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The Evolution of Pulp and Paper Industries in Finland, Sweden, and Norway, 1800–2005

Anders MelanderOjala JariJoonas JärvinenJuha-antti Lamberg

subject

Pulp millExploitbusiness.industryPulp (paper)Paper millCompetitor analysisRaw materialengineering.materialPulp and paper industryCompetition (economics)engineeringBusinessIndustrial organizationSmall firm

description

In this chapter, we study Finland, Sweden and Norway as examples of countries with small firm populations without intense domestic competition. This has enabled firms to build certain organizational capabilities while neglecting others. The basic story-line in the Nordic paper industry evolution is that a few firms that emerged as industrial populations were (a) built on to exploit abundant raw materials (timber, water, labor); (b) focused to a large extent on exporting their products; and (c) relied on cooperation between competitors to success in competition with the large firms populations of Britain and Germany – the two main markets for Nordic paper industry products.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2012-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5431-7_2