About IFN

Board of Directors

The board of directors is appointed by the principal, the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, and comprises leading industrialists, as well as the director of the principal and the director of the institute.

Board Chairman	Michael Treschow Master of Science in Engineering. Board Chairman of Unilever NV and Unilever PLC. Board Chairman of the Dometic Group. Board member of ABB Ltd, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and member of the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).
President	Magnus Henrekson Ph.D., Professor. Vice Chairman of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), Division IX – Economics. Board member of IVA's Service Sector Initiative, and member of the SNS Council of Trustees.
Board member	Urban Bäckström Barchelor of Science (Econ.). Managing Director of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and Board Member of Danske Bank and Swedish Trade Council. Former Managing Director of Skandia Liv and Governor of the Riksbank.
Board member	Magdalena Gerger MBA Stockholm School of Economics. CEO Systembolaget AB. Board member of Husqvarna AB and member of the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), Division VI – Management.
Board member	Robert af Jochnick Barchelor of Science (Econ.) and Master of Laws. Board Chairman and one of the founders of Oriflame Cosmetics S.A. Board Chairman of Stichting af Jochnick Foundation and Board member of Good Cause Foundation and World Childhood Foundation.
Board member	Sverker Martin-Löf Tech. Lic., Honorary Ph.D. Board Chairman of SCA, formerly President and CEO of SCA. Board Chairman of Industrivärden and SSAB. Vice Chairman of Ericsson and the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. Board member of Handelsbanken and Skanska.
Board member	Tomas Nicolin Master of Science in Management. Board member of Nordstjernan, SEB, the Nobel Foundation, Centre for Justice, Axel & Margret Ax:son Johnson's Foundation, The Swedish Corporate Governance Board, Advisory Board HHS and the NIAM property fund’s investment committee. Formerly CEO of Alecta, and the Third Swedish National Pension Fund.
Board member	Maud Spencer Managing Director, partner and board member of Svalson AB. Board member of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, the Swedish Trade Council, the IUC (Industrial Dvelopment Centre) Norrbotten and the Swedish Federation of Business Owners (Företagarna) Norrbotten. Member of the SME Committee of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.

Institutional Entrepreneurship

Most recent book

Editors: Magnus H enr ekson and Tino Sanandaji

This comprehensive volume builds on Baumol’s 1990 framework to categorize and classify the growing research field that explores the interplay between institutions and entrepreneurship.

It also contains the unique feature of examining the ways in which entrepreneurs themselves shape institutions.

International cooperation

Visiting researchers

Collaborating with others is essential for IFN as a research institute. Our researchers co-author articles with colleagues from other institutes, and many also teach at various universities and colleges.

As part of our extensive program of guest researchers, leading international researchers visit the institute. The visitors present and pursue their research as well as interact and cooperate with researchers at IFN.

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Global Award

Research on entrepreneurship

The Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research has become firmly established as the foremost global award for research on entrepreneurship.This Prize is awarded annually with a prize sum of EUR 100,000.

IFN in cooperation with Entreprenörskapsforum and VINNOVA are the principals of the award.

Professor Maryann Feldman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the 2013 winner of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research.