SNS - Centre for Business and Policy Studies was founded in 1948. It is an independent network of leading Swedish decision-makers from the private and public sectors who share a commitment to social and economic development. It carries out policy-related social and economic research, publishes research reports and books aimed at stimulating policy debate, and organizes conferences, courses, seminars and local meetings. It is a private, non-profit and non-partisan organization, has 4,000 individual members and 23 local branches, eight of which are outside Sweden.