- Traditional service with innovation
If any story tells the tale of how capitalism should have bloomed in the post-Soviet Baltic region, perhaps it is the account of Vladas Lasas and his friends.
- America’s locomotive breath in Baltics
One of the most fascinating of all foreign investments in the Baltics began back in 1996, when the Estonian Cabinet of Ministers, led by the young and ambitious historian Mart Laar, decided to sell 66 percent of Estonian Railways.
- Luxury hotels, exotic shopping
A person looking for the freshest trout or carp in Tallinn has no option but to stop by Norde Centrum, just a kilometer away from the city’s fabled Old Town in the passenger area of the port.
- Keeping it RealLegal in Kaunas
Like many of her contemporaries, Helen Smith enjoys her morning coffee while watching the sunrise from her top-floor office.
- Doorway to success in quaint rural towns
Although its manufacturing facilities are spread out across the globe, the secret of Jeld-Wen’s industrial success — millions of doors and windows produced every year — has always been found in small towns and villages.
- Software leader hampered by rampant piracy
Rampant piracy aside, Microsoft has been able to consistently post profits in the challenging Baltic environment.
- Latvian software brains plus American financial muscle
There is a widely held belief that Baltic firms acquired by foreigners will be at best very junior partners in the marriage.
- Exploring depths of space through Latvian lenses
On a tree-lined street bordering one of Riga’s more exclusive neighborhoods there’s an American-owned company quietly producing high-tech equipment for the U.S. military and NASA.
- Ochoco Lumber makes grade in Lithuania
The decision for John Rowell back in 1995 to pack up his belongings in Oregon and head for Lithuania to seek new opportunities was an easy one.
- Satisfying Europe’s canine, feline consumers
Thanks to MasterFoods there is no longer a dog’s life in remote Gargzdai, where the multinational conglomerate has invested tens of millions of dollars into production of a whole line of highquality pet foods.
- Sweets and chips from Kaunas for all
A blend of Lithuanian tradition and international ideas and technology has been the recipe for success at Kraft Foods based in Kaunas.
- BOARD ROOM
Presentations and brainstorming sessions such as these are part of the reason for Professional Management Technologies’ success in the innovate software industry.
- Sampling Estonia’s 500-year-old heritage
Beginning September this year tiny Estonia began its assault on the American market in the form of slender bottles containing liquid fire.