Presentation of SSE made at Introduction day for SSE PhDs in Sept 2015

1. WELCOME TO THE PHD PROGRAMS
AT SSE!
Pär Åhlström
Professor, Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Chair
Vice President Degree Programs

2. SSE PhD Programs
• Professor Pär Åhlström, Vice President Degree Programs
• Marie Tsujita Stephenson, Program Coordinator
Program in Business Administration
• Associate Professor Robin Teigland, Acting Program Director
• Marie Tsujita Stephenson, Program Administrator
Program in Economics
• Professor Tore Ellingsen, Program Director
• Ritva Kiviharju, Program Administrator
Program in Finance
• Associate Professor Roméo Tédongap, Program Director
• Jenny Wahlberg Andersson, Program Administrator
PhD student representatives
• Tina Sigonius, Accounting
• Rupin Jeremiah/Katharina Pilhofer, Management & Organization
• Riikka Murto, Marketing & Strategy
• Adam Altmejd, Economics
• Yavor Kovachev, Finance
PhD Program Committee: meets 3-4 times per year
SSE PHD PROGRAMS - THE CORE

3. 106 YEARS AGO…
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• SSE established in 1909 by representatives of Sweden’s business
community with the first 110 students enrolled.
• One of the first private institutions of higher education in Scandinavia.
• More than 20,000 students have now received their diplomas from SSE.
• “Full Service Institution”
BSc, MSc, MBA, PhD & Executive Education.

4. “The objective of the Stockholm School of
Economics is to promote the advancement
of business in our country, through
scientific teaching and research.”
(SSE Charter, Section 1)
“The SSE vision is to firmly establish itself as a member of
the top tier of European business schools and to be
recognized as a global benchmark for industry
collaboration.”
SSE Mission and Vision

5. ABOUT SSE
• EQUIS Accreditation since 1999 -
first business school in Sweden
• Member of PRME
• The best business school in the
Nordic region (FT 2014)
• One of the 20 oldest active
business schools in the world
• Baltic Sea region presence -
Stockholm, Riga, St. Petersburg
• Leading research in Economics,
Finance and Business
Administration

6. SSE’S COMPETITIVE EDGE
• Education programs based on academic research
• Science is the backbone (Rigor)
• Close ties to the business community (Relevance)
• Size – smallness guarantees closeness between
faculty and student
• Pioneering teaching methods
• Many professors are among the leading experts in
the world within their respective fields

7. “The Strategic Wheel”

8. 8
SSE FUNDING MODEL
SSE Association
Corporate Partner Program
Swedish governmnet
Grants etc
Donations
Other

9. CORPORATE PARTNERS
Bonnier, Deloitte, Ericsson, Ernst & Young, Goldman
Sachs, H&M, Handelsbanken, Industrivärden,
Investor, KPMG, Lundbergföretagen, Nordea, PwC,
Ratos, Scania, SEB, Skanska, SCA, Swedbank,
Vattenfall
Alecta, Bain & Co, Boston Consulting Group, Brummer
& Partners, Electrolux, Holmen, McKinsey &
Company, Nordic Capital, Swedish Match
….and over 80 others!

10. THE BACKBONE OF SSE: RESEARCH
• International reputation for research
excellence
• First research institute already in 1929
• First PhD in 1946
• More than 25 research centers in
Business, Economics and Finance
• More than 100 faculty members with
PhD
• Nobel laureates among former faculty
and honorary doctors
• Faculty on the Nobel Committee
10
Eli F Heckscher
Bertil Ohlin

11. SSE has created new fields of inquiry in Sweden
• ”Stockholmsskolan” inspired by J. M. Keynes
Bertil Ohlin, Erik Lundberg etc.
• Economic History and Business History
• Trade Theory (H-O model, Linder theorem)
• Economic Geography
• Economic Psychology, Consumer Behavior)
• Environmental Economics, Public Management
• Financial Economics (Financial Markets + Corporate Finance)
• Knowledge Theory of the Firm (Management)
• Behavioral Economics
1930s
1990s
1960s
1980s
2000s
1970s

12. SSE Family

13. SOME HIGHLIGHTS
• 6 departments, 8 research institutes, 14
research centers
• 1,116 publications by core faculty 2008-
2012
• 342 articles in international peer-
reviewed journals 2008-2012
• PhD dissertations: 15 in 2012, 13 in 2013
and 21 in 2014
• Research collaboration with 200
international universities in 38 countries
2010-2012
• Research collaboration with 201
companies, public agencies and non-
academic institutions in 2010-2012

14. SSE PhD
Economics
SSE PhD
Finance
SSE PhD
Business
Administration
Behavioral economics
Industrial organization
Environment
Energy
Health
Labor
Transition economies
International trade
Economic geography
Development economics
Econometrics
Accounting
Managerial finance
Management
Public administration
Entrepreneurship
Operations management
Leadership
Marketing
Consumer behaviour
Economic psychology
International marketing
Purchasing
Media and business
Strategy
International business
Innovation
Sustainable business
Financial markets
Banking and insurance
Corporate finance
Finance and law
Mathematical finance
Financial analysis

15. Placement:
• SSE (incl. SIFR, SSE Riga)
• Nordic Universities (Stockholm, Linköping, Uppsala, NHH)
• International Universities (Oxford, NYU Stern, Maastricht, BU,
Pittsburgh)
• Industry (Elekta, ICA, SEB, Deutsche Bank, Nordea, Skandia, ABN
Amro, Merrill Lynch)
• Government/Public Sector (Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education
and Science, PTS, Bank of Sweden)
• Labor Unions and NGOs (TCO, IMF)
More than 600 PhD alumni

16. The combination of extraordinary talent, a creative environment,
and real-life problems builds a solid ground for advancement in
economics, finance and business administration.
Expected contribution from PhD students 
Talent, hard work and a curious mind
Expected contribution from SSE Faculty 
High quality supervision, an exciting environment, exposure to real
life problems
Bringing together extraordinary talent
and real-life problems

17. 2014 Conferment of doctoral degrees, City Hall

18. Once again, welcome to SSE!