Women in Tech Finland
Finland
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Swedish Alliance for Women in Sport (SAFWIS)
Sweden · Stockholm · National · See the Sweden profile
The Center for Sports and Business at the Stockholm School of Economics stands out as a pioneering interdisciplinary research center, integrating expertise from various fields such as management, strategy, marketing, innovation, and economics, with a significant emphasis on inclu
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- Stockholm School of Economics — website
- Power domain
- Social Power
- Methods / tools
- Gender Training, Competence development, Awareness-raising, Monitoring, Networking
- Region (NUTS)
SE11- Keywords
- Gender Diversity, Women in Leadership, Sports and Business, Gender-Inclusive Research, Societal Learning
Context
The Center for Sports and Business at the Stockholm School of Economics is an interdisciplinary research centre combining management, strategy, marketing, innovation and economics expertise, with a strong focus on including women in sports and business research.
Objectives
It aims to use sports-sector data to advance both academic theory and practical understanding of women's roles and impact in sports leadership and business, as part of a wider effort — the Swedish Alliance for Women in Sport — to make Swedish sport more inclusive and gender-equal.
Activities
It draws on a global network of academics, executives and athletes, exploiting the varied nature of sports data to study gender-specific questions in organisational and strategic management, producing insights aimed at practitioners across sport, industry and business.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Medium (€50k–€500k) — No budget stated; classified medium, reflecting an ongoing university research-centre operation rather than a single small project.
- Time to results
- Long (> 3 years) — Described as an established centre; classified long.
- Staffing & skills
- Stockholm School of Economics, Center for Sports and Business, Global network of academics, executives and athletes
Conditions for success
- Access to sports and sports-business data
- Interdisciplinary collaboration across management, strategy, marketing, innovation and economics
- Embedding in a global research network
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- ProPEGE — Equal Leadership catalogue — accessed 2026-06-14
- Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
- Promoter website — accessed 2026-06-14
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