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A New Hanseatic League.(Baltic States)(Brief Article)
Back in the early 1990s, an ambitious Finnish company called Elcoteq decided to lower its costs by moving production overseas. First it looked to the Far East, as companies did in those days. Then it considered Russia, though only briefly. The Soviet Union had just collapsed; the government was unstable, the country lawless. Finally it turned to a far lesser-known place, closer to home: Estonia, newly independent after a half century of Soviet domination.
Like Russia, it offered a well-educated work force at wages one tenth of what the company was paying in Finland. Unlike Russia, law and order ruled. What's more, Finns and Estonians shared a culture. As part of ...
- Baltic States
- Reference information from: Webster's NewWorld Dictionary January 1, 1988 700+ words
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 Baltic States countries on the Baltic Sea (Latvia, Lithuania, & Estonia) Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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- Baltic states
- Reference information from: World Encyclopedia January 1, 2005 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire May 5, 1996 700+ words
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- Baltic Sea
- Reference information from: Webster's NewWorld Dictionary January 1, 1988 700+ words
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 Baltic Sea sea in N Europe, south & east of the Scandinavian Peninsula, west of the Baltic States, & north of Poland, connecting with the North Sea through the Kattegat & Skaggerak...
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- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) April 18, 1998 700+ words
...the new Europe. The Baltic sea links the largest countries...stakes are high. The Baltic sea is home to Europe...Lithuania, collectively the Baltic states. If Russia loses its...division vanished. The Baltic states, for 50 years a polite...
Source: HighBeam Research, A New Hanseatic League.(Baltic States)(Brief Article)