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

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.

Hanken's mentorship programme continues to attract a large number of applications. Over the past year, a record number of pairs, 89 in total, have had regular meetings both in Helsinki and Vaasa. Mentors Millie Ahlskog and Stephanie Bardy, who were previously a mentor/mentee pair, share their experiences and explain why they highly recommend applying to the programme.

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

Do you need a job for about a week in May-June? Hanken, the University of Helsinki, and Aalto University are organising all their entrance exams together in the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre (Messukeskus) in spring 2025.

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.

Den förre chefen för Sveriges Riksbank, Stefan Ingves, ser flera globala trender som påverkar ekonomin och som kommer att ske oberoende av vad vi i Finland vill och väljer. Till dem hör bland annat klimatfrågan, ändrad ekonomisk maktbalans då länder växer i olika takt, och stora och växande offentliga skulder.

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.

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.

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.

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.

At its meeting on 28 February 2022, the board of Hanken decided on the process for electing a new rector. This time, there will be an open application process in combination with the possibility of direct recruitment. The recruitment process will be launched during the second week of March.

Hanken will launch a new podcast featuring Elisabeth Rehn, Kimmo Sasi, Henrik Lax, Veronica Wiklund, Ann-Mari Mingard and Björn Wahlroos as guests. The “Gyllene studietider” (Golden years of study) podcast will be hosted by Hanken’s Rector, Karen Spens and the producer of the podcast Hanna Westerholm. New episodes will be recorded during the autumn with interesting alumni from both Helsinki and Vaasa.

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.

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.

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.

After Class med Jesper & Dennis heter en rykande färsk podd av Jesper Haga och Dennis Sundvik som undervisar i finansiell ekonomi respektive redovisning. Distansundervisningen och coronasituationen gjorde att både Jesper och Dennis kände att det fanns utrymme för en podd.

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

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.

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.

"Stockmann's is always Stockmann's" was the famous department store slogan in the 1950s. New research shows that Stockmann’s introduced marketing thought in Finland even before marketing was established as an own discipline.

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.

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

One of the most inspiring visitors at CERS this fall has been distinguished Professor Leyland Pitt from the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. He spent a couple of weeks with us in Helsinki in October.

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

All stories are not good stories. In her thesis Eeva Solja opens up how different types of stories impact consumers in different marketing contexts.

Hanken's Premium Partner Naava invites Hanken's personnel to join the member club Naava Family. Members of Naava Family are offered tips on how to, for instance, best utilise Naava-products.

Hankens Premium Partner-företag bjuder in Hankens personal till medlemsklubben Naava Family. Medlemmarna i Naava Family får t.ex. tips på hur man bäst använder och utnyttjar Naava-produkterna.

The Hanken foundation 'Stiftelsen Svenska handelshögskolan' has decided to award the following persons for their publications 2016

Stiftelsen Svenska handelshögskolan har slagit fast de personer som premieras för vetenskapliga artiklar.

EM och DI Anu Torkkeli disputerar i handelsrätt

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.