SUSTAINABLE GROWTH - Business Region Göteborg

FOREIGN OWNED COMPANIES
IN THE GÖTEBORG REGION 09
This report is based on statistics from the Swedish
Institute for Growth Policy Studies (ITPS), Statistics
Sweden (SCB) and input from the 13 municipalities in
the Göteborg Region. The 13 municipalities are:
1. ALE
2. ALINGSåS
3. GÖTEBORG
4. HäRRyDA
5. kUNGSBACkA
6. kUNGäLv
7. LERUM
8. LILLA EDET
9. MÖLNDAL
10. PARTILLE
11. STENUNGSUND
12. TjÖRN
13. ÖCkERÖ
DEFINITIONS
FOREIGN OWNED COMPANy A company is defined as
foreign owned, in this context, if more than half of the
company’s voting rights are controlled by a foreign owner.
If the company belongs to a company group where
the mother company, of this group, is foreign owned,
this company is also considered foreign owned. If the
company has several owners, it is the highest ranked
owner in the company’s hierarchy (meaning the mother
company, which in turn does not control more than 50%
of the voting rights in some other company) that determines
the nationality of the company.
MERGER The union or joining together of two or more
companies.
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ACqUISITION A company buy-out of another company.
jOINT vENTURE A business project where two or more
companies join together, often forming a new joint company,
to manage the project.
NEW ESTABLISHMENT A company is considered a new
establishment when activities are either newly started or
when activities are re-started after having been inactive
for at least two years. A change in neither company ownership
nor legal form, qualify as a new establishment.
DISCLAIMER
Statistics concerning foreign ownership are volatile. This
document, therefore, should be used as a reference or
guide with the understanding that not all company changes
can be reflected. Moreover, the branch sector codes
applied, in this context, are representative of the activities
in the company’s regional office and/or its largest operation
in the Göteborg Region, and thus are not always
representative of the activities of the company group as
a whole.
HEAD OFFICE The number of foreign owned companies
with a head office in the Göteborg Region is nearly
1,400. Head office constituting the registered office of
the company where activities are organized from. This
includes Scandinavian, Nordic and General Head office.