AI Spotlight is a series of 30 minute online presentations in which Hanken shares fresh insights, emerging findings, and practical implications for research, business, and society.

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.

Hanken School of Economics will host the art exhibition Moving Ecologies by Globe Art Point from 22 September to 21 October 2026. The exhibition will be displayed in Hanken's main building in Helsinki and forms part of Hanken's annual SDG Week, which focuses on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Svenska handelshögskolan (Hanken) är värd för konstutställningen Moving Ecologies av Globe Art Point 22.9-21.10.2026. Utställningen visas i huvudbyggnaden i Helsingfors och är en del av den årliga SDG-veckan på Hanken, där FN:s globala mål för hållbar utveckling står i fokus.

Professor Christine Haight Farley from American University Washington College of Law in the USA is visiting Hanken during September and October as a Fulbright–Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics.

Professor Christine Haight Farley från American University Washington College of Law i USA gästar Hanken under september och oktober som Fulbright–Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics.

How can we build working lives that people can actually sustain over increasingly long careers? Hertta Vuorenmaa, university lecturer at Hanken, researches on the future of work and how we can create more human-centred, inclusive and sustainable workplaces in an era shaped by digitalisation and AI.

Opening hours of Hanken and different service units in Helsinki and Vaasa during summer 2026.

Digital tools are often used to increase citizen participation, but more activity does not always lead to better engagement. New research shows how participatory budgeting, where citizens decide how public funds are spent, can be redesigned to create greater public value.

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 School of Economics’ new diploma programmes offer a flexible opportunity to develop expertise in topical and relevant areas such as intellectual property law, corporate responsibility and supply chain management. The programme begins in autumn 2026.

As part of the Hanken JobShadow initiative, companies open their doors to international students for a day, offering a unique glimpse into everyday working life in Finland. For students Ayesha Ahmed and Luozhi Chen, this meant spending a day inside Wärtsilä and Rights & Brands.

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.

In autumn 2025, a new master’s programme in sustainability reporting and financial analysis was launched as a collaboration between Hanken in Vaasa and Umeå University. It is Finland’s first one-year master’s level programme at university level.

Early on Friday morning, 15 May, the Finnish authorities issued a warning message stating that a drone might be moving in the Uusimaa region, and people were advised to stay indoors. The danger was called off after seven o’clock in the morning.

Myndigheterna skickade tidigt på fredagsmorgonen 15 maj ut ett varningsmeddelande om att en drönare möjligen rörde sig i Nyland och människor uppmanades att stanna inomhus. Faran avblåstes efter klockan sju på morgonen.

Hanken offers internship vouchers for international students taking the minor subject “Finnish Business and Society”. Can you recommend a suitable work internship for any of these students?

Returning to degree studies in the middle of an established career is not an obvious choice. For Aleksi Härmä pursuing an Executive MBA at Hanken School of Economics was about challenging his own thinking and gaining new perspectives on leadership and decision making.

Around 30 alumni gathered at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki in early April for a reunion for those who began their studies in 1965 or earlier. The alumni looked back on their student days with warmth and pride.

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.

Hanken School of Economics has launched a new MOOC in English, a free online course about modern supply chains.

The professors of practice at Hanken form an important link between working life and academia. Among them are Juhana Vartiainen and Shadia Rask, who use their different areas of expertise to help students gain a deeper understanding of today’s labour market and societal challenges.

Hanken School of Economics has received 2.5 million euros in funding from the Research Council of Finland to support the recruitment of a full professor and the professor’s research team in disaster management and resilience.

The Centre for Languages and Business Communication at Hanken is known for its diverse and high-quality language teaching. One example is the course Creative Community Engagement, where students volunteer in the local community while practising their communication skills in situations that cannot be recreated in a classroom..

How can institutional investors better balance return targets with solvency risk in an increasingly complex market environment? New research shows that that using advanced cross-prediction methods makes return forecasts more accurate for both stock and bond portfolios and helps improve portfolio design and risk management.

The EU-funded research project Waste in Humanitarian Operations: Reduction and Minimisation (WORM) has produced a set of standard operational procedures designed to improve waste management in humanitarian field hospitals and emergency medical teams.

A group of researchers has got funding for examining equality as a work-life skill. The aim is to enhance work meaningfulness, develop skills, diminish language barriers, and to ensure fair recruitment.

Hanken School of Economics participated in a training programme organised by THL to strengthen anti-racist practices in the workplace. The aim was to explore proactive measures for preventing racism and eliminating its impacts in their own workplaces.

“Startups often fail due to internal misunderstandings within teams. That is why we developed a research-based workshop format designed to help individuals build a shared language and deepen mutual understanding,” say Daniil Pokidko and Philippe Saadé, the Hanken researchers behind Hopscotch Canvas, a new tool focused on experiential learning.

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.

Students and tech enthusiasts gathered at Hanken from 9–11 October 2025 to take part in the Quantum x AI Hackathon. During the event, organised in collaboration with Ultrahack, participants developed tools that converged artificial intelligence, quantum computing, portfolio optimisation, and cybersecurity to shape the future of finance.

Creative Entrepreneur is a new selection of cross-institutional studies aimed at university students in the arts and cultural sector and other creative fields, allowing you to acquire the practical skills needed for running a business and to network with other creative students and experts from different fields.

Research Assistant tool in the Web of Science database helps you search efficiently with natural language and get an overview of your topic. The tool is on trial until October 17.

Hanken has launched its latest MOOC, a free online course designed to equip learners with skills for navigating today’s uncertain and rapidly evolving world.

Despite the Nordic region's reputation for strong welfare systems and social equality, migrants face significant barriers that push them toward informal economic activities. The informal sector accounts for 15.8% and 17.1% of Finland and Sweden's GDP respectively, and migrant entrepreneurs play a crucial role in this hidden economy.

In early May, Hanken students Aida Aledin, Emil Zittra, and Marcus Karino made history by winning the Nordic finals of the L’Oréal Brandstorm competition. As the first Finnish team ever to qualify for the international finals in Paris, they returned home with fresh insights and valuable experiences from the event.

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

Hanken’s Corporate Responsibility Module is once again inviting applications from non-degree students opening on May 1st- 31st!

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.

Personal mentorship from PVH Corp's (Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger) CEO and Hanken alum Stefan Larsson, a week at the company’s headquarters in New York City and a behind-the-scenes visit to Calvin Klein's show during New York Fashion Week. These are just a few of the experiences that the Dare to Dream scholarship recipients Aileen Ahlskog and Anna Hägerström have enjoyed over the past year.

“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.

Professor Glynn Lunney from the Texas A&M University School of Law is visiting Hanken during spring 2025 as Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair.

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.

Hanken offers BSc students the opportunity to participate in the ENGAGE.EU Summer School, which this year will be hosted by the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) 9.6.2025 online and 16-27.6.2025 on campus in Sofia. Application deadline is 16.3.2025.

In 2008 the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) published a mandatory sustainability reporting requirement which obligates selected types of listed companies to disclose sustainability information. However, according to new research this regulation fails to promote sustainable practices and may lead to unintended economic consequences.

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.

Hanken har signerat avtal om studentutbyte med Curtin University i Australien (Perth), INSPER i Brasilien (Sao Paulo), Faculty of Business Administration vid Université Laval i Kanada (Québec) och IPADE Business School i Mexiko (Monterrey).

Finland has implemented a subsidy scheme to compensate industrial producers for the indirect costs of the emissions trading system. Maria Wang shows in her dissertation that the subsidy has not been optimally designed. Its recipients are mostly large companies that do not suffer from the increase in electricity costs caused by emissions trading.

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.

I takt med att urbanisering och e-handel omformar vår värld har så kallade last-mile-leveranser blivit en kritisk länk i leveranskedjan och en central hållbarhetsutmaning. Ny forskning föreslår att ledare och forskare bör utveckla strategier som inte bara fokuserar på utsläpp, utan också balanserar miljömässiga, sociala och ekonomiska mål, samt främjar samarbete på individ-, organisations- och systemnivå.

At the beginning of November, Hanken School of Economics held a conferment of doctoral degrees and at the same time two jubilee doctors, Alf-Erik Lerviks and Christian Junnelius, were conferred. Here, the jubilee doctors, who graduated 50 years ago, share their recollections from those days.

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.

A new initiative that is set to transform the landscape of sustainable solutions for the humanitarian and health sectors worldwide has been launched. The unique platform will help humanitarian and health actors’ access and utilize bio-based products in critical response operations and health programs globally.

Post-pandemic work life has proved challenging for human beings, with disengagement, burn-outs, bore-outs, quiet quitting and great resignations, especially among the youngest workers

The higher education institutions in Vaasa are joining forces to develop entrepreneurial activities for higher education students and to increase interest in entrepreneurship. The opening of the joint StartUp space was celebrated on Thursday, 3 October.

Kom till Svenska handelshögskolan för en vecka tillägnad de globala målen för hållbar utveckling (SDG)!

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.

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.

Do you dream of starting your own business? Then this is something for you! We at Hanken Business Lab’s Playground pre-incubator are happy to announce that applications are officially open for the programme in autumn 2024. If you are a university student, a professional looking to change careers or an industry expert ready to take the plunge into entrepreneurship, you now have the chance to make your dreams come true.

Uncertainty about monetary policy adversely affects firm operations such as reducing investment. But firms can reduce the adverse impact by proactively becoming more transparent, improving information environment, and applying risk management techniques.

A brand new Moomin book is set to release in September. However, this book focuses less on the events in the Moominvalley and more on the business and managing the ecosystem of companies with Moomin Characters at its core. Generosity is highlighted as a key management practice. The book is written by Hanken Professor Janne Tienari and Assistant Professor Paul Savage.

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

Hanken´s Corporate Responsibility Module is once again inviting applications from non-degree students!

The studies at Hanken are international in many ways, not least thanks to the unique mandatory exchange semester for all bachelor-level students. Meet four students who are on exchange in different parts of the world during the spring semester 2024.

The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland has awarded a grant of 200,000 EUR for a project to research the matriculation examination in the Swedish language and literature, the test results, and the language of the examinees. This is a joint project between Hanken School of Economics and the University of Helsinki.

Students will soon be able to take one entrance exam and use it to apply to several universities and fields of study. The reform will significantly reduce the number of entrance exams. This will make it possible to adjust the schedule of admissions so that those selected through certificate-based admission do not need to prepare for the entrance exams.

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.

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.

Hanken student Sebastian Mellblom has been awarded the €20,000 Anders Wall Scholarship, which was presented at the Anders Wall Foundation's scholarship ceremony in Stockholm on 8 March in the presence of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia.

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.

On a global scale, women are more alerted to social problems and sustainable activities than men. Hanken researchers Man Yang and Eva-Lena Lundgren-Henriksson have interviewed 20 female entrepreneurs in the Ostrobothnia region and the Åland islands to find out how and why they chose to be sustainable entrepreneurs.

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!

Top Finnish design from the 1950s, carefully thought-out lighting, colours and soft flooring for a friendly and cozy atmosphere, and beautiful windows bringing natural light and the city outside into the rooms. The Hanken building in Helsinki was created by a dream team, says Päivi Helander, an Olof Ottelin researcher and one of the guides when Hanken participated in Helsinki Design Week.

Finsk toppdesign från 1950-talet, omsorgsfullt genomtänkt belysning, färgsättning och mjuka golvmaterial för en välkomnande och trivsam atmosfär, och vackra fönster som släpper in naturligt ljus och staden utanför i rummen. – Hankenbyggnaden i Helsingfors skapades av ett ”dream team”, säger Päivi Helander, Olof Ottelin-forskare och en av guiderna då Hanken deltog i årets Helsinki Design Week.

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

Helsinki Design Week is the largest design and architecture festival in the Nordic countries and takes place 8-17.9.2023. The programme offers over 100 events and for the first time Hanken's main building is also part of the festival.

Helsinki Design Week är den största design- och arkitekturfestivalen i Norden och går av stapeln 8-17.9.2023. Programmet bjuder på över 100 evenemang och för första gången är också Hankens huvudbyggnad med som en del av festivalen.

Climate change is an important driver of humanitarian needs. Yet, humanitarian operations also contribute to environmental pollution and degradation. Hanken School of Economics has received over 270 000 euros in EU-funding for a research project that aims to design guidelines and support actions for circular economy in the humanitarian sector.

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.

Digitalt våld i nära relationer drabbar inte bara offret utan kan påverka vilken arbetsplats som helst – också din och min. Det får inte ignoreras, i synnerhet inte av chefer och andra med makt att göra något åt saken, säger Charlotta Niemistö, projektledare på Svenska handelshögskolan (Hanken).

People working within the field of law and business, and also society at large, can benefit significantly from legal design and thus increase comprehensibility, efficiency and risk management.

Personer som arbetar inom juridik och näringsliv, och även samhället i stort, kan dra stor nytta av legal design och därmed uppnå ökad begriplighet, effektivitet och bättre riskhantering.

Opening hours of Hanken and different service units in Helsinki and Vaasa during summer 2023.

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.

Professor Lisa Ellram’s interest in the future of the planet grew early on, leading up to her studying and publishing research on environmental sustainability for over two decades now. As a Fulbright Distinguished Professor at Hanken School of Economics, she has been focusing on the role of supply chain in the circular economy.

Professor Lisa Ellrams intresse för vår planets framtid väcktes tidigt och därför har hon nu studerat och publicerat forskning om miljöhållbarhet i över 20 år. Som gästforskande Fulbright Distinguished Professor vid Svenska handelshögskolan (Hanken) har hon fokuserat på leveranskedjans roll i den cirkulära ekonomin.

4 guest lectures open to all, WELCOME!

4 guest lectures open to all, WELCOME!

There is an urgent need for a better legal quality in negotiation and commercial contracting practice. Legal design can provide for comprehensibility and a higher quality, according to Katri Nousiainen, doctoral student at Hanken School of Economics and professional in legal education.

Det finns ett trängande behov av bättre juridisk kvalitet gällande förhandlingspraxis och affärsavtal. Enligt Katri Nousiainen, doktorand vid Svenska handelshögskolan och expert inom juridik, kan metoden legal design öka både begripligheten och kvaliteten.

MentorX is an innovative mentor network that brings together mentors and coaches with first-time entrepreneurs. Now you have the chance to join us!

Are you interested in starting your own company but don't know where to start? Do you have a can-do-attitude? Are you based in Helsinki? Then The Playground is something for you! Apply now to the spring 2023 pre-incubator program.

Many projects are doomed from the onset by insufficient attention to project concept design. As a result, projects – even when on time, within budget and according to specifications – can fail to meet the needs of buyers, end-users or contractors.

Många projekt är dömda från början på grund av att man inte fäst tillräcklig uppmärksamhet vid projektkonceptutformningen. Därför kan projekt – även om de levereras i tid, inom budgeten och enligt specifikationerna – misslyckas med att tillgodose behoven hos köpare, slutanvändare eller entreprenörer.

Kaisa Penttilä, PhD candidate and project co-leader for Hanken´s project H2 Ecosystem Roadmap for Ostrobothnia, visited Chile as a part of the International Urban and Regional Cooperation program (IURC Latin America) in the beginning of November.

Responsible investment has traditionally mainly focused on environmental issues, but the social responsibility dimension is becoming increasingly important. The war in Ukraine and the pandemic may be a contributing factor, says Emilia Vähämaa, Wärtsilä Associate Professor at the Hanken School of Economics.

Hanken School of Economics' new initiative, Hanken Venture Studio, aims to create around 20 new companies within the next two years. The project is being partly funded by the City of Helsinki's Campus Incubators programme.

A new patent protection, called the Unitary Patent, is expected to be introduced in Europe in 2023. This simplified procedure will reduce the cost of patenting in Europe. New research provides insights on how firms and consumers in Europe will be affected by this institutional change.

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.

En ny studie från Svenska handelshögskolan listar de mest innovativa företagen enligt finländska konsumenter. The Finnish Innovation Index (FII) är ett nationellt mått på upplevd innovationsförmåga bland finländska kunder som under de senaste sex månaderna har köpt eller använt produkter från företagen inkluderade i undersökningen.

Opening hours of Hanken and different service units in Helsinki and Vaasa during summer 2022.

Did you know that Hanken's cutting-edge research is strongly related to sustainability? Hanken Research Day on 24 May presented examples of how the business school works with issues concerning the impact of business and economy on society. The participants got to take part of top research on responsible investments, equity in educational opportunities, sustainable transports, and green hydrogen.

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 library will start its summer opening hours 1st of June 2022.

Flexible credits, cooperative group work, informal academic culture, and the beauty of winter – four exchange students share their impressions of studying at Hanken during the spring semester.

The artwork “Tillväxt – Kasvu” (eng. Growth) by Aimo Tukiainen (1917-1996) now adorns the wall in the courtyard of Hanken School of Economics. The unveiling took place in festive forms on 29 April 2022.

PhD Martin Fougère has been appointed professor in management and politics at Hanken School of Economics.

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.

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.

According to a recent survey, the students at Hanken are satisfied with the remote teaching and how they are progressing in their studies, but many long to return to the classrooms. The results show that students at Hanken feel better than the recent alarm reports about students' deteriorating well-being in Finland would suggest.

The Climate University network, which Hanken is a member of and is coordinated by the University of Helsinki, has formed a teaching cooperation contract between 18 universities. With these new contracts, a majority of Finnish university students can take the network’s climate and sustainability -themed courses.

KvarkenSat is a joint small satellite between the Ostrobothnian provinces and Västerbotten. It is due to be launched into space in just over a year, with drawings by children and young people on board on the satellite. The small satellite is the result of cooperation across the Kvarken. It also demonstrates that the conquest of space is not just for space superpowers.

KvarkenSat är en gemensam liten satellit mellan de österbottniska landskapen och Västerbotten. Den ska skjutas upp i rymden om drygt ett år, med teckningar av barn och ungdomar ombord på satelliten. Småsatelliten är resultatet av ett samarbete över Kvarken. Den visar också att erövringen av rymden inte bara är något för rymdsupermakter.

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

A course ideated, planned and taught by students is currently taking place for the first time in Hanken’s history. The course Sustainable Venture Creation enables students to develop ventures that work towards the UN’s sustainable development goals.

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.

Thousands of Swedish-speaking Finns are active in Stockholm's business life. However, many of them don’t know about each other, even though a good network in this community would make it easier to cope with the competition in the city and also support Finnish companies to establish themselves there. This is something that the new network FIKSA – Finnish Contacts in Stockholm's Business Life aims to offer.

New digital technologies such as 3D printing, 3D modelling and scanning technologies and AI technologies is changing how designs are created and digitalising thewhole creation process. New research points out that not all works created digitally deserve intellectual property protection in the EU.

Ny digital teknik som 3D-utskrifter, 3D-modellerings- och skanningsteknik samt AI-teknik förändrar hur design skapas och digitaliserar hela skapelseprocessen. Ny forskning pekar på att inte alla verk som skapas digitalt berättigas till skydd av immateriella rättigheter inom EU.

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.

Rekommendationen om distansarbete har upphört och många arbetsplatser har övergått till en ny vardag där distans- och kontorsarbete kombineras. Olika hybridmodeller kommer att kräva mer planering av både ledare och de anställda och i vissa fall också ny rumsplanering.

The Nordic countries have made it easier for women to combine work and family by creating a parental leave system that has contributed to high labour force participation for women and lower costs in the form of lost income. Parental leave can, however, also have negative consequences for women's careers in professions where knowledge progresses fast.

Hanken School of Economics annually appoints the Alumni of the Year, a Hanken Alumnus/Alumna who has been topical in the past year and has received acknowledgement for their engagement in society. The Alumnus/Alumna has also kept contact with Hanken and shown an interest in the development of Hanken after their graduation. This year, Hanken appointed Heidi Schauman as the Alumna of the Year.

Svenska handelshögskolan utser årligen Årets Alumn, en Hankenalumn som varit aktuell det senaste året och som fått erkännande för sitt engagemang i samhället. Alumnen har hållit kontakt med högskolan efter sin utexaminering och visat intresse för högskolans utveckling. I år har Hanken valt Heidi Schauman till Årets Alumn.

On 19–20 November, researchers in different disciplines will be discussing some of the latest scientific findings and fascinating research projects in the centre of Vaasa. All the universities and universities of applied sciences in Vaasa will contribute to this science celebration of rare proportions, organised jointly with the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland.

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.

This year, Helsinki Mayor Juhana Vartiainen opens the new academic year at Hanken School of Economics on 1 September 2021 with a greeting from the City of Helsinki. Universities have a major role to play in supporting the development of our capital. Hanken and the City of Helsinki can work together to make both the city and Finland even more attractive.

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.

During the spring, a course in cultural sustainability and communications was organized for the first time at Hanken. The course was a response to the students' interest in courses in the humanities.

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.

Hanken har utvecklat en forskning i Finland i vilken man listar de företag som finländska konsumenter anser vara de mest innovativa. Bedömningen görs med hjälp av FII-undersökningen (Finskt Innovationsindex) som har utvecklats i samarbete med Norwegian School of Economics. Resultaten av undersökningen offentliggjordes i ett webbinairum som sändes från Hanken den 17 juni. Evenemanget kommer att bli årligt.

Researchers at the Helsinki Graduate School of Economics have found that the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines protect both vaccinated individuals and their unvaccinated adult household members against SARS-CoV-2 infections.

This 2020-2021 Hanken Vaasa mentor-mentee relationship is – if not a match made in heaven – then clearly one that is full of respect, warmth and learning. Mikael Still (65) and Silas Magana (34) hit it off from day one last September.
So, what is their secret? What does it take to be a good mentor? And mentee, for that matter? Could you consider becoming one?

According to Hanken School of Economics' recent survey, millennials and women have an important role to play in making responsible investments increasingly common.

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 Library has published the LibGuide 'Open Educational Resources'. You will find answers to the following questions: What are open educational resources? Where can I find open educational resources? How can I use open educational resources? What should be taken into account when publishing open educational resources? What are CC licenses and how are they used in connection with open educational resources?

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.

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.

Johanna Karanko, 52, graduated from Hanken in Helsinki in 1993 with Management and Organisation as her major. Since September 2018, she has been working as Finland's Consul General in Hong Kong.

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.

Quantum är en mångsidig och vacker mötesplats, som erbjuder tillgång till databaser med finansiell data. Modern teknik gör det möjligt att streama all undervisning och alla evenemang samt att i realtid följa med finansnyheter. Quantum invigdes i samband med partnerstämman den 6 februari 2020.

Political discussions about whether to merge Hanken in Vaasa with Åbo Akademi University or with the University of Vaasa have been ongoing ever since Hanken in Vaasa was established in 1980. Today Sören Kock, dean and rector’s representative in Vaasa, sees the possibility of Hanken in Vaasa remaining as Hanken in a positive light. “I find it fascinating that a Triple-Crown accredited university manages to operate in two locations,” Kock remarks.

These turbulent times have had a positive effect on the creativity level of private, public, governmental and civilian actors.

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.

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.

Around 350 new students started their studies at Hanken in Helsinki and Vasa on 24 August 2020. This time, the start of the academic year is in many ways different compared to previous years due to the corona situation.

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.

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 HUMLOG Institute is coordinating a research project where the researchers are investigating how different countries have handled the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic impact and how to tackle social media disinformation.

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

Empirical case studies and economic analysis of law might be the answer we have been looking for.

Empiriska fallstudier och en ekonomisk analys av juridiken kan vara svaret vi har letat efter.

The Helsinki GSE Situation Room states in its latest report that the largest drop in salary amount in April was in Kouvola, Vaasa and Helsinki. The report is presented at an open access webinar in Zoom on Thursday 4 June at 8 am.

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.

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

New research discusses that the politics put forth in times of disaster tend to represent the interests of the powerful actors, rather than those of the marginalized people worst affected by the disaster.

Enligt ny forskning tenderar den politik som förs i katastroftider att representera de mäktiga samhällsaktörernas intressen snarare än de marginaliserade människor som drabbats värst av en katastrof.

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

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

Lobna Hassan har fått priset The Service PhD of 2019 av Finnish Service Alliance för sin doktorsavhandling.

Many alumni remember the IT Services in Hanken’s cellar as a somewhat frowzy dark place filled with it-scrap. Hanken Business Lab and Markus Wartiovaara changed all that three years ago. The Hanken Magazine met an alumnus who got on well in the incubator.

Mindfulness and yoga have become popular methods today for people to find tranquillity amidst the hectic tempo of everyday life. Now this meditation technique has entered Finnish working life.

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.

Hanken's second Sustainable Development Goals week will be held from November 19th to 26th in Helsinki and Vaasa, with the aim of mobilising students, staff and members of public to board on a collective journey towards achieving the global goals. All events and exhibitions are free of charge and most of them are open to all!

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

Hanken har förnyat sin webbsida! Förnyelsen omfattar såväl design, sidstruktur som webbplattform.

October 2019 Hanken School of Economics celebrated its 110th anniversary and conferred 47 doctoral degrees and ten honorary doctorates at the Solemn Conferment of Doctoral Degrees on 25 October 2019.

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.

Hanken School of Economics’ library services in Vaasa will move from the Tritonia library to the City Library starting from 1.1.2020. With the move, all library services will be offered a stone's throw away from Hanken.

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.

På Hanken inleder professor Du ett nytt projekt, som fokuserar på hur företag kan se över sina strategier och program angående företagsansvar för att möta utmaningarna i den artificiella intelligensens tid.

How do you assess stakeholder risks in organisations? A new study discusses the crucial role of knowledge and the lack of it regarding organisational risk management, by applying ISO 31000 risk standard.

The latest issue of the Hanken Magzine is out, with a new design! Read about how you can tackle workplace bullying, and what art and creativity has to do with education in a business school.

Hanken is co-establishing Kvarken Space Center together with nine other universities and institutions in Sweden and Finland. The University of Vaasa is leading the project.

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

Hanken och Mays Business School, Texas A & M University erbjuder för fjärde gången en gemensam Summer School 20 maj -14 juni 2019.

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.

Jiekai Zhang has been appointed assistant professor in competition economics and empirical industrial organization at the Helsinki GSE.

Jiekai Zhang utnämnd till forskardoktor i konkurrensanalys och empirisk konkurrens- och branschanalys vid Helsinki GSE.

The library is arranging short courses for the reference manager programme RefWorks.

Virpi Sorsa and Jouni Virtaharju investigate how the employees at the City of Helsinki have experienced the remodelling of the organization two years ago.

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

PhD Gonul Colak has been appointed Professor of Finance at Hanken School of Economics.

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.

The library is arranging short courses for the reference manager programme RefWorks.

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 World Economic Forum (WEF) Business Lead will be showcased, and Hanken School of Economics Rector Karen Spens will participate in a panel debate, concerning impact investment at the annual Swedish lunch event.

The City of Helsinki rewarded Salla Hyytiäinen, alumni from the Department of Management and Organisation, for her Master’s thesis 12.12.2018.

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”.

It is widely acknowledged that strategic performance measurement systems play an important role for businesses. The design of performance measurement systems can have an impact on corporate profitability, giving businesses a competitive advantage.

Hanken researchers Virpi Sorsa and Jouni Virtaharju were granted 260 000€ for the research project “Ethnographic research about the leadership system’s reform in the City of Helsinki 2018-2020”.

Hankenforskarna Virpi Sorsa och Jouni Virjaharju har beviljats finansiering på drygt 260 000 euro för projektet ”Ethnographic research about the leadership system’s reform in the City of Helsinki 2018-2020”.

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

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.

Människor spenderar mycket tid och pengar på spel, allt från mobilspel till konsol- och datorspel. Det här är fallet över hela världen och i alla kulturer.

Hanken's Rector Karen Spens stated in her speech that internationalisation and continuous learning are at the core of the activities at Hanken in the years to come. Chairman of the board Björn Wahlroos was awarded Hanken's medal of gold.

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

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

Hankenforskarna Ville-Pekka Sorsa i Helsingfors och Peter Björk i Vasa har fått finansiering för forskningsprojekt de är engagerade i.

Hanken och Mays Business School, Texas A & M University erbjuder för tredje gången en gemensam Summer School 28 maj -20 juni 2018.

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.

Hanken & SSE Executive Education, som en del av Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), är fortfarande den bästa nordiska leverantören av ledarskapsutbildning.

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

Hanken staff and students have access to more than 25 000 movies through the streaming service Kanopy.

Med Kanopy har Hankens personal och studenter tillgång till mera än 25 000 filmer.

RefWorks is an online research management tool designed to help students and researchers to easily gather, manage and store references, as well as generate bibliographies.

RefWorks is an online research management tool designed to help students and researchers to easily gather, manage and store references, as well as generate bibliographies.

Sometimes it is good to take a break from studying and exercise. UniSport, which is a joint venture by Hanken, the University of Helsinki and Aalto University, offers sports and exercise services to a special price for students at Hanken.

Hanken, the University of Helsinki and Aalto University will launch a new unit specialising in Economics, the Helsinki Graduate School of Economics. Please find a list of frequently asked questions below.

At CERS, we have a light, white corner room with big windows that open to the neighbouring playschool’s yard. This fall a visiting researcher Stephane Thion from Toulouse, France, has been working in the corner room.

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.

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

Reverse Shots is a pictorial project by Mexican artist Jose Antonio Ochoa exhibited at Hanken in Helsinki for a week beginning on 25 September. Ochoa will be present at the exhibition on 28 September at 12-14 to meet with students and staff.

Reverse Shots är ett bildprojekt av den mexikanska konstnären Jose Antonio Ochoa. Verken ställs ut på Hanken i Helsingfors 25.9-29.9.2017. Ochoa finns på plats vid utställningen 28.9 kl.12-14 för att träffa studenter och personal.

Hanken renews the admission to the BSc programme in 2018 and is the first Finnish university to admit students based on the Swedish national university aptitude test (Swe. Högskoleprovet).

Hanken & SSE Executive Education has appointed Marc Hinnenberg as new Chief Executive Officer.

The Academy of Finland has decided to grant funding for three research projects at Hanken.

Mays Business School, Texas A & M University and Hanken School of Economics are for the second time offering a joint summer school 5-29 June 2017.

Hanken och Mays Business School, Texas A & M University erbjuder för andra gången en gemensam Summer School 5-29 juni 2017.

Ett åttiotal deltagare från hela världen samlas på Hanken för att utbyta insikter kring företags samhällsansvar. Konferensens tema är “Making Corporate Responsibility useful”.

Around 80 participants from around the world will converge at Hanken to present and share knowledge related to the conference theme “Making Corporate Responsibility useful”.

The 19th Hanken EMBA programme started with 21 students. The first module of Hanken EMBA19 was held on 8th-10th of March. The module was facilitated by Pernilla Gripenberg (leadership development) and Patrick Furu (strategic thinking).

Det 19:e Hanken EMBA programmet har startat med 21 deltagare som hade sin första modul den 8-10 mars. Modulen faciliterades av Pernilla Gripenberg kring ledarskapsutveckling och av Patrick Furu kring strategiskt tänkande.

Hanken is one of 29 higher education institutions worldwide in the PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) Champions and stands behind the statement in defense of universal values and principles made by PRME on 8 February 2017.

Hanken är en av 29 högskolor i världen som är en PRME Champion och står också bakom uttalandet som PRME gjorde 8.2.2017. Uttalandet är ett ställningstagande för universella värderingar och principer.

The library is arranging short courses for the reference manager programme RefWorks.

Twenty teams have been chosen to solve the grand challenges of our time in Helsinki Challenge, the science-based idea competition. Hanken is represented by the HUMLOG-institute Professor Gyöngyi Kovács and Doctoral Candidate Minchul Sohn.

Tjugo lag har nu valts ut för att lösa de stora problemen i vår tid inom ramen för den vetenskapliga idétävlingen Helsinki Challenge. Hanken representeras av HUMLOG-institutets professor Gyöngyi Kovács och Minchul Sohn, doktorand.

Helsinki Challenge, the science-based idea competition, creates solutions for the grand challenges of the world and for building the well-being of the future through collaboration between the scientific community and society.

Vetenskapstävlingen Helsinki Challenge skapar lösningar på de stora problemen i världen genom samarbete mellan forskare och det omgivande samhället.

The library organizes short courses in the reference manager program RefWorks.

The Association of MBAs has awarded Hanken’s Executive MBA Programme continued accreditation for the next five years.

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

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.

The 1st Hanken Centre for Corporate Governance conference on Corporate Governance and Corruption will be held 11-12 June 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.

Career Services in cooperation with Google brings you a workshop that aims to provide participants with the necessary skills to enhance their personal selling skills and to show the importance of sales while engaging in longterm partnerships.

Hanken School of Economics has signed an agreement with Fulbright Center regarding the grant programme Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics.

Hanken Professor Minna Martikainen and Professor Juha Pekka Kallunki from the University of Oulu have been granted funding from the Academy of Finland for their joint research project 'Managerial traits and equity-based compensation'.