Professor Philippe Aghion, Collège de France, received the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research 2016 on an award ceremony at Grand Hotel in Stockholm. Faced with an ample audience Aghion held a prize lecture on growth and innovation. Global Award is the world's leading award in entrepreneurship research, with a prize sum of almost one million. Philippe Aghion is one of today’s most influential researchers in the field of economics.
The prize lecture by Phillippe Aghion was followed by a panel discussion. In the panel were Professor Pontus Braunerhjelm, KTH, Anna Breman, Chief Economist Swedbank, Professor Magnus Henrekson, IFN, Göran Marklund, Deputy Director General Vinnova and Professor Annika Rickne, KTH.
