[6] Lobbying was necessary because the classical tradition in western thought has a long-standing disdain for commerce, dating back to the ancient Greeks.

[6] This disdain was also evident during the Middle Ages, when trade was considered equivalent to theft and seen as a dirty and vulgar occupation.

[6][8] Continuing the lobbying the Wallenberg family also financed a study trip where the doctor in philosophy Helmer Keys set out to travel through Europe to collect data that could motivate the decision to establish a business school.

This resulted in the report called "on the centrality of trade-schools (Swedish: Om betydelsen av handelshögskolor", where Key presented the founding of a business school as both positive and necessary.

[10] Later on, a circular letter was written where people from the Stockholm Bourgeoisie was offered to pay 400 SEK per year to become initiating members of the school of business association (Handelshögskoleföreningen).

[11] In an appendix to a deed of foundation published by the school of business Association, the founding members up to 28 February 1907 are listed.

The Stockholm School of Economics was formally founded in 1909 on private initiative as a response to rapid industrialization and a growing need for educated businessmen and company managers and has maintained close ties with the business community ever since.

This school of doctrine was to have a profound influence on post-WWII Swedish economic policy and the development of the modern Scandinavian welfare state.

Bertil Ohlin received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1977 (shared with British economist James Meade).

Other prominent members of the Stockholm school were the Stockholm University professor Gustav Cassel, who developed standard economic theory of Purchasing power parity and economist Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary-General of the United Nations in New York City, United States.

Furthermore, the 10 percent of students with the highest GPA in the BSc programmes who complete the studies on time, that is, no later than three years after they were enrolled, receive the President's list award.

However, there are some elective courses given in Swedish at bachelor's- and master's programmes as well as the SSE Executive Education.

The program makes you eligible to study a MSc at the Stockholm School of Economics or another university in Sweden or abroad.

During the third year of the program students are taking an Applied retail track where theory and practice are combined.

[24] The MSc in International Business is a two-year program targeting students who see the world as their home and is fully integrated with CEMS MIM.

The current CEMS Club Board is represented by Martina Mariani, Sebastian Schaaf and Julia Gerwien.

[25] The MSc Program in International Business takes part in the FT Masters in Management ranking.

The latest ranking placed the program 7th out of 100 participating top international business schools.

Even more alumni return to the School as guest lectures, or sponsors of course projects, as suppliers of internship opportunities, or as recruiters from large companies.