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.

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.

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.

A new doctoral study shows that the sharing economy is shaped by cultural meanings, business model shifts and everyday practices, not only by digital platforms.

En ny doktorsavhandling visar att delningsekonomin formas av kultur, nya affärsmodeller och vardagliga förhållningssätt – inte enbart av digitala plattformar.

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).

Can prediction reshape economics? New research shows that prediction is not just a technical exercise, it can transform how we understand and apply economic principles.

Jannica Fagerholm, managing director of the Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation and seasoned board professional, has received the award Alum of the Year at Hanken School of Economics.

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.

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.

Hanken School of Economics is proud to host the art exhibition I Was Born a Girl by Finnish artist Minna Pietarinen from 19 September to 20 October 2025. The exhibition is part of Hanken’s annual SDG Week, which focuses on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

How can we ensure that society continues to function during crises in the future? This is the central question of a new research project in which Hanken School of Economics is participating, together with VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.

Policymakers and experts have long criticised the requirement for unanimous agreement in multilateral negotiations, pointing to a tendency for unanimity rule to produce delays and sometimes deadlock. Until recently, this phenomenon has eluded attempts at explanation in terms of rational behavior.

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.

New research shows that African governments’ external borrowing can enhance corporate access to capital, not hinder it. The reason is that external debt enhances market confidence. Unlike domestic borrowing, external debt brings fresh capital into the economy, enabling firms, especially listed and internationally active ones, to access financing more easily.

Once viewed as political propaganda or military deception, disinformation has become a lucrative industrial complex, writes Hanken’s Associate Professor Carlos Diaz Ruiz in a new blog post.

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

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

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

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.

Now is your chance to nominate Alum of the Year 2025 who will be appointed at 7 November 2025 when we celebrate 20 years of Hankendagen and Hanken & SSE.

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!

Over the past three years, researchers at the Hanken School of Economics have received over 1.8 MEUR in support from Finnish foundations for different research projects. Representatives from eleven foundations and funds met with researchers and the university management at Hanken on 4 April 2025, and got a glimpse of current research at the School.

Under de senaste tre åren har forskare på Svenska handelshögskolan (Hanken) fått drygt 1,8 miljoner euro i stöd från finländska stiftelser för olika forskningsprojekt. Representanter från elva stiftelser och fonder sammanstrålade med forskare och universitetsledningen på Hanken 4.4.2025 och bjöds på en presentation av aktuell forskning på högskolan.

Nationally 28 universities are asking their students about Exam, the e-exam system used in the Examinariums, the rooms dedicated to e-exams. What do you think about it, what is good, what is bad? Last year, 4200 e-exams were in the examinariums at Hanken. Therefore we are very interested in knowing your thoughts about Exam. Please, answer before 20.4.

Nationellt utförs en enkät om Exam, e-tentamensprogrammet som används i examinarierna - vad tycker du om det, vad är bra, vad är dåligt? På Hanken hade vi ifjol 4200 tentamen i examinarierna, så vi vill gärna höra vad studerandena tycker. Svara före 20.4

The Finnish Bachelor's Graduate Survey is a national survey that collects feedback from new bachelor’s graduates about their bachelor's studies. The results are compared to the national average and this year Hanken scored the best points ever.

“Being prepared and resilient isn't just about facing the worst-case scenarios - preparedness should be part of everyday life”, says Hanken’s Aino Ruggiero, who has been researching citizens' home preparedness, among other topics.

For years, being listed on a stock exchange has been seen as a prestigious and beneficial move for companies. Lately, however, there's been a noticeable drop in the number of companies wanting to stay publicly listed. A new study uncovers why some companies are choosing to voluntarily delist.

Marketing communication should not only focus on getting messages across or cutting through noise. A new doctoral thesis shows that the real dynamics of marketing communication require companies and organisations to rethink their strategies and expectations.

Hanken School of Economics has started a unique collaboration with Gymnasiet Grankulla Samskola. As part of the pilot course Organising for Sustainable Futures, upper secondary school students are contributing content to an online course that will be offered to Swedish-speaking upper secondary schools around Finland.

Svenska handelshögskolan (Hanken) har startat ett unikt samarbete med Gymnasiet Grankulla samskola. Inom ramen för pilotkursen Organisering för hållbara framtider bidrar gymnasiestuderande med innehåll till en onlinekurs som kommer att erbjudas till gymnasier runtom i Svenskfinland.

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.

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.

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.

In his doctoral thesis, Alexander Back and co-authors propose and examine new statistical models of financial volatility. The research develops methods that can help practitioners evaluate the risk-profile of companies with an evolving business model or financial structure.

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

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

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

Hanken har beviljats över 200 000 euro av Vaikuttavuussäätiö för ett forskningsprojekt som ska involvera logistikföretag i utvecklingen av affärsmodeller för cirkulär ekonomi.

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.

From 2025, universities will have nine national entrance exams, which will allow applicants to apply for a wide range of different subjects and universities. At the same time, the timetable for the entrance exams will be relaxed so that those selected by certificate-based admissions will no longer have to prepare for and take the entrance exams.

The former Governor of Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank), Stefan Ingves, sees several global trends affecting the economy that will happen regardless of what we in Finland want and choose. These include climate change, balance changes of financial power with countries growing at different rates, as well as large and growing public debt.

From studying and working as an IT administrator at Hanken to pioneering in options trading and hedge funds. Business angel and board professional Kaj Rönnlund from Vaasa is Alumnus of the Year at Hanken School of Economics.

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

Hanken student Robin Perälä was awarded a prize of 5000 euro for his master's thesis "Forecasting Stock Returns with Supervised Learning: The Battle
Against Data Snooping" from Suomen Arvopaperimarkkinoiden Edistämissäätiö.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Now is your chance to nominate Alum of the Year 2024 who will be appointed at Hankendagen in Vaasa 22 May 2024.

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.

The space industry is on the rise worldwide, and Hanken School of Economics is aiming to promote Finland's aerospace economy. A new Nordic project intends to increase understanding of the versatile opportunities satellite data offer.

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 European Commission has announced that ENGAGE.EU is to receive a follow-up grant to the amount of € 14.4 million for further elaborating the collaboration among nine European universities. Hanken School of Economics has been involved in the collaboration since May 2022, and now with the renewed funding will become full member of the ENGAGE.EU alliance.

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

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.

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

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.

The aim of the Finnish universities is to streamline certificate-based admission and to ensure that the study opportunities are not unnecessarily restricted by subject choices made at general upper secondary level. This would ease the pressures experienced by general upper secondary students. About half of all new university students are admitted on the basis of their certificates.

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

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

Hanken has launched a new MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) about how to respond to health emergencies such as COVID-19. On the course, you can learn about COVID-data and models, crisis governance during pandemics, medical supply chains, and how misinformation on social media can be combated.

Now is your chance to nominate Alum of the Year 2023 who will be appointed at Hankendagen in Helsinki 11 May 2023.

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.

Hanken School of Economics (Hanken) has been granted EUR 377 000 through EU funding to focus on the resilience of freight transport networks in Europe.
“Our transport networks have never been so disruptive as they are today. We want to make the networks more resilient and more sustainable for the future”, says assistant professor Sarah Schiffling at Hanken's HUMLOG Institute.

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.

Hanken School of Economics has been granted EUR 171 250 through EU funding to investigate how scientific books could become more openly accessible on the internet.
“Free access often results in a huge increase of readers and even citations”, says associate professor Mikael Laakso.

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.

Accenture, one of the world’s largest consultancies, is the latest member to join the Hanken partner programme.
“We hope this cooperation will help us meet interested, inspired and motivated students who could potentially be our colleagues in the future,” says Nina Pyykkönen, Management Consultant at Accenture.

Sustainable digitalization and technological development was the theme of the think tank organized by the university alliance ENGAGE.EU in Mannheim at the end of September. Hanken, a member of the alliance since May, was represented by Associate Professor Mikael Laakso.

“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.

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

The expansion of solar and wind power is well under way, but we still lack large-scale storage options for electrical energy. Green hydrogen is a potential solution, but it requires new business models. Hanken’s research into ecosystems is set to boost the hydrogen economy in Ostrobothnia

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.

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 universities will decide on the reform of the scoring model for certificate-based admission in 2023. The new model will be introduced in 2026. The aim is also to increase collaboration related to entrance examinations among universities.

“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.

Now is your chance to nominate Alumna/Alumnus of the Year 2022 who will be appointed at Hankendagen in Vaasa 12 May 2022.

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.

Conflicts of interest caused by uneven information are everyday in many high-growth ventures and stock listed companies but many of the problems could be alleviated.

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.

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.

Assistant professor Maria Ehrnström-Fuente's current research project "Worlds in transition" focuses on what "economics" really is from an ecological perspective. This was also the starting point for a panel discussion during the Science Carnival in Vaasa on 19.11.2021.

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.

Finnish universities’ vice presidents for education agreed on launching a joint development project to develop student admissions. Entrance examinations will be digitalised, their content developed, and their number significantly reduced. The needs for development were identified jointly by the universities particularly as a result of admissions carried out over the course of the national state of emergency. The development work will be discussed at universities during the autumn.

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.

Every autumn, a national questionnaire is sent out to all those who have graduated from a university in Finland following up on their careers. According to the latest results, Hanken is placed at the very top by graduates with a master’s degree in business when evaluating their education programmes.

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):

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.

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.

The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland donates 1 000 000 euros to Hanken and the fundraising campaign Count on Hanken. The campaign has now received donations exceeding 2,8 million euros.

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.

In collaboration with Novia University of Applied Sciences and Vaasa University of Applied Sciences (VAMK), Hanken is currently calling for expressions of interest in developing hydrogen infrastructure in the Ostrobothnia region, as part of the H2 Ecosystem Roadmap. The project, funded by the EU's regional development funds, has been approved by the Regional Council of Ostrobothnia.

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.

On 17 September 2021 Hanken School of Economics arranged an inaugural installation ceremony for three new professors, Mats Ehrnrooth (Management and Organisation), Kaj Storbacka (Hanken Foundation Professor) and Kim Ittonen (Accounting).

The European Working Group on Humanitarian Operations (EURO HOpe) and the HUMLOG Institute at Hanken School of Economics are organizing the fifth EURO HOpe mini conference in Helsinki, Finland on the 24.-25. November 2021. This year the event will be in hybrid format.

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.

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.

Now is your chance to nominate Alumna/Alumnus of the Year 2021 who will be appointed at Hankendagen in Helsinki 8 October 2021.

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?

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.

Professor Kaj Storbacka is appointed Dean of Executive Education and Corporate Relations at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki. In his task Storbacka will be responsible for corporate relations and fundraising.

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.

The number of bankruptcies last year in Finland was lower than during the years leading up to the crisis. Thus, it has previously been predicted that a wave of bankruptcies could strike in the spring of 2021.

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.”

Last year Hanken committed to be carbon neutral by 2030. As a step towards that goal, Hanken has now compensated for its calculated emissions from 2019.

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

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

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

The Finnish marketing research has evolved from serving the general goal of informing international audiences about the development of Finland, its economy, consumers, and companies.

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.

This year, Hankendagen was held online for the first time with almost 400 participants in the audience. The event was broadcasted from Vasa where the celebration of Hanken Vasa’s 40th anniversary was highlighted throughout the event.

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.

Hanken School of Economics appointed Roger Holm as Alumnus of the Year during the annual homecoming day Hankendagen on 2 October 2020.

Hankens årliga Finance Day genomfördes online i år, med tre talare som presenterade sitt arbete inom ett område som tilldrar sig allt mer uppmärksamhet från både ekonomiforskare och fondförvaltare: faktorinvesteringar.

Hanken’s annual Finance Day moved online this year, with three speakers presenting their work in an area of increasing interest to finance academics and fund managers alike: factor investing.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Hur kan vi öka hållbarheten i slutskedet av leveranskedjan? Kan innovationer både minska de negativa effekterna av e-handel och samtidigt skapa effektiva leveranssystem för konsumenter. Hanken koordinerar ett nordiskt forskningsprojekt som fokuserar på de här frågorna.

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.

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.

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.

Open access (OA) is a new way of disseminating the results of science openly on the internet, in contrast to traditional subscription-based access. A new study suggests that most of pioneering OA journals led by independent scholars (indie) and OA journals published in the Chinese language do not rely on article processing charges and therefore need to find long term solution to survive and flourish.

Open access (OA) är ett nytt sätt att dela forskningsresultat öppet på nätet, i motsats till traditionella prenumerationsbaserade publikationer. En ny studie tyder på att de flesta förlag som publicerar oberoende akademiska OA-tidskrifter och OA-tidskrifter på kinesiska inte kan förlita sig på enbart artikelbearbetningsavgifter och måste därför hitta en långsiktig lösning för att överleva och utvecklas.

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 history of training and development research goes as far back as the early 20th century but new perspectives are needed. A new study gives tools to improve planning and delivering training programmes.

The 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

This year’s Anders Wall scholarship is awarded to Hanken student Simon Karlsson. The scholarship of 125 000 SEK is one of the biggest ones awarded to a student at Hanken.

Publish gold and hybrid open access with discounts on APCs and Hanken’s central fund for APCs.

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.

Hanken School of Economics students participated in a rating survey in which they assessed Hanken’s positive impact on the world. According to the students, Hanken is well on its way towards achieving positive societal impact.

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 has a new model for teaching awards. It is a unique comprehensive model, which is about encouraging, rewarding and acknowledging quality in teaching.

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.

Hanken har lanserat en hållbarhetstävling där olika team utmanas i hållbarhetsaktiviteter. Tävlingen pågår mellan 9.9-3.11.2019.

Hanken is launching an 8-week sustainability challenge and competition. The challenge will run from 9 September to 3 November.

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.

Hanken School of Economics appointed president and CEO Christoph Vitzthum as Alumnus of the Year during the annual homecoming day Hankendagen on 27 September 2019.

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.

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

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

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.

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

The Helsinki Graduate School of Economics (Helsinki GSE) works to increase the quantity and quality of economic education and training in Finland, as well as promote cooperation between economics and other academic fields.

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

Institutions of higher education and student associations consider it a necessary investment in the future to increase contributions to higher education, research and skills during the next government term.

This year’s Anders Wall scholarship is awarded to Hanken student Frans Westerlund. The scholarship of 125 000 SEK is the biggest one awarded to a student at Hanken. The award ceremony takes place 11.3.2019 at the concert house in Stockholm.

Kun Huang received the European International Women Leadership Award 2019 in the European Parliament in honour of International Women’s Day in Brussels.

Kun Huang mottog European International Women Leadership Award 2019-priset i Europaparlamentet i samband med internationella kvinnodagen i Bryssel.

Jannica Fagerholm as Chairman of the Board at Hanken has a strong feeling of commitment. She wants to work for a Hanken that’s an internationally strong leader within its research areas.

Financial modelling is the art of searching for the best quantitative solution to the problem. Since the stock market crash of October 1987, modelling implied volatility increasingly became a non-trivial issue.

Finansiell modellering handlar om att hitta den bästa kvantitativa lösningen till ett problem. Sedan börskraschen i oktober 1987 har forskare och experter försökt modellera implicit volatilitet för optionsvärdering och säkring.

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!

Hanken has expressed an opinion on the draft for a new financing model for higher education institutions, which would apply from 2021. Hanken delivered the opinion to the Ministry of Education and Culture.

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!

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

Salla Hyytiäinen, som nyligen utexaminerats från institutionen för företagsledning och organisation, tilldelades ett pris av Helsingfors stad för sin magisteravhandling 12.12.2018.

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.

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.

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

Hanken School of Economics appointed management consult Mikael Still as Alumnus of the Year during the annual homecoming day Hankendagen on 12 October 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.

Read the summary from the Academic Council meeting on 3 October 2018

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.

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.

Professor Nari Lee and Dr Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes have been granted extensive funding from the Academy of Finland for their respective research projects.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This year’s Anders Wall scholarship is awarded to Hanken student William von der Pahlen. The scholarship of 125 000 SEK is the biggest one awarded to a student at Hanken. The award ceremony will take place later today in Stockholm.

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.

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.

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

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.

Associate Professor Mikael Laakso, Information System Science, has been appointed to the European Commission's Expert Group on the Future of Scholarly Publishing and Scholarly Communication.

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.

Hanken School of Economics appointed film producer Annika Sucksdorff as Alumnus of the Year during the annual homecoming day Hankendagen on 13 October 2017.

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

Recent doctoral thesis shows, that the effect of non-practicing entities is not as negative as previous debate alleges.

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.

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

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.

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.

Hanken researcher Peter Sarlin is member of the world-first global project to analyse high frequency financial data. The project team consists of researchers from the UK, France, Germany, Finland and the US.

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.

Hanken participates in a two-year project that focuses on smart energy systems and solutions (Smart Grids). The Council of Ostrobothnia has granted the project funding and the overall budget is EUR 900 000. The University of Vaasa leads the project.

On 7 February 2017 a new multi-company initiative started in Singapore that mixes business, academic knowledge and technology in a completely new way.