Iesaisties aktivitātēs!

ESI programma sastāv no 4 daļām:
  • Iedvesma – dažādi iedvesmojoši pasākumi, tai skaitā semināri/diskusijas, audio pārraides, industrijas pasākumi
  • Izglītība – 1 – 3 mēnešu intensīvi apmācību kursi
  • Inkubācija – dalība biznesa inkubatorā
  • Ilgtspēja – konsultācijas ar industrijas ekspertiem

Iedvesma

Vebināri

Ilgtspējīga finansējuma piesaiste - finansējuma veidi, to cena un piesaistes process

Civittas pārstāvis Kristaps Budrēvics vebināra laikā stāstīs par savu pieredzi, piesaistot ilgtspējīgu finansējumu savam biznesam. Dalībnieki varēs uzzināt par finansējuma veidiem, cenām, piesaistes procesu, soļiem un riskiem.

Aktivitātes laiks: 07.04.22., plkst. 15:30, Zoom platforma

Eko inovācijas vai viltus risinājumi?

Vebināru vadīs Zero Waste Latvija valdes priekšsēdētāja Anna Doškina. Vebinārā varēsiet uzzināt kā atšķirt īstas eko inovācijas no viltus risinājumiem, tiks kliedēti vairāki populāri mīti saistībā ar biznesa izstrādāšanu ar ilgstpējīgumu un aprites ekonomiku.

Aktivitātes laiks: 11.05.22., plkst. 17:00, Zoom platforma

Sociālā uzņēmējdarbība un ko nozīmē būt sociālajam uzņēmējam Latvijā?

Latvijas Sociālās uzņēmējdarbības asociācija tiešsaites pasākumā kopā ar sociālo uzņēmēju “Kustības brīvība” (“Ogres varde”) stāstīs par sociālās uzņēmējdarbības būtību, statistiku Latvijā un piemēriem, gan Latvijā, gan pasaulē. Vebinārā arī pievienosies sociālā uzņēmuma “Kustības brīvības” pārstāve Aija Vule, kura pastāstīs par sava uzņēmuma pieredzi un iegūtajām atziņām.

Aktivitātes laiks: 27.04.22., plkst. 17:00, Zoom platforma

Uzņēmējdarbības sociālās ietekmes izvērtēšana — kā to aprakstīt un salīdzināt?

28. jūlijā pulksten 16:00 Daremas universitātes uzņēmējdarbības profesors Dr. Pablo Munoz Roman rīkos vebināru par sociālo un ilgtspējīgo uzņēmējdarbību. Gadu gaitā viņš ir veicis daudzus pētniecības darbus ilgtspējas nišā un ir ieguvis plašu atpazīstamību, publicējot rakstus vadošajos zinātniskajos žurnālos. 

Latvijas jaunuzņēmumu ekosistēma: Ko, Kas, Kā

Jau 15. septembrī, plkst. 17:00 Rīgas Ekonomikas augstskolas studentu inovāciju programma aicina piedalīties tiešsaites vebinārā par Latvijas jaunuzņēmumu ekosistēmu, kuru vadīs Latvijas Jaunuzņēmumu asociācijas (Startin.LV) izpilddirektore Olga Barreto Goncalves.
Vebināra laikā Olga aptvers Latvijas jaunuzņēmumu ekosistēmas struktūru, tās dalībniekus, funkcijas, atbalsta mehānismus un jebko, kas saistīts ar jaunuzņēmumu vidi Latvijā.

ESI programmu kopīgi īsteno vairāki izglītības un rūpniecības pārstāvji – Stokholmas Ekonomikas augstskola Rīgā, Latvijas Mākslas akadēmija, Rīgas Juridiskā augstskola, Rēzeknes Tehnoloģiju akadēmija, konsultāciju uzņēmums Civitta Latvija un nozares partneri (Latvijas Sociālās uzņēmējdarbības asociācija, Zero Waste Latvia, Techhub Riga, Cietvielu fizikas institūts, Latvijas Universitāte, Rēzeknes Biznesa asociācija,  Latvijas Elektrotehnikas un elektronikas rūpniecības asociācija).

Pasākums notiks angļu valodā. Pasākumam ir jāreģistrējas, izmantojot šo saiti: https://tinyurl.com/4pt8ry3k Īsi pirms pasākuma dalībniekiem tiks izsūtīta pieslegšanās saite.

Sports un sporta digitalizācija: YoPlayDo pieredzes stāsts

Rīgas Ekonomikas augstskolas studentu inovāciju programma sociāli atbildīgai un ilgtspējīgai vides uzņēmējdarbībai (ESI) 11. oktobrī plkst. 17.00 aicina pievienoties tiešsaistes vebināram kura laikā būs iespējams uzzināt nianses un iegūt unikālu ieskatu kā YoPlayDo no biznesa idejas nonāca līdz futbola skolu vidū novērtētai un pieprasītai platformai. Vebināru vadīs YoPlayDo dibinātājs un vadītājs Andris Kaušelis. 

YoPlayDo ir futbola skolu un klubu pārvaldības platforma, kas palīdz organizēt un plānot treniņu metodiku, analizēt spēlētāju individuālos un komandu datus, apkopot dažāda veida statistiku no spēlēm un treniņiem, sekot futbolistu progresam ilgākā laika periodā, kā arī pārraudzīt jauno futbolistu veselības un treniņu vēsturi.

Vebināra laikā Andris pastāstīs par YoPlayDo attīstību, dalīsies pieredzē un sniegs iedvesmu, atbildot uz interesējošiem jautājumiem. Pasākums notiks latviešu valodā. Pasākumam ir jāreģistrējas, izmantojot šo saiti: https://forms.gle/rw3fC4SExp8SnktDA

 

Aktivitātes laiks: 11.10.22., plkst. 17:00, Zoom platforma (pieejas links tiks izsūtīts reģistrētajiem dalībniekiem īsi pirms pasākuma

Road to acquisition: Nordigen story

ESI Student Innovation Program of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga invites you to participate in an online webinar on October 25, at 17:00. Roberts Bernāns, the co-founder of Nordigen, will share his experience.
The webinar will be on the experience–based topic – Road to acquisition: Nordigen story. During this webinar, you will learn the nuances and get a unique insight into the path of how Nordigen came from a business idea to such a degree of recognition and success that it attracted the attention of the world’s leading company in the industry.

Nordigen is a tool that allows you to automate the analysis of borrowers’ bank account statements, making this process both faster and providing a higher quality assessment. It is an alternative offer to the work of bank loan specialists and other players in the lending industry. In addition, with Nordigen, it is possible to consider more applications, assess the risks, and issue more loans, without risking the credit provider himself.

 

The webinar will be held in English. It is required to register for the event through the following link: https://forms.gle/VMeX54x7GDY9R9kv9
Activity time: 25.10.22., 17:00, Zoom platform (link will be sent out shortly before the webinar)

Exploring Intelligent Automation

15.novembrī, plkst. 17:00 Rīgas Ekonomikas augstskolas studentu inovāciju programma sociāli atbildīgai un ilgtspējīgai vides uzņēmējdarbībai (ESI) aicina piedalīties tiešsaites vebinārā, kas norisināsies angļu valodā par tēmu – “Exploring Intelligent Automation”.  Vebināru vadīs Elvīra Krēķe, DeepOpinion biznesa attīstības vadītāja un Legally dibinātāja.

Gūstiet unikālu ieskatu stāstā par Legally dibināšanu, kas aizsākās ar ambīciju automatizēt procesus juridiskajā nozarē.

2019.gada pirmajā ceturksnī Legally klientu lietošanai atklāja savu pirmo vietni ar automatizētām dokumentu veidlapām. Legally veiksmīgi kļuva par LIAA inkubatora biedru, absolvēja Startup Wise Guys pirmsakselerācijas programmu, no kuras pēc tam tika uzņemta Igaunijas B2B SaaS, kur izstrādāja projektu un veiksmīgi sagaidīja vietnes palaišanas datumu ar 800+ vietnes apmeklētājiem.

Vebināra laikā jūs uzzināsiet:

– Kāds bija Elvīras ceļš no dokumentu automatizācijas juridiskajā nozarē līdz mākslīgajam intelektam(AI)?

– Kas ir viedā automatizācija un kā to izprast?

– Kādas ir AI iespējas un iespējamās prognozes B2B sektorā?

Pasākums notiks angļu valodā. Pasākumam ir jāreģistrējas, izmantojot šo saiti: Exploring IA – Google Forms

Between Medicine and Digitalization

ESI Student Innovation Program of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga invites you to participate in an online webinar on December 15 at 17:00.
This webinar will be led by Sergey Jakimov, Co-founder and Member of the Board at LONGENESIS. It will be held on the topic – Between medicine and digitalization.
Find out how Sergey Jakimov started his journey in the field of life sciences and what inspired him to do so. Sergey will also talk about how he started Longenesis and the factors that contributed to the company’s success.
Longenesis offers a streamlined approach to data discovery and patient engagement from which biomedical institutions, patient organizations, and research sponsors can all benefit. Longenesis solutions have already been recognized by global leaders in Healthcare and Research.
Longenesis has participated in various international startup acceleration programs, such as Europe’s “Headstart”, “MedTech Innovator”, “500 Startups” Global launch program in Singapore, “Salto” Accelerator, Estonia. This year Longenesis won the Latvian national finals of the Entrepreneurship World Cup.
Join us in this interesting webinar to find out more about what to expect in the future of life science and how to create a successful startup.
The event will be held in English. It is required to register for the event by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/a6K8nnhLmS6LW2Yi7
The program is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, Printify, SEB and RIMI. Project number: 1.1.1.3 /21/A/008.a.

EcoBaltia Pre-Sustainability Challenge Webinar

We offer you the possibility to learn more about sustainability, webinar topic will be: “Sorting, recycling and recirculation of textiles and electronics”.
This webinar will be hosted by Sustainability Challenge partner EcoBaltia and moderated by Stockholm School of Economics in Riga Student Innovation program ESI Incubation program director Kristine Nagle!
Jānis Aizbalts, head of the environmental management sector of AS “Eco Baltia” and chairman of the board of SIA “Eco Baltia vide”: “The circular economy is not new in Latvia either, but it should be moved faster on a national scale. As our experience in cooperation with young people and their representative organizations and educational institutions shows, pupils and students are the generation whose ideas are invaluable in implementing sustainability projects. We invite you to be active, participate in the challenge and make Latvia even greener, where waste is not a big mountain, but a resource to be used in the circulation of the market.”
Webinar moderator Kristine Nagle is the Founder and Sustainability advisor of Impact House. Impact House is helping fast-growing tech companies and investment funds get started on the sustainability journey. Her experience includes managing accelerator programs at Startup Wise Guys, gaining a global network as the CEO of TechChill, and recently building a sustainability strategy for the first Latvian unicorn, Printful.
Join us in this interesting webinar to find out more about what to expect from the Sustainability Challenge and already learn more about sustainability in everyday life.
The event will be held in English. The webinar will be held in Google Meet platform, we will share the link shortly before the event with registered participants!
It is required to register for the event by filling out this form: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSeDoS…/viewform…
The ESI Sustainability Challenge is supported by the ESI Student Innovation Program of the Stockholm School School of Economics in Riga, “RIMI Baltic”, “SEB banka”, AS “Eco Baltia” and the European Regional Fund. Project number: 1.1.1. 3./21/A/008.a.
The event is supported by ESI program partner organisations: Art Academy of Latvia (LMA), Rezekne Academy of Technologies (RTA), Riga Graduate School of Law (RGSL), Civitta, TechHub, Riga TechGirls, LSUA, LETERA, LU CFI.

SEB banka Pre-Sustainability Challenge Webinar

Sustainability Challenge invites you to join our second warmup event – ONLINE WEBINAR on March 9 at 15:00. During the webinar you will hear more about the challenges which SEB welcomes to solve during the Sustainability Challenge.
Making the decision and taking the first step is the most difficult. If it succeeds, the next will gradually happen and everyone will be satisfied with the result. This is how the situation with the renovation of multi-apartment buildings, which has been carried out in Latvia for more than ten years with the help of EU funds, can be described in two short sentences. However, the biggest obstacle in achieving significant results so far has been taking the first step or getting the residents’ agreement on the renovation of the building. How to overcome it and increase residents’ interest and involvement?
Answers to these questions will be sought on March 9 at 15.00 in discussion with Māris Saulājs, Financial advisory manager of SEB, Ieva Vērzemniece, Head of ALTUM’s Energy Efficiency Programs Department, and Kārlis Beihmanis, Liepāja City Council’s Project Manager for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.
Discussion will be led by Kārlis Karolis, Baltic Head of Innovations in SEB.
The event will be held in English. The webinar will be held in Zoom platform, we will share the link shortly before the event with registered participants!
It is required to register for the event by filling out this form: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSdFnNXHmo…/viewform
The ESI Sustainability Challenge is supported by the ESI Student Innovation Program of the Stockholm School School of Economics in Riga, “RIMI Baltic”, “SEB banka”, AS “Eco Baltia” and the European Regional Fund. Project number: 1.1.1. 3./21/A/008.a.

Breaking down barriers: a guide to successful start-up - corporate collaborations

ESI Student Innovation Program of the Stockholm School of economics in Riga invites you to participate in an online webinar on May 25 at 17:00.
The seminar will teach you how to break down barriers for successful start-up-corporate collaborations.
The main speaker will be Zanda Šadre, the Head of Rimi Corporate Responsibility and Communications. Zanda is a Communications and sustainability professional with extensive corporate management experience. ESI Sustainability Challenge participants may recognize Zanda as one of the Industry mentors who helped our participants in finding the best solutions from the industry point of view.
Webinar topic: Breaking Down Barriers: A Guide to Successful Start-up – Corporate Collaborations.
The webinar will be held in English and take place online (a link will be shared with each participant shortly before the event).
Rimi Baltic has recently launched Rimi Open innovations platform aiming to fund the development of PoC’s and pilot projects with Baltic and European start-ups. Also, Rimi has significant experience in working with start-ups within Future HUB Accelerator Program. Therefore we invite you to join a webinar where we’ll explore how cooperation between start-ups and companies works. We’ll discuss the benefits and challenges of such partnerships and the factors that contribute to success. We’ll also zoom in on Rimi Baltic learnings on working with startups that are focusing on corporate responsibility.
Whether you’re simply interested in this topic, or you’re a start-up looking to partner with a larger organization or a corporation interested in working with emerging businesses, this webinar will provide valuable insights and strategies for achieving a successful collaboration.
The event will be held in English. It is required to register for the event through the following link:
https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSfwMkcBTL…/viewform…
The ESI program is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, SEB and RIMI. Project number: 1.1.1.3/21/A/008.a. The ESI program is jointly implemented by several representatives of education and industry – Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvian Academy of Arts, Riga Graduate School of Law, Rezekne Academy of Technology, consulting company Civitta Latvia and industry partners (Latvian Social Entrepreneurship Association, Zero Waste Latvia, Techhub, Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, Rezekne Business Association, Latvian Electrical and Electronics Industry Association).

Open Workshop series

Constructing the Central and Eastern European Woman Entrepreneur

You are kindly invited to attend the workshop “Constructing the Central and Eastern European woman entrepreneur: A discourse analysis of 30 years of research on women’s entrepreneurship in the (post-) transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe” by Sanita Rugina.

The aim of the Open Workshop Series in Business and Management Studies is to promote top-quality academic and applied research in various fields of the social sciences. This is a unique opportunity for sharing knowledge and networking with local and international community members.

Activity time: 13.10.22., plkst. 15:00-17:00, W32 at Stockholm School fo Economics of Riga

Minimum Wage Policy and Labor Tax Evasion in Latvia

You are kindly invited to attend the workshop “Minimum Wage Policy and Labor Tax Evasion in Latvia” by Nicolas Gavoille.

The aim of the Open Workshop Series in Business and Management Studies is to promote top-quality academic and applied research in various fields of the social sciences. This is a unique opportunity for sharing knowledge and networking with local and international community members.

Speaker: Nicolas Gavoille, Associate Professor, SSE Riga

The labor markets of many transition countries are characterized by two features: a spike at the minimum wage in wage distribution and widespread use of so-called envelope wages, i.e., non-declared cash coming in addition to the official wage. The interactions between minimum wage policy and tax evasion however remain largely unknown. In this talk, I will provide an overview of three recent papers coauthored with Anna Zasova investigating this interaction in Latvia.

First, we examine the large spike at the exactly the minimum wage in the wage distribution. Are tax evaders overrepresented among minimum wage earners? Beyond anecdotal evidence, only scarce concrete evidence documents this point. We present a body of suggestive evidence highlighting the prevalence of wage underreporting among minimum wage earners in Latvia.

Second, we use audit data and detailed administrative firm-level information to estimate the share of firms likely to underreport employees’ wage in Latvia. We train several machine learning algorithms on the set of audited firms, evaluate their out-of-sample performance and then apply them to non-audited firms. Our results indicate that nearly 40% of firms are likely to be involved in labor tax evasion, with large heterogeneity across sectors.

Third, we study firm-level employment effects of a large and biting minimum wage increase in the context of widespread wage underreporting. We show that firms engaged in labor tax evasion are insensitive to the minimum wage shock. Our results indicate that these firms use wage underreporting as an adjustment margin, converting (part of) undeclared cash payments into legal wage. Increasing minimum wage contributes to tax rule enforcement, but this comes at the cost of negative employment consequences for compliant firms.

Nicolas Gavoille is Associate Professor at SSE Riga and a research fellow at BICEPS. His main research interests are in the field of public economics and labour economics. He published articles in academic reviews such as the European Economic Review, the Journal of Comparative Economics, and the IMF Economic Review. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Rennes 1, France, and is a board member of the Baltic Economic Association as well as a member of the Editorial Committee of the Baltic Journal of Economics.

Discussion moderated by Prof. Arnis Sauka.
Attendance is free of charge.

To register, please fill in the following form. 

Activity time: 28.10.22., plkst. 15:00-17:00, W32, at Stockholm School fo Economics in Riga

 

The poison milk scandal 2008

You are kindly invited to attend the workshop ” The poison milk scandal 2008 – Policy experimentation, covert deception and institutional change” by Tomas Karlsson.
The aim of the Open Workshop Series in Business and Management Studies is to promote top-quality academic and applied research in various fields of the social sciences. This is a unique opportunity for sharing knowledge and networking with local and international community members.
Speaker: Assoc. prof. Tomas Karlsson, Chalmers University of Technology
In 2008, the Chinese milk powder scandal was unfolding. An increasing number of kidney failures were found in infant children and the cause was traced back to the consumption of domestically produced milk powder. It was estimated that roughly 300 000 infant children were affected and eight died from the direct health consequences. Our study traces the preconditions for the scandal, the scandal in itself and the consequences of the scandal from an institutional perspective. As such it provides insights to the process of institutional change, and the role of agentic managerial actions in the context of a transition economy.
Tomas Karlsson is an associate professor at Chalmers University of Technology.
He has published in the field of institutional theory and entrepreneurship for 18 years investigating for example the link between institutional pressures and business planning (JOM, 2004; Dissertation 2005; and JBV 2008), a literature review on the topic of entrepreneurship from an institutional perspective (ETP, 2016). Tomas has also served as associate editor for Academy of Management Learning and Education. Other topics he is interested in includes entrepreneurship education, university tech transfer and entrepreneurial networks.
Discussion moderated by Prof. Arnis Sauka.
Attendance is free of charge.
Activity time: 11.11.22., 15:00-17:00, W32, at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
To register, please fill: https://forms.gle/zeHnddvVvKCdf7xeA

Is it just about me? A comparison between individual and cultural strategies of learning from failure

You are kindly invited to attend the workshop “Is it just about me?
A comparison between individual and cultural strategies of learning from failure” by Börje Boers.

The aim of the Open Workshop Series in Business and Management Studies is to promote top-quality academic and applied research in various fields of the social sciences. This is a unique opportunity for sharing knowledge and networking with local and international community members.

Date: November 25, 15-17.00
Venue: Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Strelnieku iela 4a, Riga. Room: W32

Speaker: Assoc. prof. Börje Boers, University of Skövde, Sweden

The aim of this exploratory study is to research individual and cultural strategies of learning from failure amongst German, Indian and Swedish university students. Study provides (1) a framework of typal similarities of failure learning within the national cultures of Germany, India and Sweden, as well as (2) understanding of cultural effects on failure learning and (3) insights for entrepreneurship educators to develop programs that steer discussions and reflections on the event of failure as a likely part of the entrepreneurial process. The results show that both culture-based strategies as well as culturally independent typical subjectivities in learning from failure exist for the three nations Germany, India and Sweden. The defined typologies can broaden our understanding of learning from failure at an intermediate level, bridging the gap between cultural and individual factors. Furthermore, the paper showcases the suitability of Q methodology to bring to front individual beliefs as well as group-specific opinions in higher education by discussing the methodological capabilities and challenges as experienced during our study.

Börje Boers is an associate professor at the University of Skövde, Sweden. He got his PhD from Jönköping International Business School in Sweden. His research interest concerns small and medium-sized enterprises and family businesses. Recently, he is working on the effects of crises, such as the Corona-pandemic, on SMEs. His focus in general is on questions of entrepreneurship in these type of companies. He received funding, amongst others, from the Family Kamprad Foundation to investigate the effects of the Corona-pandemic on SMEs.

Organised by the Centre for Sustainable Business the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and supported by ESI student innovation program. The program is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and supported by Printify, SEB Latvia, and Rimi Latvija. Project number: 1.1.1 .3/21/A/008.a.

Discussion moderated by Prof. Arnis Sauka.

Attendance is free of charge.

Activity time: 25.11.22., 15:00-17:00, W32, at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga

It is mandatory for participants to fill in this form: https://forms.gle/o1gTziU1UTWEmCAH6

Towards technological takeoffs. Exploring digital technologies diffusion patterns - new frameworks and empirical evidence.

You are kindly invited to attend the workshop “Towards technological takoffs. Exploring digital technologies diffusion patterns – new frameworks and empirical evidence.” by Assoc. prof. Ewa Lechman.

Ewa Lechman is an Associate Professor of Economics, since 2002 employed at Faculty of Management and Economics Gdańsk University of Technology / Fahrenheit Universities.

The aim of the Open Workshop Series in Business and Management Studies is to promote top-quality academic and applied research in various fields of the social sciences. This is a unique opportunity for sharing knowledge and networking with local and international community members.

In recent decades, the world has witnessed, unprecedented in terms of speed and geographic coverage, diffusion of new information and communication technologies (ICT). This digital revolution pervasively impacts and reshapes societies and economies and therefore deserves special attention and interest.

However, much academic debate not only concentrates on the effects that digital technologies bring, but it also intends to explore the digital technologies diffusion trajectories along with identification of the fundamental determinants of this process.

Discussion moderated by Prof. Arnis Sauka.

Attendance is free of charge.

Activity time: 09.12.22., 15:00-17:00, W32, at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga

It is mandatory for participants to fill in this form: https://forms.gle/uUCnCFHL6AoaCqVZ9

Organised by the Centre for Sustainable Business the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and supported by ESI student innovation program. The program is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and supported by Printify, SEB Latvia, and Rimi Latvija. Project number: 1.1.1 .3/21/A/008.a.

Recipes for opportunity recognition in the tension field of knowledge and learning. The case of converging industries.

ESI Student Innovation Program of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga invites you to participate in an open workshop by SSE Riga Open Workshop Series on “Recipes for opportunity recognition in the tension field of knowledge and learning. The case of converging industries.”
Speaker: Assoc.prof. Rainer Harms, University Twente, the Netherlands.
To recognize opportunities, entrepreneurs rely on knowledge and learning. Particularly in situations where entrepreneurs combine knowledge from different industries, the relationship between prior knowledge and learning can be complex. Despite the relevance of these multi-domain knowledge contexts, most studies on opportunity recognition seem to undertheorize these complexities. To embrace complexity, we apply a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) based on a sample of 107 corporate entrepreneurs. We identify several configurations of knowledge types and learning.

Discussion moderated by Prof. Arnis Sauka.

Attendance is free of charge. The workshop will be held in English!

Activity time: 10.02.23., 15:00-17:00, at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga.

It is mandatory for participants to fill in this form: https://forms.gle/uUCnCFHL6AoaCqVZ9

Organised by the Centre for Sustainable Business the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and supported by ESI student innovation program. The program is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and supported by Printify, SEB Latvia, and Rimi Latvija. Project number: 1.1.1 .3/21/A/008.a.

Intractable Conflict Diversity in Entrepreneurial Teams

ESI Student Innovation Program of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga invites you to participate in an open workshop by SSE Riga Open Workshop Series on “Intractable Conflict Diversity in Entrepreneurial Teams”
The workshop will be held in English and will take place at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga on February 24, 15-17.00.
Speaker: Dr Vita Kadile, Leeds University Business School, UK.
Diversity has increasingly become a topic at the forefront of efforts in companies across the globe to create inclusion and enable organizational effectiveness. It is highly sought after on boards, in top management teams, and at all levels of organizations. Though the benefits diversity can bring to teams are well-established, managing diverse teams is fraught with challenges that have increasingly attracted scholarly attention. Diversity includes differing characteristics among individuals along a variety of dimensions, including those visible on the ‘surface-level’ such as demographic characteristics, and the ‘deep-level’ dimensions that are less readily apparent (such as personality traits, preferences and values). This study focuses on diversity in entrepreneurial founding teams, where diversity by design can have a strategic impact.
Dr Vita Kadile is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Leeds University Business School in the UK. While her teaching predominantly focuses on research methods for marketing, her research expertise lies in cognitive and behavioural entrepreneurship, investigating business start-ups, international and strategic marketing. Her work has been published in various entrepreneurship, management and marketing journals (e.g., ISBJ, JSBM, IMM, TFSC). She has received the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Research Impact beyond Academia in 2016 for her work on an international franchising project with a UK-based retailer where the findings have informed the development of improved managerial practices and resulting organisational change. Vita has served as an Assistant Managing Editor at the Journal of International Marketing for 6 years and has organised and chaired special sessions at the AMA Global Marketing SIG conferences in 2018 and 2022. Recently, she has been working on developing several entrepreneurship courses for Goldman Sachs as part of their online programme (the Innovation Strategy course is currently available on Coursera). Vita’s consultancy work primarily deals with market research and entrepreneurial competencies.
Discussion moderated by Prof. Arnis Sauka. Attendance is free of charge.
MANDATORY sign up by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/N72cmgftADb9EYJKA
Organised by the Centre for Sustainable Business the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and supported by ESI student innovation program. The program is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and supported by Printify, SEB Latvia, and Rimi Latvija. Project number: 1.1.1 .3/21/A/008.a.

The Relationship of Technological and Organizational Innovation

ESI Student Innovation Program of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga invites you to participate in an open workshop by SSE Riga Open Workshop Series on “The Relationship of Technological and Organizational Innovation with Firm Performance”
The workshop will be held in English and will take place at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga on March 10, 15-17.00.
Speaker: Professor Maaja Vadi, University of Tartu, Estonia
This presentation will explore the dynamic nature of complementarities between technological and organizational innovation at firms. Using Spanish firm level panel data (PITEC) over period 2008-2016, it investigates how the formation, keeping and ending of the joint adoption of these two core types of innovation is associated with firm performance. In the case of the general static test of complementarities we find no evidence of complementarities. However, once we focus on the analysis of within-firm changes in the complementarity bundle of innovation types, we observe clear evidence that some sequential as well as simultaneous strategy switches towards combining technological and organizational novelties are associated with significant performance premia at firms. Our findings point out the key role of technological innovation in these complementarities. We find that full dissolution of the previous complementarity bundle of the two innovation types has a strong negative association with firm performance in next years. In the case of dissolving the complementarity bundle of innovation types, the key disadvantage for next periods’ firm performance is related to dropping the technological innovation. Giving up only organizational innovation while keeping the technological innovation appears to have no negative effect, on average, on firm performance. Firms with lesser capabilities allocate the managerial attention across different activities and objectives, clearly opt for less use of the potentially performance-enhancing complementary combinations of innovations. These firms are much more likely to give up the joint adoption of innovation types even if that configuration was reached in previous periods. For many firms, the retention of the joint adoption of technological and organizational innovation over time is an expensive choice.
Maaja Vadi is Professor of Management in the University of Tartu, Estonia. In addition to the role of a professor, she had worked as the head of chair, institute and dean of faculty. She has also conducted academic lectures in the USA, Australia, Japan, Iceland, France, Slovenia, and Sweden. Her main areas of research and teaching are related to various problems of innovation, organizational behavior, organizational and national culture. She has published articles in journals (California Management Review, Technovation, Management International Review, International Journal of Manpower, International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, Journal of Health Organization and Management, Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal etc.), edited books (i.e. by Emerald (Dis)honesty in Management: Manifestations and Consequences) and special issues of journals. Maaja Vadi is a member of editorial board of several international academic journals. She has lead and work on various international projects financed by European Commission, and several Estonian institutions and the consultant for many companies and governmental organizations in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, and Finland. Maaja Vadi received a Ph.D in 2000 at University of Tartu.
Discussion moderated by Prof. Arnis Sauka. Attendance is free of charge.
Activity time: 10.03.23., 15:00-17:00, at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga.
MANDATORY sign up by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/QiRi4Xmhy9HXSmuJ6
Organised by the Centre for Sustainable Business the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and supported by ESI student innovation program. The program is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and supported by Printify, SEB Latvia, and Rimi Latvija. Project number: 1.1.1 .3/21/A/008.a.

Making impact beyond academia: research, policy- and industry cooperation applied.

Open Workshop series continues with workshop: Making impact beyond academia: research, policy- and industry cooperation applied.
Date: March 31, 15-17.00
Venue: Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Strelnieku iela 4a, Riga. Room: W32
Speaker: Professor Arnis Sauka, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia.
It has been argued that academic performance, especially in the fields of entrepreneurship, management, and strategy, cannot be judged merely by looking at the quality of academic publications and teaching. Yet, even though most articles include a policy suggestions section, cooperation between entrepreneurship and management researchers, industry and policymakers still have substantial potential. This presentation will explore how a ‘research product’ which originates from a Ph.D. dissertation, has been developed to attract interest from industry and policymakers as well as, through mass media coverage, a wider audience. I will present how this has helped to influence policy debate as well as how interaction with industry and policymakers contributes to an extended research pipeline (and vice versa). I will draw on my experience working within the field of research and policy debate on the shadow economy in the three Baltic countries, and beyond.
Arnis Sauka is a Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and Chairman of the Council at the Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences. Arnis holds a Ph.D. from the University of Siegen (Germany) and has published in the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, International Small Business Journal, and Journal of Comparative Economics. Drawing on his academic work, Arnis has been extensively involved in applied research.
MANDATORY sign up by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/aer4LXekeTRFUjBY8
Organised by the Centre for Sustainable Business the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and supported by ESI student innovation program. The program is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and supported by SEB Latvia, and Rimi Latvija. Project number: 1.1.1 .3/21/A/008.a.

The Dynamics of Emotional Support and Venture Progress - the Moderating Role of Disjunct Brokerage

Date: March 31, 15-17.00
Venue: Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Strelnieku iela 4a, Riga. Room: W32
Speaker: Prof. Kim Klyver (University of Southern Denmark & University of Adelaide)
The aim of the Open Workshop Series in Business and Management Studies is to promote top-quality academic and applied research in various fields of the social sciences. This is a unique opportunity for sharing knowledge and networking with local and international community members.
Emotional support is not just externally obtained by entrepreneurs, but also individually created through agency and networking. In this study, we aim to understand the dynamic relation between emotional support and perceived venture goal progress as it evolves over time. We employ a repeated measurement design of up to 10 measurements over twelve months from 86 entrepreneurs participating in a Danish startup program. We find that emotional support enhances perceived venture goal progress, and that venture goal progress boosts emotional social support continuously in a dynamic loop. We also show how brokerage behavior works as a boundary condition for the dynamic support-progress link. Authors of the study are Mette Søgaard Nielsen, Kim Klyver & Pekka Stenholm.
Kim Klyver is professor in entrepreneurship at University of Southern Denmark and adjunct professor at University of Adelaide. Before becoming a full professor, he has held postdoc positions at Swinburne University of Technology (2006), Stanford University (2009), as part-time visiting scholar at Stockholm School in Economics (2017-20). Kim’s main research interests include entrepreneurship, social capital (social networks), crises, gender, and institutional theory. His research has received several scientific rewards internationally.
It is mandatory to register by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/MFN2aMvvaEGWgjhz9
Organised by the Centre for Sustainable Business the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and supported by ESI student innovation program.
The program is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and supported by SEB Latvia, and Rimi Baltic. Project number: 1.1.1 .3/21/A/008.a.
ESI Student Innovation program partner organisations: Art Academy of Latvia (LMA), Rezekne Academy of Technologies (RTA), Riga Graduate School of Law (RGSL), TechHub, Riga Tech Girls, LSUA, LETERA, LU CFI

Izglītība

Biznesa laboratorijas

Biznesa laboratorija #2

Biznesa laboratorija ir 14 nedēļu (3 mēnešu) izglītības kurss, kas ir fokusēts uz pilnu produkta / pakalpojuma izstrādes cikla prasmju attīstīšanu studentiem. Laboratorijas sākumā studenti veido komandas un kopīgi virzīsies cauri izstrādātam attīstības ceļam, kas paredz lekcijas, darbnīcas, ekspertu prezentācijas. Kursa beigās komandas iesniedz gala ziņojumu un prezentē žūrijas priekšā, kas nosaka, vai komanda tiks virzīta uz programmas inkubatoru. Studiju kursa akadēmiskā atzīšana notiek kā kredītpunktu pārskaitīšana (šī studiju kursa kopējais apjoms ir 4 ECTS).

Laboratoriju vada Techhub dibinātājs Viesturs Sosārs.

Aktivitātes laiks un vieta: 14.02.22.-16.05.22., RTA (Rēzeknes Tehnoloģiju Akadēmija), valoda: LV

Biznesa laboratorija #3/YouthLab sadarbībā ar SEB

Baltijas mēroga 6 nedēļu izglītības kurss sadarbībā ar SEB banka, kas ir fokusēts uz pilnu produkta / pakalpojuma izstrādes cikla prasmju attīstīšanu studentiem. Laboratorijas sākumā studenti veido komandas un kopīgi virzīsies cauri izstrādātam attīstības ceļam, kas paredz lekcijas, darbnīcas, ekspertu prezentācijas. Kursa beigās komandas iesniedz gala ziņojumu un prezentē žūrijas priekšā, kas nosaka, vai komanda tiks virzīta uz programmas inkubatoru.

Laboratoriju vada Techhub dibinātājs Viesturs Sosārs.

Aktivitātes laiks un vieta: 04.07.2022. – 14.08.2022., SEB & SSE (Stockholm School of Economics Riga), valoda: EN

Biznesa laboratorija #4

Biznesa laboratorija ir 14 nedēļu (3 mēnešu) izglītības kurss, kas ir fokusēts uz pilnu produkta / pakalpojuma izstrādes cikla prasmju attīstīšanu studentiem. Laboratorijas sākumā studenti veido komandas un kopīgi virzīsies cauri izstrādātam attīstības ceļam, kas paredz lekcijas, darbnīcas, ekspertu prezentācijas. Kursa beigās komandas iesniedz gala ziņojumu un prezentē žūrijas priekšā, kas nosaka, vai komanda tiks virzīta uz programmas inkubatoru. Studiju kursa akadēmiskā atzīšana notiek kā kredītpunktu pārskaitīšana (šī studiju kursa kopējais apjoms ir 4 ECTS).

Laboratoriju vada Techhub dibinātājs Viesturs Sosārs.

Pieteikšanās notiek caur sekojošu anketu.

Aktivitātes laiks un vieta: 19.09.2022. – 15.12.2022, SSER (Stockholm School of Economics Riga), valoda: ENG

Izglītības kursi

Inclusive Startupreneurship

Kurss ilgst 4 nedēļas. Kurss ir izveidots, lai veicinātu vienlīdzīgas iespējas un sieviešu iesaistīšanos inovāciju radīšanā un tehnoloģiju attīstībā. Kursa laikā studenti veido komandas un attīsta biznesa idejas, kas risina globālus izaicinājumus vai  veicina sieviešu pārstāvību darba vietā. Veicot praktiskus vingrinājumus, izpēti, mājas uzdevumus un iegūstot vērtīgu atgriezenisko saiti, komandām būs jāsniedz prezentācija izvērtēšanai. Labākās komandas varēs turpināt darbību inkubatorā vai biznesa laboratorijā. Kursu vada SSE Riga lektori, Riga TechGirls lektores. Studiju kursa akadēmiskā atzīšanā notiek kā kredītpunktu pārskaitīšana (šī studiju kursa kopējais apjoms ir 2 ECTS).

Aktivitātes laiks un vieta: marts-aprīlis, 2023, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, valoda: TBA

Social entrepreneurship and impact investing

Kurss ilgst 4 nedēļas. Kursā studenti varēs paplašināt savas zināšanas un gūt vērtīgu ieskatu par sociālo uzņēmumu principiem, kā arī sociālo atbildību. Kursa sākumā studenti dalās komandās, un mērķis būs izvēlēties sociālo ideju vai izaicinājumu atlikušajam kursa laikam, kursa beigās labākās komandas turpina darbu inkubatorā. Kursu vadīs LSUA un SSE Riga lektori.
Studiju kursa akadēmiskā atzīšanā notiek kā kredītpunktu pārskaitīšana (šī studiju kursa kopējais apjoms ir 2 ECTS).

Aktivitātes laiks un vieta: 21.11-16.12, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Valoda: EN

Eco-Innovation, Social Responsibility and Sustainable Management

Kursa laikā studentiem būs jāizveido komandas un jāattīsta biznesa ideja, kuras mērķis ir samazināt pašreizējās ražošanas vai pakalpojumu sniegšanas ietekmi uz vidi, uzlabot dabas noturību pret vides izmaiņām vai uzlabot efektīvu un atbildīgu dabas resursu izmantošanu. Caur lekcijām, praktiskajām nodarbībām, mājasdarbiem, citu veiksmīgu biznesa modeļu izpēti, un progresa prezentācijām, studentiem jāizstrādā inovatīva biznesa ideja šajā jomā. Komandas ar dzīvotspējīgiem produktu / pakalpojumu piedāvājumiem tiks uzaicinātas piedalīties programmas inkubācijas fāzē.

Kursu vadīs SSE Riga, RTA un LMA lektori.

Aktivitātes laiks un vieta: 27.08.-20.09, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, valoda: TBA

Platform strategy for new enterprise

Kursa laikā studenti veido komandas un attīsta biznesa ideju pamatojoties uz pašreizējām digitālo tehnoloģiju tendencēm. Caur lekcijām, praktiskajām nodarbībām, mājasdarbiem, citu veiksmīgu biznesa modeļu izpēti, un progresa prezentācijām, studentiem būs jāizstrādā inovatīva biznesa ideja šajā jomā. Grupas ar dzīvotspējīgiem produktu/ pakalpojumu piedāvājumiem tiks uzaicinātas piedalīties programmas inkubācijas fāzē.

Kursu vadīs SSE Riga un RTA lektori. Studiju kursa akadēmiskā atzīšanā notiek kā kredītpunktu pārskaitīšana (šī studiju kursa kopējais apjoms ir 1 ECTS).

Aktivitātes laiks un vieta: 05.10.-07.11., Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, valoda: EN

Sīkāku informāciju par kursu var atrast: Course outline 

Lai pievienotos kursam, lūdzu, aizpildiet: https://forms.gle/LJFe2vpszAWwTTVh7 

Social Entrepreneurship

ESI studentu inovāciju programma aicina piedalīties izglītības kursā “Sociālā uzņēmējdarbība”, kas sāksies 2022. gada 1. decembrī un ilgs 3 nedēļas. Kurss norisināsies klātienē, angļu valodā, Rīgas Ekonomikas augstskolas telpās. 

Kursu pasniegs Dr. Paulami Mitra (IESEG School of Management, Francija), Regita Zeiļa (Latvijas Sociālās uzņēmējdarbības asociācija, Latvija) un vieslektori.

Šis kurss būs balstīts uz trim galvenajiem elementiem:

  • Interaktīvas nodarbības, kas papildinātas ar lasījumiem (lasījumus nodrošina profesors)
  • Individuālais darbs, pārdomas un viedokļu apmaiņa klasē, diskusijas
  • Grupu darbs par vairākām tēmām klasē un ārpus tās

Sīkāku informāciju par kursu varat atrast kursa aprakstā. 

Lai pievienotos kursam, lūdzu, aizpildiet sekojošu anketu. 

Inclusive Startupreneurship

ESI Student Innovation Programme of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga invites to join a short course on Inclusive Startupreneurship, which starts already on February 21, 2023. 

The application deadline for this course is February 13, 2023!

This short education course will be taught by Anna Andersone (Riga Tech Girls, LV) and Alise Gurenko (Riga Tech Girls, LV). Upon completion of the course, students will earn 3 ECTS. The course is open to all students from partner universities (RGSL, RTA & LMA) without entry prerequisites. Students from other Latvian universities must provide proof that participating in the course will not interfere with their studies at the university. Non-student participants must have at least an EQF Level 4 qualification.

Gender balance in entrepreneurial and especially in startup entrepreneurial ecosystems has been historically poor. And even if in recent years the share of female-founded or female-led startups globally is coming closer to 20%, in the investment arena 86% of deals in 2021 across Europe were raised by all-men founding teams. 

The course will be implemented face-to-face, it will start on February 21. The course will be taught in English.

More detailed information about the course you can find in the course outline.

In order to join the course, the following questionnaire should be filled in.

Inkubators

Inkubācijas programma

Inkubācijas programma norisināsies 3 mēnešus, attālinātā formātā, ar iespēju izmantot ofisa telpas Rīgā vai Rēzeknē. Programma ir atvērta  dažādām studentu komandām- gan komandām agrīnā attīstības stadijā, gan jau izveidotiem jaunuzņēmumiem (līdz 3 gadu veciem), kas meklē papildu impulsu, lai produktus pārbaudītu un ieviestu reālos tirgus apstākļos.

Piesakoties 3 mēnešu programmai studenti saņem:

  • Iespēju piedalīties lekcijās un individuālās mentorēšanas sesijās ar vietējiem un starptautiskiem uzņēmējiem un dažādu nozaru profesionāļiem;
  • Iespēju apgūt idejas komercializācijas procesus un labās prakses;
  • Iespēju pieteikties ikmēneša stipendijai.

Vairāk informācija par pieteikšanos inkubatoram meklē izvēlnes sadaļā “Inkubators”. 

Ilgtspēja

Pēc-inkubācijas konsultācijas

“Ilgtspējas” daļas mērķis (sadarbībā ar Civitta) ir sniegt papildu pieprasīto atbalstu projektiem, kas noslēdz inkubāciju, līdz viņiem izdosies vai nu nodrošināt turpmāku finansējumu, vai iekļūt citā inkubācijas vai akselerācijas programmā, vai arī nostiprināties tirgū.

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