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Why are Swedish companies world leaders?

July 2022 / 22 min

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Key Points

- A small country of 10 million people, Sweden is big on commercialising innovations, from the zip to Tetra Pak packaging

- Family-run businesses and founder-run companies have formed clusters of world-beating innovation

- Green technologies, developed and nurtured in Sweden, are catching on across the globe

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