Bakkavör Group sponsors entrepreneurial studies at the University of Iceland

Bakkavör Group has signed an agreement with the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Iceland where the Group will sponsor teaching and research in entreprenereuial studies. The Group will sponsor the faculty for the next three years for a total of ISK 15 million.

From the left Páll Skúlason rector, Ágúst Einarsson professor, Ágúst Guðmundsson chairman of Bakkavör Group and Gylfi Magnússon faculty dean after the signing ceremony on 30th of September.

Entreprenereuial studies is a relatively new field of study within the faculty and the purpose of providing these studies is to increase knowledge and understanding of the role of entrepreneurs in the economy and society as a whole. Bakkavör Group is proud to become the sponsor of these studies within the University and hopes that it's sponsorship will lead to further understanding of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial thinking.

Ágúst Einarsson professor:

"The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration is very grateful to Bakkavör Group for their generous support. The agreement marks a turning point in the sponsorship of studies from a leading international company within the faculty and will enable it to continue building on the foundations it has already set in recent years."