Our Guest Columnist Marcus Cederström knows both Sweden and America really well, but in both places he is taken for the other: "I live my life in stereotypes. Holding dual citizenship in both Sweden and the U.S. allows me plenty of stereotypes to play with and not a day goes by that I...
Scandinavia offeres an alternative to the American model for executive compensation, according to Robert Shuter, Professor of International Communication at Marquette University: He writes in his column for Currents that "as US economists and management theorists debate the merits of pay for performance, many Scandinavian companies have been outperforming the titans of American industry...
When I was a boy, John Ericsson (1803–1889) was an almost iconic figure—streets and buildings bore his name, and monuments and statues lauded him as a famous inventor. But it took me a while to discover him, because my favorite inventor was Thomas Alva Edison.
Swedes might be accused of not being good at socializing, but that is hardly an observer’s impression during the annual Almedalen Week in Visby. It would be difficult to imagine a better opportunity to gain easy access to Swedish decision makers. To be seen and heard in Sweden, the Almedalen Week is a must.
Energy was not the only topic that a group of 16 Vermont-based business persons, academics, and MBA students had on their minds when they traveled to Skåne and Kronoberg in early December. But it was certainly the dominant topic of their 9-day visit: renewable, climate-friendly, community scale energy technology and systems – something...
Globalization has opened new markets for many companies both small and large. Often, these company expansions require employees to live abroad for shorter or longer periods of time.
Income and wealth concentration is a widely debated topic in the U.S. Recently numerous articles and op-eds have been written in leading newspapers, most notably by Paul Krugman in the New York Times. The Wall Street Journal’s Robert Frank has a weekly column about the American wealth boom, and has also written the best-selling...
