på Hanken är en viktig länk mellan arbetslivet och universitetsvärlden. Juhana Vartiainen och Shadia Rask är två av dem som med sina olika expertisområden bidrar till att ge studenterna en djupare förståelse för dagens arbetsliv och samhällsutmaningar.

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).

Marknadsföringsteamet kommer i år igen att ordna en virtuell julkalender på Instagram! Att delta i julkalendern är öppet för alla på Hanken – från administrativ personal, till forskare och studenter samt övriga Hankenvänner. Kom med!

Hanken erbjuder studenter möjligheten att delta i Winter Schools som arrangeras inom ramen för ENGAGE.EU-samarbetet vid NHH, University of Mannheim och WU Vienna i januari och februari 2026. Skicka in din ansökan senast 15.10.2025. Du kan ansöka till flera Winter Schools men kan endast erbjudas plats på en.

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Då rikssvenska Stefan Larsson kontaktade Hankenprofessorn Christian Grönroos för 25 år sedan för att fråga om han kunde ta en kurs för honom på Hanken, kunde han nog inte ana att han skulle komma att ta med sig lärdomarna från Hanken till ett av världens absoluta toppmodehus.

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.

Refinitiv (LSEG) Workspace licensernas användningstid ändras till 5 dagar, för att det skulle vara större cirkulation mellan dem. Denna ändring kom i kraft 16.11.

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!

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

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.

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.

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

Mekhail Mustak, forskardoktor inom marknadsföring, är medförfattare till en artikel som undersöker deepfake-teknikens hot och möjligheter.

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).

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Hankens bästa rekryteringskanal är Hankens egna studenter. Varje år väljs cirka tjugo studenter från både Helsingfors och Vasa att representera högskolan på mässor, gymnasier, webbinarium och på högskolan.

Konstverket Tillväxt – Kasvu av Aimo Tukiainen (1917-1996) pryder numera väggen på Svenska handelshögskolans innergård. Avtäckningen skedde under festliga former 29 april 2022.

Dagens arbetsliv är i ständig förändring och vi har en befolkningsstruktur som kräver att vi orkar och vill arbeta längre. Samtidigt behöver vi få in fler människor på arbetsmarknaden. Hur kan medarbetare, ledare och arbetsgivare tillsammans verka för ett socialt hållbart arbetsliv? Det var tematiken för Alumnträffen 2022.

“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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

När Paul Viio, Professor of Practice på Hanken sedan mitten av mars, för sex år sedan lärde hur man skapar onlinekurser i USA upplevde han att man var ljusår före på området där. På ett år har man dock tagit stormsteg också i Finland när det gäller att hoppa på digitaliseringen – till och med i den grad att det enligt Viio i vissa fall gått till överdrift.

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.

Hanna Silvola, biträdande professor i redovisning vid Hanken, tilldelas Hans Dalborg-priset 2021 för excellent forskning inom finansiell ekonomi.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

Både före och efter att Hanken i Vasa startade sin verksamhet 1980 har det pågått politiska diskussioner där man velat fusionera Hankens enhet i Vasa med Åbo Akademi eller med Vasa universitet. Hankens prorektor Sören Kock ser i dag ljust på att Hanken i Vasa förblir Hanken också i fortsättningen. ”Jag tycker att det är fascinerande att en Triple Crown-ackrediterad högskola klarar av att ha verksamhet på två orter”, säger han.

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.

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.

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.

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.

För en tid sedan fick jag alltid mentorskapet för samtliga asiatiska masterstudenter, även om ämnet inte var bekant för mig. Jag frågade varför och svaret var att ”du är ju så bra med asiater”.

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.

Miljoner människor världen över höjer sina röster för att uppmärksamma frågor gällande ojämlikhet, diskriminering och ojämlik rättvisa, skriver Kamilla Sultanova i ett blogginlägg i Hankens Research-blogg.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Stiftelsen Pro Artibus fyller 30-år och firar med att deponera konstverk. Till Hanken i Helsingfors har vi fått en kortvarig videofestival, med videor som visas på olika håll i huvudbyggnaden.

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.

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.

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.

Hanken har idag publicerat resultaten för kandidatutbildningen som ordnats i samarbete med den nationella gemensamma antagningen till ekonomutbildning. Även resultaten för antagningen via studier på Öppna universitetet har publicerats.

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.

Hur du hittar kursernas schema i det nya gränssnittet.

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.

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.

Ilmastoveivi2019 är en klimatkampanj som startades av medborgare för en mera hållbar klimatpolitik inom den Europeiska unionen. Hanken har visat sitt institutionella stöd för kampanjen genom att underteckna appellen.

Biblioteket ordnar kortkurser i RefWorks. Kom med och lär dig att använda referenshanteringsprogrammet!

Biblioteket ordnar kortkurser i RefWorks. Kom med och lär dig att använda referenshanteringsprogrammet!

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.

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

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 lanserar i höst sin första MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), dvs. en storskalig, öppen och nätbaserad kurs. Pionjären inom tjänstemarknadsföring, professor emeritus Christian Grönroos, inleder med kursen Principles of Service Management.

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.

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.

Klicka inte på okända länkar!

Vårens antagning till Hanken har nu slutförts och sammanlagt 456 nya hankeiter inleder sina studier hos oss i höst.

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.

Nu är det dags att anmäla sig till Universitas Golf 2018-tävlingen som går av stapeln 13.8.2018 på Tammer Golf –banan i Tammerfors! Tävlingen går med intervallstart med början kl.11.

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

Hanken bedriver forskning av världsklass och vi utforskar ständigt nya sätt att föra ut forskning och forskningresultat till allmänheten. I september kommer Hanken att lansera en ny podcast för just det här ändamålet.

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.

En ny version av rese-och kostnadshanteringsprogrammet M2, M2 Blue, tas i bruk måndagen den 16.4. Inloggning till M2 Blue görs via länken under Verktyg på webben.

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.

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

Boka datumet i din kalender redan nu!

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.

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).

Read the summary of the Academic Council meeting 31.1.2018.

New research suggests that a democratization of the market economy is necessary for sustainable development. In order to tackle e.g. climate change and inequality, traditionally powerless actors need to participate in market organising processes.

The confidence in Hanken’s operations remains as EFMD awarded Hanken renewed EQUIS-accreditation. Information meeting for the staff to be held on 17 January 2018 at 8.30 am.

During Hanken's traditional Christmas coffee in Helsinki 19 December 2017, Rector Karen Spens honoured Hanken faculty and staff by presenting awards and distinctions.

Under Hankens traditionella julkaffe i Helsingfors den 19:e december 2017 uppmärksammade rektor Karen Spens högskolans personal genom premieringar och utmärkelsetecken.

The confidence in Hanken’s operations continued, as EFMD awarded Hanken renewed EQUIS-accreditation.

Summary of the decisions made during the AC meeting 4.12.2017.

Does your department still need to order computers or other equipment this year?

Kampanjerna #metoo och #dammenbrister har fått stor spridning både i Finland och internationellt. Syftet med kampanjerna är att belysa problemen med sexuella trakasserier. Hanken värnar om att högskolan ska vara en trygg miljö för studier och arbete.

The international start-up event Slush takes place in Helsinki 30.11-1.12.2017. Hanken will be present with a booth, a podcast and Dean Minna Martikainen serving as juror for the Skolar Award.

The Finnish campaign Vaihtoehto Eskolle aims at increasing the Finns’ knowledge about researcher’s in the country. Hanken takes part in the campaign.

Summary of the decisions made during the meeting 1.11.2017.

This autumn, Hanken launches a unique course that teaches business valuation with the help of corporate strategy analysis, growth investing and financial statements. The course combines theory and practical tasks during the startup event Slush.

Now is your chance to shape the future of Hanken with us. Answer the International Student Barometer (ISB)!

The teaching staff is encouraged to remind the students to participate in the International Student Barometer. The survey is sent out to all international students at Hanken on 23 October.

Kundrelationer är erkänt viktiga för företagen. En färsk studie utmanar de befintliga teorierna där kundrelationen anses vara ett samspel mellan kunden och företaget och inte en process som pågår hos kunden helt oberoende av företaget.

Read about the upcoming well-being survey, events this autumn, UniSport and Smartum vouchers.

Brand stories can influence consumer responses positively. To maximise effectiveness, marketers need to create separate stories for different contexts.

Summary of the decisions made during the meeting 30.8.2017.

Open Access (OA) is becoming a norm in scholarly publishing. What does the funding organisations require? Has Hanken reached its goal for OA publishing? Open access as a new criteria for the publication awards at Hanken.

Minister of Education Sanni Grahn-Laasonen has appointed Anne Brunila, Professor of Practice at Hanken, as Chair of a panel that will try to envisage the ever-changing needs within education.

The registration for Hanken Open University courses started on 9 August and attracted great interest. The Fast track-study places were quickly filled. The Fast track gives admittance to Hanken based on good study results, without an entrance test.

Följande personer har börjat/slutat på Hanken under tiden 1.5 - 31.7.2017.

Antagningsresultaten för den integrerade kandidat- och magisterutbildningen är nu publicerade.

In order to encourage Hanken research groups to apply for external research funding, the School has developed an incentive scheme to promote applications for external funding from sources such as the Academy of Finland and the EU.

The research-based idea competition Helsinki Challenge has now reached its final stage. An international jury has selected six teams to the final. An additional team was selected through an audience vote on the Pitch Nights held on 6-7 June.

Anna Wallin and Petri Nokelainen at Tampere University of Technology are currently doing research on the relationship between social media use and career development in a research project.

Anna Wallin och Petri Nokelainen vid Tammerfors tekniska universitet leder ett forskningsprojekt kring sambandet mellan användning av sociala medier och universitetsanställdas utveckling av det egna professionella kunnandet och karriären.

The Academy of Finland has awarded Hanken 1.5 million euro in profiling funding for the period 2017-2021. The funding will be directed to strengthening cross-disciplinary research.

In its meeting on 3 May 2017 the Academic Council (AC) approved of 19 master’s theses. AC postponed its next meeting to 7 June 2017.

How can a company draw up and implement a successful service strategy? Assistant Professor Christian Kowalkowski has, in collaboration with Wolfgang Ulaga, Arizona State University, written a book that will provide guidance to companies.

Ahlström Capital has decided to donate 100 000 euro to Hanken’s ongoing fundraising campaign HANKEN RETURNS.

This month Hanken welcomes a new company to the Partner Programme when Marketing Clinic joins the group of Branding Partners. Marketing Clinic is a leading strategy and marketing consultancy in the Nordics.

The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC) has approved Hanken’s quality system.

Biblioteket ordnar kortkurser i RefWorks. Kom med och lär dig att använda referenshanteringsprogrammet!

The President of Finland has decided to reward four employees at Hanken for their efforts at Hanken and the university field in general in Finland.

Republikens president har beslutat att den 6 december 2016 förläna fyra anställda vid Hanken utmärkelsetecken för deras insatser på Hanken och universitetsväsendet i allmänhet i Finland.

Hanken School of Economics and University of Helsinki announced the foundation of a joint research and development institute 30.9.2016.

Hanken invested in efficient self-service in the library - Your task is to borrow the books at the machine.

Hanken’s Rector Karen Spens has, in collaboration with Hanken researchers Gyöngyi Kovacs and Ira Haavisto written and published a new book.

EM Jimi Siekkinen defends his doctoral thesis in accounting: ”Within and Cross-Country Differences in the Value Relevance of Fair Values”.

M.Sc. David González defends his doctoral thesis in Finance: “Essays on Mutual Fund Performance” Wednesday, 8 June 2016.

M.Sc. Yamin Xie defends her doctoral thesis in Finance

M.Sc. (Econ.) Jesper Haga defends his doctoral thesis in Finance on Friday 15 April 2016 in Vaasa

I april lanserar Hanken en intensiv två-dagars kurs på temat Finnish Business Culture för asylsökande och utbytesstudenter.

Hanken extends the guaranteed full-time funding period for new PhD students from 18 months to 24 months.

Reserverade böcker förvaras på den öppna reservationshyllan.

New business cards ordering routine

Apply to the MSc program in humanitarian logistics by 27.1.2016

This year, Hanken started its academic year by investing in Naava active green walls.

CERS has published a book that is aimed at marketing professionals who are in search and need of new ideas.

En studie av Hankens informationsbehandlingsforskare Cenyu Shen och Bo-Christer Björk har avrapporterats i flera ledande vetenskapsjournaler

Vill du ha råd och tips inför både traditionella intervjuer samt videointervjuer? Anmäl dig till detta Karriärtjänsters seminarium med KPMG!

Hanken School of Economics opened its 107th academic year in Helsinki and its 36th in Vaasa on 1 Sept in Helsinki and 2 Sept 2015 in Vaasa.

Some databases we recommend for this autumn’s courses and for international faculty that want to follow the news in their home countries.

Här några tips på databaser för höstens kurser och för internationell personal som vill följa med nyheterna i hemlandet.

MA Ling Eleanor Zhang defends her doctoral thesis in Management and Organisation on Saturday 22 August 2015 in Helsinki.

MSc Alain Vaillancourt defends his doctoral thesis in Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility on Friday 14 August 2015 i Helsinki.

This year the conference is arranged in a unique collaboration between Hanken and the National Defence University on 20-21 August 2015.

The following courses can be completed at Hanken during the summer 2015:

Följande kurser kan avläggas vid Hanken sommaren 2015:

Hanken students awarded during the annual donor evening and the Rector’s List awards ceremonies.

Studerande premierades under den årliga stipendiesammankomsten och vid utdelningen av Rector’s List-stipendierna.

Henrik Virtanen defends his doctoral thesis in Marketing on Thursday 7 May 2015.

The following courses can be completed at Hanken during the summer 2015:

Fazer participates in Hanken’s ongoing fundraising campaign with a donation of 100 000 euro.

In the latest issue of the Hanken Magazine, Pentti Professor Timo Korkeamäki talks about the conclusions on ownership and governance of large Finnish firms presented in a report he wrote with Ulf Johansson for the Prime Minister's Office.

This year's Anders Wall scholarship was awarded to Hanken student and entrepreneur Fredrik Teir.

According to the financial statement for 2013, approved by the Board of Hanken on 9 April 2014, Hanken's results fulfilled expectations with regard to both the budget and resource allocation. During the year Hanken continued to reinforce its position as a research-oriented business school with a strong international profile, and it was able to do so from a solid financial standing.