The Baltics in the Geography of the Largest Transnational Corporations of Europe

Abstract: The aim of this study is to examine the place of the Baltic States on the corporate world map, a contemporary, foreign-investment-driven alternative to the more familiar political map. To this end, the author studies the geographical place of the Baltics in the documentation of transnational corporations. The research database consists of financial reports and presentations of 60 leading European (including Russian) transnational corporations. Special attention is paid to companies from countries with significant FDI stock in the Baltic States. This study is a first step towards analyzing international investors’ interpretation of the new European borders. The connection between the neighborhood effect on FDI distribution and geographical segmentation in the corporate paperwork is established. Some companies use a multilevel division (e. g. Europe/Eastern Europe), where the Baltics is usually associated with “Europe” (with or without Russia and Turkey). However, in some cases the B

Alternative title
Место стран Балтии в географических сегментах крупнейших ТНК Европы
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Baltic Region (2015) 1 ; 25-35

Classification
Wirtschaft

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
2015
Creator
Kuznetsov, Alexei V.

DOI
10.5922/2079-8555-2015-1-2
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-51347-4
Rights
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Kuznetsov, Alexei V.

Time of origin

  • 2015

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