Rikard Westerberg
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4071535 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Rikard Westerberg |
| PRENOMES | Rikard |
| SOBRENOME | Westerberg |
| ASSINATURA | WESTERBERG R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Stockholm School of Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6480-6623 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2018 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Corporations and corporatism
Between 1955 and 1962, the Swedish Social Democratic Prime Minister Tage Erlander invited big business leaders to his country estate Harpsund to discuss issues of common concern. Erlander called the conferences ‘consultative democracy’ and the meetings have come to symbolise compromise and cooperation between big business and organised labour during the zenith of Swedish corporatism. This article finds that participating in the talks was a politi…
The Firm, the Bank, and the Family
This article analyzes the Wallenberg family’s central role within Sweden’s neutrality-industrial complex (NIC) during the Cold War, highlighting their secret collaboration with the military intelligence service. Drawing on archival evidence from the Swedish War Archives and the family bank SEB, the study shows how the family’s uniquely dominant position in industry, banking, and national defense made them a close partner to the intelligence commu…
Swedish business as a social movement? Mobilising the masses against wage-earner funds, 1975–1991
In 1975, the Swedish Trade Union Confederation proposed transferring ownership of firms to union-controlled wage-earner funds.This radical idea was met with fierce resistance from Swedish business and was watered down by the Social Democratic Party upon implementation in 1984.PR campaigns opposing the funds initiated by the Swedish Employer Confederation centred around public rallies and, according to the organisers, in the 1980s these evolved in…
From Marxist Venture to Venture Capitalists
A renewed political interest in profit sharing and employee codetermination prompts an analysis of the Swedish wage-earner funds, implemented by a Social Democratic government in 1983 and dismantled by a center-right government in 1991. This article explains the funds’ financial performance and the political decisions surrounding their dismantlement. It finds that the funds underperformed slightly in relation to financial targets. Reasons include…
The Alternative
Information agencies set up for business-friendly opinion moulding in Sweden worked actively with similar organizations in the Nordic countries to formulate a pro-business ideological programme after the Second World War. The intent of this so called ‘Alternative’ was to counteract social democratic ideas of a more state-planned economy. This article contributes to earlier research on how business interest associations in corporatist countries re…
Swedish business as a social movement? Mobilising the masses against wage-earner funds, 1975–1991
In 1975, the Swedish Trade Union Confederation proposed transferring ownership of firms to union-controlled wage-earner funds.This radical idea was met with fierce resistance from Swedish business and was watered down by the Social Democratic Party upon implementation in 1984.PR campaigns opposing the funds initiated by the Swedish Employer Confederation centred around public rallies and, according to the organisers, in the 1980s these evolved in…
The Alternative
Information agencies set up for business-friendly opinion moulding in Sweden worked actively with similar organizations in the Nordic countries to formulate a pro-business ideological programme after the Second World War. The intent of this so called ‘Alternative’ was to counteract social democratic ideas of a more state-planned economy. This article contributes to earlier research on how business interest associations in corporatist countries re…
From Marxist Venture to Venture Capitalists
A renewed political interest in profit sharing and employee codetermination prompts an analysis of the Swedish wage-earner funds, implemented by a Social Democratic government in 1983 and dismantled by a center-right government in 1991. This article explains the funds’ financial performance and the political decisions surrounding their dismantlement. It finds that the funds underperformed slightly in relation to financial targets. Reasons include…
The Alternative
Information agencies set up for business-friendly opinion moulding in Sweden worked actively with similar organizations in the Nordic countries to formulate a pro-business ideological programme after the Second World War. The intent of this so called ‘Alternative’ was to counteract social democratic ideas of a more state-planned economy. This article contributes to earlier research on how business interest associations in corporatist countries re…
From Marxist Venture to Venture Capitalists
A renewed political interest in profit sharing and employee codetermination prompts an analysis of the Swedish wage-earner funds, implemented by a Social Democratic government in 1983 and dismantled by a center-right government in 1991. This article explains the funds’ financial performance and the political decisions surrounding their dismantlement. It finds that the funds underperformed slightly in relation to financial targets. Reasons include…
Corporations and corporatism
Between 1955 and 1962, the Swedish Social Democratic Prime Minister Tage Erlander invited big business leaders to his country estate Harpsund to discuss issues of common concern. Erlander called the conferences ‘consultative democracy’ and the meetings have come to symbolise compromise and cooperation between big business and organised labour during the zenith of Swedish corporatism. This article finds that participating in the talks was a politi…
The Firm, the Bank, and the Family
This article analyzes the Wallenberg family’s central role within Sweden’s neutrality-industrial complex (NIC) during the Cold War, highlighting their secret collaboration with the military intelligence service. Drawing on archival evidence from the Swedish War Archives and the family bank SEB, the study shows how the family’s uniquely dominant position in industry, banking, and national defense made them a close partner to the intelligence commu…
Swedish business as a social movement? Mobilising the masses against wage-earner funds, 1975–1991
In 1975, the Swedish Trade Union Confederation proposed transferring ownership of firms to union-controlled wage-earner funds.This radical idea was met with fierce resistance from Swedish business and was watered down by the Social Democratic Party upon implementation in 1984.PR campaigns opposing the funds initiated by the Swedish Employer Confederation centred around public rallies and, according to the organisers, in the 1980s these evolved in…
Economics (4 obras) · Political science (4 obras) · Politics (4 obras) · Democracy (3 obras) · Law (3 obras) · Market economy (3 obras) · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (3 obras) · Business (2 obras) · Corporatism (2 obras) · Labour economics (2 obras)