SUSTAINABLE GROWTH - Business Region Göteborg
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH - Business Region Göteborg
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH - Business Region Göteborg
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e more efficient and provide better service. The various<br />
types of company structures are shown in Diagram<br />
2 and evidently the representation is relatively the same<br />
on both national and regional level. Looking at table 3<br />
TYPES OF COMPANY STRUCTURES<br />
which shows the development of foreign-owned companies<br />
and the represented in the <strong>Göteborg</strong> <strong>Region</strong>, it is<br />
apparent that most companies are Norwegian and the<br />
last report showed the same. However, in 2004, it was<br />
Germany which had the highest number of companies<br />
in the region. Norwegian companies have had a strong<br />
growth since the last measurement – from 280 compa-<br />
DIAGRAM 2<br />
The <strong>Göteborg</strong> <strong>Region</strong> Sweden<br />
Purchases/Acquisitions 60%<br />
Fusion/Merger 5%<br />
Joint Venture 2%<br />
New Establishments 27%<br />
Unknown 6%<br />
Other 0,7%<br />
Source: ITPS 2008<br />
1<br />
2<br />
3<br />
4<br />
5<br />
6<br />
7<br />
8<br />
9<br />
DIAGRAM 3<br />
Purchases/Acquisitions 48%<br />
Fusion/Merger 2%<br />
New Establishments 28%<br />
THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOREIGN OWNED COMPANIES - TOP COUNTRIES<br />
Rank Country Number of Companies<br />
2008<br />
Norway<br />
Germany<br />
USA<br />
Denmark<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Netherlands<br />
Luxembourg<br />
Finland<br />
France<br />
Source: <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Region</strong> <strong>Göteborg</strong>, 2008<br />
350<br />
240<br />
220<br />
220<br />
200<br />
160<br />
110<br />
100<br />
90<br />
Unknown 15%<br />
Other 8%<br />
Number of Companies<br />
2006<br />
280<br />
270<br />
250<br />
240<br />
210<br />
160<br />
90<br />
110<br />
80<br />
FOREIGN OWNED COMPANIES 7<br />
nies in 2006 to 350 companies in 2008. Looking over<br />
the last ten years, the number of Norwegian companies<br />
have increased from 100 to 350 – 250 %! The number<br />
of German companies, on the other hand, has decreased<br />
from 260 companies to 240. The United States ends up<br />
third while Denmark still holds number four on this<br />
ranking. In addition: new countries have joined us: Malta,<br />
Serbia/Montenegro, Peru, and Latvia. In total, 47<br />
countries are represented among all foreign owned companies<br />
in the <strong>Göteborg</strong> <strong>Region</strong>.<br />
Number of Companies<br />
2004<br />
230<br />
260<br />
230<br />
220<br />
180<br />
140<br />
50<br />
90<br />
70