Finally, we were about to visit the company—Keolis which is totally related to our topic, transportation. The first impression about the company was crosswalk which led to information desk. We thought it was really cool. More, there was a sign, pedestrian crossing and the design of waiting area was just like the ones in subway […]
E-Estonia Makes Life Easier!!!
Posted on June 7, 2016 Written by
We miss Estonia!! Especially the wifi there. Even though Estonia is the smallest country in Scandinavia, it has the best digital technology we have not seen before. Estonia is the first country that use 3G network all over the country. The wireless networks also cover the entire country. We experienced it when we traveled around the old […]
Goodbye Sweden, Hello Estonia!
Posted on June 7, 2016 Written by
Blake and Ash here again. After quite an adventurous boat ride to here from Stockholm, we finally made it to Tallinn, Estonia. Getting to walk around the Old Town it was great to see that a country that is so technologically advanced can have parts that look so old! There was even free public wifi […]
Tallinn: The “Americanization” of Scandinavia Part 3
Posted on June 6, 2016 Written by
This Scandinavian journey has taken us to a very interesting city, which we studied in terms of culture and business practices, Tallinn! The cityscape exudes an “old world” persona, while the citizens simultaneously boast forward thinking technological amenities, and progressive philosophies. In order to better determine how “Americanized” the business and popular culture of Tallinn is, we visited several […]
Hello, Stockholm :)
Posted on June 6, 2016 Written by
Oh my god!Our train stopped due to an accident. Since we sat separately with our classmates, we didn’t know what happened at first. During the long trip, we observed some pros and cons of the train. First, the train was clean and bright. It also provided with barf bag and reading light. We thought these […]
Keolis Represents French with Swedish Culture
Posted on June 6, 2016 Written by
Keolis is a public transport company including metro, railway, light rail, bus, tram, bike sharing and car parks. It has more than a decade of history. It has business in 15 countries, from French company to integrated global group. It is owned 70% by SNCF and 30% owned by investment bank in Canada which is […]
A New Frontier
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Today, we had a great visit to Saab Technologies’ headquartered in Gothenburg. During our visit, we were giving a tour of the production facility of their new radar for the GlobalEye Surveillance System. The GlobalEye Surveillance System is a radar system that is mounted onto a jet where it can help detect incoming objects from […]
Getting to know Stockholm
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This trip is flying by, and we can’t get enough from our Business in Scandinavia experiences. We just left Stockholm, Sweden and we are sad to say goodbye. The city was vibrant and alive. We experienced unusually good weather for the city. We had mostly sunny days with highs of 80s, when the average is […]
Venturing onto Stockholm!
Posted on June 6, 2016 Written by
Hello! Hallå! Tere! Hei! Welcome to Stockholm! Conversionista! Founder and CEO, John Ekman me with us and has mastered the art of calculating website conversion rates. The industry that the company primarily works with is e-commerce where the conversion rate is known to be below 3%. Conversionista believes that each digital bucket on the website […]
SAAB and Sustaining a Competitive Advantage!
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During our second day in Gothenburg, we visited the Defense and Security company (SAAB). SAAB serves an international market (Such as South Korea and the United States) with services, products and military defense solutions. Although we had little knowledge of SAAB, we were excited to learn more about SAAB’s international role in defense and security. […]
