“The past three weeks feels like a couple months. We had traveled to so many places in a short period of time and have seen, heard, and felt so much. Visiting Sweden and Finland, which are two countries I probably would have never had the opportunity to visit if it had not been for this […]
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 […]
Spotify
Posted on June 6, 2014 Written by
Spotify is a commercial music streaming service company all of us have heard of. Many of us even have an account and utilizes their service on a regular basis. Actually visiting their headquarters gave us an opportunity to look deeper into their operations. Their building was very hip and young, resembling a typical tech company […]
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 HEJ
Posted on May 29, 2014 Written by
“Hej” everyone, Bellona and Ayaka here. We’re in our final on-campus class and we’re very excited to head to Scandinavia tomorrow!!! Over the last three days Professor Myhr and our guest speaker Jakob gave us a lot of insight on Scandinavian culture, food, entertainment, businesses, etc. As marketing majors, we are really interested […]
