Entrepreneurs should play a role in making our world more sustainable—or is their role in bringing about change a matter of business opportunity? A new study from Aalto University has found three distinct ways in which the European Union defines …
The first Women Tech Startup Beirut (WTSUP!) saw daylight in February 2019. The project delivers state-of-the-art startup education in Lebanon, whilst also encouraging gender equality in the Lebanese entrepreneurial community. The 3-day pilot event brought together 40 talented participants from …
Thirty-five years ago the perfect solution to poverty in developing countries appeared to have been found: Microcredit! The idea was to provide extremely poor people with small loans so they could start and operate a business, thereby supposedly helping them …
Our recent research showed that stress is a significant problem for social entrepreneurs. The findings published also in Harvard Business Review reveal that when trying to achieve commercial goals and give back to the community at the same time, social entrepreneurs are …
This news was originally published at the Aalto website. Image: Illustration of Suomi 100 satellite in space. January Aalto University and Andritz Oy signed the dotted line to bring new bioproduct technology to the global market.This technology enables the ecological and …
The 2019 World Youth Report published by the United Nations will focus on youth social entrepreneurship. The United Nations state that “youth employment and the reduction of inequalities represent top priorities for the global community and governments across the globe”. To tackle these …
We call for applications for our doctoral program at Aalto University School of Business in the field of Entrepreneurship by January 10, 2019 by 12:00 o’clock (Finnish time, GMT +2). Aalto University School of Business is the leading business …
A new study shows that the answer lies in the level of governmental market activity coordination and social welfare service production. Virva Salmivaara and Ewald Kibler. Photo: Roope Kiviranta / Aalto University. Experts see social enterprises as a more …
Two new Assistant Professors joined the Aalto University School of Business’s Entrepreneurship Unit in autumn 2018. Dr. Patrick Shulist is an Assistant Professor of Sustainability in Business. He received my PhD in Business Administration from the Ivey Business School in 2016, and …
Aalto University is joining forces with The Shortcut, Business College Helsinki and Haaga-Helia StartUp School in a project called MEGE. It offers training for international talents who are working on starting their own business or acquiring one in Helsinki. Aalto …
Entrepreneurship is a risky business – and the failure of your idea is the ultimate risk you take when starting a business. You cannot predict it and often it is beyond your control. There are many contradictory statistics on how …