Volvo is a Swedish multinational manufacturing company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its principal activity is the production, distribution and sale of trucks, buses, and construction equipment. Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems, and provides financial services. Although Volvo was established in 1915 as a subsidiary of AB SKF, a Swedish ball bearing manufacturer, […]
Rovio – Angry Birds
Posted on June 11, 2014 Written by
Our visit to Helsinki, Finland started off with our tour of Rovio Enterntainment, the makers of the most downloaded mobile game “Angry Birds.” Rovio is at the forefront of the industry shift of being a traditional company to a digital media company. Their company is broken up into two branches, consumer products and digital entertainment. Consumer […]
Finland, Sweden, and Russia; a merger of worlds
Posted on June 9, 2014 Written by
Sweden and Finland were originally the same country and the mutual influence shows. Then Tsar Alexander I invaded and in 1809, Sweden ceded Finland to Russia and the two similar countries diverged. Time went on and eventually Finland became a sovereign nation. In its history, Finland allied with Nazi Germany to fight Soviet Russia invading […]
Ericsson: a mature company acting in a very innovative manner
Posted on June 7, 2014 Written by
Ericsson; a communications giant focusing on global mobile solutions. Ericsson utilizes both conventional and unconventional approaches to “green” business. They approach product development with the goal of producing more energy efficient products, as most companies do, but Ericsson backs that belief up with tremendous spending on research and development. They are also concerned with power […]
Molnlycke Health Care
Posted on June 6, 2014 Written by
Molnlycke Health Care is a company that manufactures health care products such as surgical gown, masks, gauzes, and bandages. They are headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden and have sales offices worldwide. Patients tend to suffer from side effects from bandages but Molnlycke provides a solution of an in-house invention called Safetac Technology that reduces both pain […]
Scandinavian business is focused on people
Posted on June 4, 2014 Written by
Sweden is home to many unique and innovative companies, in today’s post we are going to talk about two of them: medical device company, Mölnlycke Healthcare and digital media streaming service, Spotify. During our travels in Sweden we were lucky enough to get to visit Gothenburg based Mölnlycke Healthcare and learn about how […]
Vision 2020
Posted on June 4, 2014 Written by
Day 1 was upon us; Gothenburg greeted us with a standing room only public transportation bus as we headed to Volvo Cars. The group was excited for this company visit, as we all knew that everyone would be able to drive demo cars around Volvo’s track. As the number one automaker in Scandinavia, Volvo Cars […]
Team Piteå on Gothenburg, Volvo and Mölnlycke Health Care
Posted on June 3, 2014 Written by
Tuesday morning 06.03.2014: As we prepare to leave the city of Götborg we reflect on everything we were able to see and experience in this wonderful city. Having been here during one of the busiest weekends of the year that included different festivals of music and celebration of human rights, we were able to get […]
Gothenburg; home of Volvo Cars
Posted on June 2, 2014 Written by
Gothenburg is an interesting town. In the two days that we have been here, a music festival was in town, a protest showing dissatisfaction with Syrian refugees migrating to Sweden, and a gay pride parade complete with fireworks. The latter two are far different than the norm of Orange County, California: we only have protestors […]
Five things you should know for doing business in Scandinavia (Team Bernadotte)
Posted on May 31, 2014 Written by
Scandinavian Region It is not just geographical region that consists of five countries that makes the region, it is more about the culture. They all share the Viking heritage and can understand each other’s language for the most part (applies to Denmark, Norway and Denmark). Organizational Structure Companies are following flat structure rather than hierarchies. […]
