Prize winner Boyan Jovanovic thanking Lars Backsell, the donor for the prize of 100,000 euros.
Boyan Jovanovic, this year's winner of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, gave a prize lecture at IVA.
Boyan Jovanovic's research shows, among other things, the importance of capital for anyone who wants to become an entrepreneur.
Prior to the awards ceremony: Professor Boyan Jovanovic, New York University, and Professor Magnus Henrekson, IFN. IFN is the co-founded the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research.
Minister for Business, Industry and Innovation, Ibrahim Baylan, presented the award together with Jan-Olof Jacke, CEO of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. In a discussion Baylam and Jacke talked about entrepreneurship and innovations.
Young musicians from the Lilla Akademien entertained with beautiful music.
The journalist Maddy Savage moderated a talk with three former prize winners discussing entrepreneurship and ownership. From the left: Zoltan Acs, David Audretsch (Global Award winners 2001) and Hernando de Soto (Global Award winner 2017).
