The transformation of Finnish corporations:
A SURVEY OF RECENT TRENDS AND ISSUES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH
Abstrakti
THE TRANSFORMATION OF FINNISH
CORPORATIONS
A Survey of Recent Trends and lssues for Further Research
Administrative Studies voi six (1987):3, ss. 160-172
The recent strategic and structural development of the largest
Finnish companies is described in the article in order to
generate issues for further research on their management
processes. Existing evidence allows for the identification of
some tentative Finland-specific features. International trends
towards diversification and mult-divisionalization can be
observed also in Finland, albeit somewhat later than in the
most advanced industrial countries. A prelimanary account
on the relatively high proportion of corporations which have
diversified to unrelated businesses is provided. This account
serves the purpose of locating problematic issues in the
empirical knowledge of the Finnish corporations.
