The internationalization of the European electricity industry: The case of Vattenfall

Per Högselius

Utilities Policy, 2009, vol. 17, issue 3-4, 258-266

Abstract: This article explains how the Swedish state-owned electricity company Vattenfall managed to become the most successful foreign player on the German electricity market. It does so by providing an in-depth historical analysis of Vattenfall's transformation from a national into an international actor, a process that proved long and difficult. The article starts out by identifying the transformation pressures that Vattenfall faced in the late 1980s. It then continues with a detailed analysis of Vattenfall's response to these pressures, culminating in a seemingly sudden wave of major acquisitions in Germany in the period 1999-2002.

Keywords: Electricity; market; Internationalization; Vattenfall; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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