Topics: Business enterprise

6 December 2021 08:18

Jönköping International Business School ranked among Europe's best business schools by the Financial Times

On Monday, 6 December, the Financial Times (FT) published its European Business Schools Ranking 2021, featuring the top 95 Business Schools in Europe. For the first time, Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) at Jönköping University appears on the list.
The European Business Schools Ranking is one of the most acknowledged and widely cited rankings of business schools. The ranking is ba

28 September 2020 13:18

JU research centre forms new European network

CeFEO at Jönköping International Business School is co-founder of a new network of the top family business research centres in Europe. The EuFBC (European Family Business Research Centre Network) was launched this autumn, creating a common platform for presenting and debating state-of-the art research on family business.

12 March 2018 08:00

Making sense of advisory boards in family firms

Family firms are a closed system. Owner families are often reluctant to bring in outsiders, but those who want to grow do well to bring in external advisors, especially via a team approach. In a new PhD thesis, Judith van Helvert-Beugels has studied how family firms can work with their advisory boards.

1 February 2018 10:01

​Geographic location affects firm renewal

In a time where technical development and other changes are happening at a fast pace, companies are having a hard time standing out in a tough global competition. What makes or breaks companies in the strive to compete within their markets? In a new PhD thesis in economics from Jönköping International Business School, Tina Wallin has analyzed how regional characteristics can affect firm renewal.

6 October 2017 06:39

World-class research in Jönköping

​A new independent report shows that Jönköping International Business School ranks first in Europe and second worldwide in entrepreneurship research.

2 June 2017 06:49

Relationships crucial for external CEOs’ success in family firms

In a family firm, why is it that in some cases external CEOs leave after a short time, while in other cases they stay for decades? In a paper published yesterday in the Human Resource Management Review, Matthias Waldkirch, Mattias Nordqvist and Leif Melin, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, Sweden, present a new approach for answering this question.

4 May 2017 13:00

New book about entrepreneurship in emerging economies

This book examines entrepreneurship in emerging economies and developing countries and its unique set of working attitudes, modes of thinking, social practices and processes.

5 January 2017 07:37

Accelerated customization with smarter methods

A recent collaboration between the business sector and the School of Engineering at Jönköping University will facilitate the adaption of products to new requirements and strengthen the companies’ competitiveness through new work procedures and IT tools.

10 November 2016 09:47

CeFEO researchers granted 4 960 000 SEK from Swedish Research Council

Professor Ethel Brundin and Assistant Professor Markus Plate at Jönköping International Business School and the Centre for Family Enterprise and Ownership have received a substantial research grant for their project Trans-generational continuity of the owning family: identity formation, relationship dynamics and emotional influence.

10 October 2016 08:50

​Entrepreneurship an important accelerator for integration

Entrepreneurship and self-employment is an alternative way for immigrants to integrate into society. In a new PhD thesis from Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, Quang Evansluong examines how immigrants create entrepreneurial opportunities. ​“Entrepreneurship accelerates the integration process. Simultaneously, integration influences the entrepreneur’s business concept.”

30 May 2016 09:30

Enduring and exit strategies - new research on family business portfolios

​How do family businesses endure over time and generations? What strategies do they adopt and what is the role of emotions? In a new PhD thesis from Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, Naveed Akhter studies family businesses in Pakistan to find out what strategies are successful and what makes a business survive through good and bad times.

11 February 2016 09:16

Renowned family business researcher to be appointed honorary doctor at Jönköping University

​The Jönköping University inauguration and conferment ceremony will be held on 21 May. Professor Pramodita Sharma, a world renowned family business researcher, will then be appointed honorary doctor for her important contributions in the establishment of family business research as a management research field.