Business Meets Art: Beyond the Traditional Approach to Education, Management and Business

Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration (RISEBA) has published a monograph “Business Meets Art: Beyond the Traditional Approach to Education, Management and Business“ In compiling this book, RISEBA endeavored to include very diverse research papers by RISEBA faculty, all of them having the common idea of art’s existence in each aspect of our life. RISEBA faculty examine a …

Invitation to nominate candidates for High North Hero 2017

High North Dialogue is pleased to invite you to nominate candidates that have contributed to highlighting the importance of the High North. In connection with the 2017 High North Dialogue conference, a prize of 50 000 NOK (equivalent to approximately USD 6 000) is awarded to honour a person, organization or company who has contributed to highlighting or developing the High …

SLUSH Science Pitching Competition: Announcing the €100K Prize for Best Research Topic

Slush is Europe’s leading startup event, taking place annually in Helsinki in November. In 2015, Slush was organized in Tokyo and Beijing for the first time. In 2016, Slush is spreading to Tokyo, Shanghai and Singapore. Slush Science Track brings academic research to the spotlight. The purpose is to highlight the importance of academic research, bring academics and companies closer together and …

Green Financing – the Nordic Way. A report by Nordic Council of Ministers published

The rationale behind this work is the idea that Nordic experiences and practices of green financing could be relevant in a global context – to both G20 and non-G20 countries. Nordic solutions – including technology, market expertise, policy measures and financing models – that have proven successful in a domestic and/or a regional context are explored and assessed in terms …

ArCticles – Arctic Centre Papers: Other futures for Arctic economies?

Adam Stępień is a political scientist based at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland. His article Other futures for Arctic economies? Searching for alternatives to resource extraction can be downloaded on Arctic Centre website. The debate on Arctic economies has been dominated by large-scale resource extraction and trans-Arctic shipping. High resource prices and climate change impacts were expected to trigger …

ND Forum exploring the potential in the Arctic

The seventh Northern Dimension Forum focused on discussing the challenges and business opportunities in the Arctic region. The need for international cooperation and sustainable development in the Arctic was highlighted throughout the discussions. The ND Forum – organized by the Northern Dimension Business Council (NDBC) and the Association of European Businesses (AEB) – was held on 7 April 2016 in St. Petersburg with over 200 …

Tero Vauraste: Arctic Economic Council Developing Business Opportunities in the Arctic

The Arctic Economic Council (AEC) is an independent business forum established to facilitate Arctic business-to-business activities, promote and support sustainable business and provide a circumpolar business perspective to the work of the Arctic Council. The AEC currently has members from all eight Arctic countries. In addition, companies from all parts of the world are welcome to participate in its work.