SNS Economic Policy Group Report 1998. Entrepreneurship in the Welfare State. Summary and conclusions

Productivity and innovation are key sources of long-term growth and higher living standards. As Europe’s productivity growth slows and the gap with...

Productivity in Sweden, measured as GDP per hour worked, has in recent decades been among the highest in the world. The fact that Swedish wealth measured as GDP per capita is still not among the highest in the world, according to the SNS Economic Policy Council 2024, is due to fewer hours worked.

The European Commission has presented a proposal to regulate digital markets. This proposal targets dominant platforms and imposes far- reaching restrictions against self-preferencing and obligations to share data. In “The SNS Economic Policy Council Report 2021: Digitalization and Competition” published today by SNS, four researchers argue that Sweden should support this proposal.

Boards of directors in risk capital companies work more efficiently than boards of directors in listed companies and state-owned companies. This is shown by the study Work on the Board of Directors in Companies with Different Kinds of Owners – Similarities and Differences.