As the majority of the group decided to take the local bus to Spotify headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Kamran and I, decided to take the 25min walk to see the great scenery. Spotify, as the title say’s, wants to create personal global stories from their music, which is approximately 20 million songs compared to Pandora’s […]
Ericsson, “Communication is a Basic Human Need”
Posted on June 14, 2014 Written by
In our first business visit in Stockholm we had a chance to travel to Silicon Valley of Sweden, Kista and got to know Ericsson, one of the pioneers in communications infrastructure in the world first hand. It was fascinating to know that they have started the business over a century ago in such a […]
Creative Summit 2014 – Day 1
Posted on June 11, 2014 Written by
We have been fortunate enough to be invited to this year’s Creative Summit in Skelleftea, Sweden. With so many creative minds in one building, it was a truly inspiring day filled with so many ideas and laughter. The first speaker, Liz Sivell, is a Creative Consultant at Innovation & Explorer. She talked about always innovating […]
Volvo-Cars are driven by people
Posted on June 11, 2014 Written by
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 […]
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 […]
Team Potatis: First experience of Swedish Culture
Posted on June 4, 2014 Written by
First experience of Swedish Culture
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 […]
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. […]
