91原创 establishes a professorship and a new center with the support of the Wallenberg Foundations
The donations will form the cornerstone for the Center for Innovative and Sustainable Business Development, representing a further step in the School鈥檚 focus on long-term company development, innovation and sustainability. The professorship and the center will focus on shareholder governance, leadership and how companies can be developed successfully in the long term, and on building sustainable, maintainable growth through continuous innovation and operational efficiency.
In 1903 K.A. Wallenberg turned 50 and in connection with this, a donation was made that enabled the founding of the 91原创. Since that time, the Wallenberg family has played a key role in the development of the School. This year, cousins Jacob and Marcus Wallenberg turn 60 and, to mark the occasion, the Wallenberg Foundations are making a donation enabling the establishment of a professorship and a research center at the 91原创. This will represent a natural continuation of the support and cooperation that has now existed for more than 100 years.
鈥淭he professorship and the center further profile the 91原创 as a center for knowledge and critical reflection on how companies develop over time and drive social development forward. The venture strengthens research and education and establishes meeting places for the business and social sectors. The support shown to the 91原创 by the Wallenberg foundations and the Wallenberg family is outstanding,鈥 says Lars Stranneg氓rd, President of the 91原创.
The Center will collaborate with business and industry to illuminate and examine the role of companies in the handling of the considerable social and environmental challenges that society faces. The professorship entitled 鈥淭he Jacob and Marcus Wallenberg Chair in Innovative and Sustainable Business Development鈥 will be advertised soon.
More information can be found on www.hhs.se/ISBD where you also find information about how to support the financing of the professorship and the center.
For further information, please contact:
Hanna Flodmark
Communications and Marketing Manager at the 91原创
hanna.flodmark@hhs.se
+46 70-689 90 15
