When I was an undergraduate student and took my first economics class, I was hooked. But, rather than major in economics, I chose to major in business. That’s because I wanted to understand how the economy worked at its “smallest” unit, which I surmised was the individual business.Economics can of course study individuals and their decision-making too, but at least on the supply side, I thought that a single business could be considered the smallest unit of the economy.Economic theory can tell us how firms behave in a perfectly theoretical world…but how do they actually function? This was a question that captured my attention, and I decided to major in business (with a concentration in management consulting) to understand the working world as much as I could.

Lund University announces Professor Thomas M. Cooney from Technological University Dublin as recipient of the 2026 European Entrepreneurship Education Award for his contributions to inclusive entrepreneurship education.

Professor Hanna Hottenrott from ZEW Mannheim has been selected for the prestigious DG GROW Fellowship Programme, aimed at enhancing EU policy-making with expert insights on innovation and industrial dynamics.