MMTC is engaged in a number of collaborative research projects including, but not limited to, the following:

Data Methods Initiative External link, opens in new window. aims to support social science research, promote methodological competencies among early-career researchers, and encourage the use of diverse research methods.

 

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Our main goal is to encourage social science researchers to use accessible data methods for analyzing media.

With advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence, tools for computational linguistics, computer vision, and machine listening are faster, more accurate, and easier to apply. As an interdisciplinary group, we initiate collaborations between researchers with diverse backgrounds and complementary skills. We explore applications in various areas, including business, economics, law, media, psychology, political science, and sociology.

Data Methods Initiative offers a range of seminars which take place on Zoom and target a diverse audience with different disciplinary backgrounds and different levels of knowledge of a given research context and data method.

Contact the Organisers

Marcel Garz
Thomas Cyron
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Data Methods Initiative is hosted by MMTC

"Evolve - Logistics development in the Jönköping region" is a three-year development project funded by the Agency for Growth, Region Jönköping County, Nässjö Municipality, Vaggeryd Municipality, and Jönköping Municipality. The project will be managed by Hans-Inge Almgren through the Nordic Infracenter in Nässjö.

In the Evolve program, participating companies will receive targeted sustainability support in areas such as innovation, digitalization, competence development, environmental development, gender equality, and green transition. This assistance is critical to their business development and future growth, as many companies face sustainability-related challenges. With the help of the program, they will receive the necessary tools to move forward and also have the opportunity to share experiences and knowledge with one another. The selected companies will receive customized support to map their individual needs, drive strategies, and achieve their goals. The program is open to logistics-intensive businesses, including logistics companies in distribution and storage, railway and contracting companies, and manufacturing companies. Nässjö's business community is renowned for its strength in these areas, and the program presents an excellent opportunity to support existing companies with the resources and expertise they need to develop in the future.

MMTC members Carla Machado Opens in new window., Leona Achtenhagen Opens in new window., and Mohammad Eslami, Opens in new window. are involved in the project.

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From the left, Johan Thorsell, Director of Business, Vaggeryd Municipality, Claes Johansson, CEO of Nässjö Näringsliv AB, Ingrid Wadskog, CEO of School of Technology (Jönköping University), Patrik Holst, Business Coordinator, Jönköping Municipality, Carla Machado, Director of Societal Engagement, Jönköping International Business School, and MMTC member, Sven Rydell, Director of Business, Jönköping Municipality, and Hans-Inge Almgren project manager for Evolve, Nordic Infracenter.

SIRU 2.0 – Social innovation för regional utveckling

A collaboration between Coompanion External link, opens in new window. and MMTC, Jönköping International Business School

The vast majority of companies in the world are small!

According to the EU, 99% of all European companies can be categorized as 'small and medium-sized enterprises' - or SMEs. This means that they have less than 250 employees and an annual turnover of less than 50 million Euros. Despite their small size, SMEs together have an enormous significance for the development of society. For example, 80% of all new jobs in the EU are created by the region's 23 million smaller companies. And of course, all these enterprises together create a great social and ecological imprint. So, it is very important that all these organisations operate in a sustainable manner!

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SIRU 2.0 is financed by by Tillväxtverket with EU funding, and by Region Jönköpings län.

 Project Aims:

Social innovation and social entrepreneurship are integrated into local and regional processes linked to business, academia, the public sector and civil society in order to help solve societal challenges in the Jönköping region. The project’s goal is to develop an effective support system and tools for social innovation, with societal challenges and issues of SME sustainability in particular focus.

The project is financed by Tillväxtverket with EU funding, and Region Jönköpings län.

Find out more details about this project here (In Swedish) External link, opens in new window.

Project Coordinator - MMTC : Duncan Levinsohn

Summary of the final report (Swedish only)

Click here to download a copy of the summary final report :"Results and Effects" Pdf, 518.4 kB.

Duncan Levinsohn

ScreenME

ScreenME stands for screen media entrepreneurship.

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ScreenMe is an international network of universities across Europe that aim to improve research into and teaching of entrepreneurship for the screen media industry. Together, we organise events for academics and other stakeholders. As part of the project and network output, we have developed a corresponding teaching course and will kick off research initiatives and projects on entrepreneurial activities in media organisations as well as in start-ups that offer products and services relevant to screen media.

The network is led by the Centre of Excellence in Media Innovation and Digital Culture (MEDIT)

The partner universities are:

  • JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY (MMTC), Sweden
  • TALLINN UNIVERSITY, Estonia
  • AARHUS UNIVERSITY, Denmark
  • ILMENAU TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, Germany
  • LUT UNIVERSITY, Finland
  • MUNSTER TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, Ireland
  • VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL, Belgium

Find out more details about this network and project here External link, opens in new window.

 

 Project Coordinator: Leona Achtenhagen Opens in new window.

Contact for the project: Thomas Cyron Opens in new window.

Thomas Cyron

Project Summary


A paradox constrains the growth of retailing in Sweden and worldwide. While more than half of the new firms in retail are started by women, these firms tend to be smaller and grow less than those started by men. To address this paradox, the project focuses on three equally critical issues.


First, it examines why women decide to start a retail firm and how their family situation affects and is affected by this decision.

Second, the project explores what characterizes the retail firms started and run by women in terms of location, size, and growth prospects.

Third, it explores what distribution channels (online, physical store, or combinations of the two) women entrepreneurs choose and what are the growth implications of these choices.


The project addresses these issues using a multi-method approach, which combines a longitudinal quantitative study of Swedish matched employer-employee panel data and a multiple case study that follows 20 women entrepreneurs and their retail firms over three years.


The project will result in a final report, papers in highly ranked academic journals, digital material (comprising shorter videos and podcasts) as well as teaching material

that is to be integrated into courses. In addition, the project team will organize multiple activities to co-produce and share knowledge based on the project’s results. The project will contribute with new empirical knowledge on women entrepreneurs in Sweden and how they approach and manage firm growth in the context of the recent digital transformations driving innovation in the retail industry.

 

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Women in Retail project financed by Hakan Swenson Stiftelse.


Hakan Swenson Stiftelse has approved financing of the 3 year project for a total of

3 625 274 SEK.


Project manager: Lucia Naldi

Lucia Naldi
  • Professor Business Administration
    Vice President for Research
  • Jönköping International Business School

#BigDataForAll is a project born from the need to train society in statistics and big data, which are little known but highly relevant subjects, especially in this new digital and post-pandemic era. Five partners join forces under Erasmus+ funding to bring these subjects closer to European citizens through a MOOC and an Educational Game that will be launched in 2023.

The project brings together universities (USAL, SHJ & ODISEE), companies (BB&R) and social organisations (Rosto), with the aim to provide training in these subjects for their subsequent application at academic and employment level.

The main objectives of the “Big Data For All” project is to: Update the Statistics and Big Data skills of young people, students, professors, and professionals from SMEs/NGOs. For more information: https://bit.ly/3ND2OAj

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Duncan Levinsohn