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Since its inception in 1996 the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research has become firmly established as the foremost global award for research on entrepreneurship. This Prize is awarded annually and it consists of the statuette "The Hand of God”, created by Swedish Sculptor Carl Milles, and a Prize sum of 100,000 euros.

The organizations behind the Prize are the Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research (FSF), the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth (Tillväxtverket) and the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

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Carl Milles and the statuette

Carl Milles “The Hand of God” was one of Milles’ last works before his death. Originally, Milles created it to honor the Swedish innovator and entrepreneur C. E. Johansson. The original still stands in Johansson’s hometown of Eskilstuna. Read more...

The Prize Committee

The Committee consists of six members. To be eligible one has to hold or have held a full professorship at a Swedish university working on small business and entre-preneurship issues. The Committee members are appointed solely based on their scientific credentials. The discussions within the Committee are strictly confidential. Read more...

News
2009-03-23
New presentation

A presentation by Chris Steyaert and Hans Landström of the scientific contribution of the 2008 Award Winner Bengt Johannisson is now available online. Click here to read it.

Current winner

Scott A. Shane

Scott A. Shane is the inaugural winner of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, which is a direct continuation of the FSF-Nutek Award. According to the Prize motivation, professor Scott A. Shane received the Award "for publishing significant works that display superior conceptual acumen as well as empirical and methodological sophistication. His research covers virtually all major aspects of the entrepreneurship phenomenon: the individual(s), the opportunity, the organizational context, the environment, and the entrepreneurial process." Read more...

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