Entrepreneurship
Internationally renowned research within the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation is conducted by our researchers, in cooperation with several partners.
We study how businesses form and operate as they are seen collectively by politicians and decision-makers as main contributors to the development of the economy and wealth creation in society.
The Sten K. Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship conducts internationally renowned research within the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation. We study entrepreneurship at each stage in the entrepreneurial process, through the sub-processes of creation, becoming, growth and renewal. We study entrepreneurship in all its pretexts and various contexts, as well as appreciating the value-creating outcomes of entrepreneurship.
The research programmes have strong international and multi-disciplinary approaches. Part of the research is conducted in cooperation with CIRCLE, an interdisciplinary research centre.
Community currencies
Community currencies, in common with other grassroots innovations, build on the idea that marginalised people hold the key to their own solutions. Accordingly, community currency initiatives focus on mobilising local resources and designing governance structures that empower the community. Communities are the driving force, not merely the target beneficiary.
Contact: Ester Barinaga
Community currencies – Sten K. Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial learning and education
From a few single entrepreneurship courses offered in the US in the 1980s, the supply has grown during the past decades and entrepreneurship is today a subject offered more or less at all major universities worldwide.
We build on our previous studies about enterprise education and entrepreneurial learning. Our research aims to contribute with scholarly knowledge that benefit both the international scholarly community as well as for developing our entrepreneurship education at Lund University School of Economics and Management.
Contact: Diamanto Politis
Entrepreneurial learning and education – Sten K. Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship
Innovation theatre
This research area investigates the discrepancy between the rise of entrepreneurial activities and the stagnation in actual entrepreneurial outcomes, focusing on the 'innovation theatre' and burgeoning entrepreneurship industry that may not effectively contribute to economic and societal progress.
Contact: Anna Brattström
Innovation theatre in the entrepreneurship industry – Sten K. Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship
Migrant entrepreneurship
Highlighting aspects of immigrant entrepreneurship in Sweden and thus building upon our knowledge base and understanding, is of utmost importance. The more we understand the more we can do to build upon and support the actions of these individuals, who are not only contributing to themselves and their communities but to the economy as a whole.
We start with what we know about immigrant entrepreneurship in Sweden and attempt to contextualise previous international findings into the Swedish milieu. We think that the research opportunities in this area are plentiful, and diverse and will prove to be valuable contributions to the field.
Contact: Craig Mitchell
More projects and further information
On the Sten K Centre for Entrepreneurship webpages
Recent publications in entrepreneurship
– Lund University Research Portal
Sten K Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship
Contact information to all staff and faculty at the centre
Contact
Diamanto Politis
Professor, Centre Director
Craig Mitchell
Assistant head of department
Ester Barinaga
Professor