Vattenfall -an analysis of its investments and production

Abstract

The purpose of this essay is to give an overview of Vattenfall’s development from 1998 to 2010 and show how Vattenfall is affected by current changes in the environment in order to provide a good illustration of Vattenfall as an organisation. In the empirics we have shown how Vattenfall’s investments, production and finance have developed during the period studied and we use Stakeholder Theory to explain the current development and strategy of the company. When looking at finance we have used the Square Model. Vattenfall has undergone a large expansion during the period studied and grown in all dimensions. The large increases represents its introduction into the European market through mergers and acquisitions. At the current point in time there are several factors that affect Vattenfall’s strategy, these factors include changes in CEO and the Fukushima disaster.