Research Institute of Industrial Economics
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The Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) is a research institute
in economics
based in Stockholm
, Sweden
. The institute conducts research in a number of areas, and for example on Globalization and Corporate Restructuring, Entrepreneurship, the Service Sector and the Electricity Markets.
Professor Magnus Henrekson
is the CEO of the Institute and Professor Lars Persson is the executive vice president. The institute engages, amongst others, the following researchers: Henrik Horn, Assar Lindbeck
and Yves Zenou.
The Institute was founded in 1939 by Sigfrid Edström
. Ivar Andersson became the first CEO of the institute and Sigrid Edström its first chairman.
Research institute
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in economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
based in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. The institute conducts research in a number of areas, and for example on Globalization and Corporate Restructuring, Entrepreneurship, the Service Sector and the Electricity Markets.
Professor Magnus Henrekson
Magnus Henrekson
Magnus Henrekson, born 1958, is a professor of economics and since 2005 he is president of the Research Institute of Industrial Economics in Stockholm, Sweden. Between 2001 and 2009 he was Jacob Wallenberg Professor of Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics.Henrekson’s research is...
is the CEO of the Institute and Professor Lars Persson is the executive vice president. The institute engages, amongst others, the following researchers: Henrik Horn, Assar Lindbeck
Assar Lindbeck
Carl Assar Eugén Lindbeck is an economics professor and an artist. He is still an active economist at Stockholm University and at the ....
and Yves Zenou.
The Institute was founded in 1939 by Sigfrid Edström
Sigfrid Edström
Johannes Sigfrid Edström was a Swedish industrialist, chairman of the Sweden-America Foundation, and an official with the International Olympic Committee.-Early life:...
. Ivar Andersson became the first CEO of the institute and Sigrid Edström its first chairman.