U.S.- European Cooperative Research: Scandinavian Business Locations in the Former Soviet Baltic Frontier

9401940约翰森这一为期三年的奖项支持美国-斯堪的纳维亚-波罗的海地区在区域科学和经济方面的合作。主要调查人员是：爱达荷大学的哈雷·约翰森；瑞典皇家理工学院的福尔克·士力架；以及拉脱维亚财政部的伊娜·什特布卡。调查人员提议探索斯堪的纳维亚公司在波罗的海国家和俄罗斯联邦的业务发展。他们将调查与西方公司进入该地区以及与地区发展和进程有关的模式。该项目将从一家芬兰石油公司及其波罗的海加油站选址战略的案例研究开始。接下来将对瑞典和挪威的公司进行研究。该项目利用了斯堪的纳维亚地区的经验和与该地区的长期联系以及获得数据和信息的机会。这位瑞典研究员领导着一个重要的区域科学和经济学项目，并将他的专业知识和与拉脱维亚财政部和拉脱维亚大学的关系带到了这次合作中。对私营企业的投资，特别是以西方公司和当地合作伙伴合资的形式投资，是拉脱维亚和其他波罗的海国家和俄罗斯联邦的优先事项。该项目将为理解与西方公司迁移相关的过程和地理模式奠定基础。它的结果将对波罗的海的经济学家、该地区市场公司的发展以及有兴趣在前苏联投资的西方公司有用。***

9401940 Johansen This three-year award supports U.S.-Scandinavia-Baltic cooperation in regional sciences and economics. The principal investigators are: Harley Johansen of the University of Idaho; Folke Snickars of Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology; and Inna Shteinbuka of the Latvian Ministry of Finance. The investigators propose to explore business development by Scandinavian firms in the Baltic States and Russian Federation. They will investigate patterns associated with the movement of western firms into the region and with regional development and processes. The project will start with a case study of a Finnish oil company and their Baltic strategy for locating petrol stations. This will be followed by studies on Swedish and Norwegian firms. The project takes advantage of Scandinavian experience and longstanding ties to the region and access to data and information. The Swedish investigator heads an important program in regional sciences and economics and brings to this collaboration his expertise and ties to the Latvian Ministry of Finance and University of Latvia. Investment in private enterprise, especially in the form of joint ventures between western companies and local partners, is a priority for Latvia and the other Baltic States and Russian Federation. The project will form a foundation for understanding the process and geographic patterns associated with movement of western firms. Its results will be useful to Baltic economists; to development of market companies in the region; and to western companies who have an interest in investing in the former Soviet Union. ***