Abstract
The article investigates the foreign acquisitions of
Finnish medical technology companies from two
perspectives. Why have so many companies in this industry
been acquired by foreign owners? How have the companies
developed under foreign ownership in terms of company
growth and domestic employment? The group of companies
studied includes all the largest companies in the
industry in Finland.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Multinational Enterprises in the Finnish Innovation System |
| Editors | Pekka Yli-Anttila |
| Place of Publication | Helsinki |
| Chapter | 6 |
| Pages | 147-178 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
| MoE publication type | D2 Article in professional manuals or guides or professional information systems or text book material |