Current Projects
The overall purpose of this research project is to contribute to increased knowledge about the interaction between actors with different forms of ownership in the innovation and restructuring process…
The purpose of the research project is to increase our understanding of how technology shifts affect productivity and employment dynamics in business, and how regulations and institutions, such as com…
The crucial importance of entrepreneurship for growth and the development of welfare has lately come to be increasingly emphasized in research. It has often been taken for granted that increased entre…
Entrepreneurship is crucial for a viable and dynamic business sector and for long-term economic development. Today the importance of entrepreneurship is being discussed both among researchers and in t…
Sweden is at the top of the world ranking of research and development, approved patents, and publications in research journals. But we do not have that many small, swiftly growing technology-based fir…
Almost all research on the relationship between institutions and entrepreneurship assumes that entrepreneurs comply with existing institutional rules. However, this does not correspond well with reali…
Microcredit and local financing are often highlighted as success factors for growth in agrarian environments. However, the evidence for this is weak. This project aims to determine the significance of…
It has long been considered that mining establishments have little impact on the local economy and there has been talk of economic enclaving. However, this statement is based on aggregated data that a…
The IFN taxation research project aims to increase our knowledge about the role of taxes in the Swedish economy. Taxes are the main source of funding of investments in infrastructure and public welfar…
Talent development has become increasingly important for the success of a single country. In this project, we investigate whether smaller countries such as Sweden can develop and retain talents in an…
In recent decades, the privatization of public services has been used as a means of improving public finances, improving the quality of various activities and, to a certain extent, increasing citizens…
Empirical studies show that established firms often obtain new technologies by acquiring small entrepreneurial firms, which are often financed with risk capital. Further, we observe that new firm stra…
This project is a research collaboration between Ericsson AB and IFN.
In recent years the mass adoption of digital services by industries has emerged as an important factor to spur economic developm…
About half of all private companies with employees in the Swedish business sector are family firms. They operate in many different areas and can be of different sizes, from very large to smaller compa…
How can policy improve the institutional setting for rural entrepreneurship such that all individuals benefit from development? The project's focus is on formal and informal local institutions. Instit…