företagssfär

10:07 Aug 21, 2018
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Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Government / Politics
Swedish term or phrase: företagssfär
Hello

I was actually trying to translate Wallenburgsfär but I quickly realized I needed first to translate Företagssfär which means:

Företagssfär betecknar ett antal koncerner och enskilda företag som hänger samman genom att en ägare, eller en ägargrupp, har ett väsentligt inflytande i dem.

En företagssfär är till skillnad mot en koncern inget rättsligt definierat begrepp. För en koncern måste en koncernredovisning upprättas vid sidan av moderbolagets redovisning, men för en sfär görs ingen formell ekonomisk redovisning eller registrering. Det är heller inte entydigt vilka företag som ingår i en viss sfär. En företagssfär har ett, eller ibland flera, styrande maktbolag. Ett sådant maktbolag är vanligen, för att kunna hålla samman sfären, ett renodlat förvaltande företag i form av ett investmentbolag eller ett holdingbolag.


So, how would you translate "företagssfär"? Literally "company sphere" but that does not really work in English

"company sphere of influence" is what it means but that does not fit in well with my segments

"Wallenburg contingent"? "Wallenburg controlled companies"? But the Walllenburgs can have a lot of power without having control (a majority of shares)

Any ideas please?

Thanks
SafeTex
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Local time: 07:27


Summary of answers provided
5 -1corporate sphere
Deane Goltermann
4holdings
Dr Sophie Louisa Bennett
4business conglomerate
Agneta Pallinder
4informal group of companies
Charlesp


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corporate sphere


Explanation:
Also search "corporate sphere" + "wallenberg"

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    https://united-kingdom.taylorwessing.com/en/insights/lending-focus/parental-responsibilities-in-the-corporate-sphere-liability-for-subsidiar
Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 07:27
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Christopher Schröder: "the corporate sphere" is jargon for "the business world"
3 mins
  -> except in the legal case referenced...
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holdings


Explanation:
Holdings describes generally companies that are held or part-invested in by a larger concern, investor or investment group. Given that the Swedish uses 'holdingbolag' in its description of what is meant, I thought this could be appropriate. In order to have influence on those holdings they would have to have a certain shareholding. Investopaedia has this definition of 'holdings':

Holdings are the contents of an investment portfolio held by an individual or entity, such as a mutual fund or a pension fund.

Read more: Holdings https://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/holdings.asp#ixzz5Op9U0...
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Example sentence(s):
  • Holdings are the contents of an investment portfolio held by an individual or entity, such as a mutual fund or a pension fund.

    https://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/holdings.asp/
Dr Sophie Louisa Bennett
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business conglomerate


Explanation:
Various useful examples here, including a suggestion that you might well chose to say the Wallenberg sphere.

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Forgot the reference! https://tinyurl.com/ycvjd82m

Agneta Pallinder
United Kingdom
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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
informal group of companies


Explanation:
i.e. not a Group (koncern) with a parent company; and the situation varies for each grouping of companies.

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or a group of companies owned by one family (or one person).

Charlesp
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