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Welcome to CESIS

CESIS (Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies) is a research center with the mission to organize and carry out studies of innovation systems. CESIS is funded by VINNOVA, KTH and JIBS.

CESIS recently achieved the overall assessment "Outstanding at the forefront of international research". According to the worldwide REPEC-system CESIS ranks high in terms of research output and research impact. CESIS is among the top 5 % institutions in the world focused on innovation research.

New publications

Larsson, J.,P., & Thulin, P. (2018) Corporate Independent by necessity? The life satisfaction of necessity and opportunity entrepreneurs in 70 countries. Small Business Economics

Hårsman, B., Mattsson, L. G., & Hovsepyan, V. (2018) The income return to entrepreneurship - theoretical model and outcomes for Swedish regions. Annals of Regional Science

Braunerhjelm, P., & Torbjörn, T. (2018) Born Globals - Presence, performance and prospects. Industrial Business Review

Zhao, Z., Broström, A. & J. Cai (2018) Promoting academic engagement: university context and individual characteristics. Journal of Technology Transfer

Baum, C., Lööf, H., & Nabavi, P.(2018) Innovation strategies, external knowledge and productivity growth. Industry and Innovation

Journal publications