Q1: I do not know, but the talent archetypes hired to run a new branch plant of an established company is not typically the same as the founder archetype, so I would not expect much founding activity to come from that regardless of origin. Looks like the CEO of the Quebec plant was Swedish (one of the co-founders from the original) who then stepped down and a Canadian took over (https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/northvolt-ceo-paolo-cerruti-steps-down/) who had previously worked with Bombardier.
Q2: Not to my knowledge. It would be an interesting exercise, but again see the answer to Q1 - it is not typically founders that are present in that type of role.
C1: Absolutely these would be great case studies. Certainly the Nortel collapse seeded more activity, though as I understand it most of the IP was lost. I have not looked into the others in any detail, but I will flag them as things to follow up on. Blackberry as well, though the outcome there was somewhat different.
A couple of questions and a comment:
Q1: Was the (top) talent in the Northvolt activities in Canada local, or mostly head office imports?
Q2: If there was alot of Canadian talent involved, has their subsequent activity been tracked?
C1: Perhaps Nortel, Mitel, Newbridge Networks are Canadian comparables to Northvolt in Sweden? (indigenous talent, local ownership ...)
Q1: I do not know, but the talent archetypes hired to run a new branch plant of an established company is not typically the same as the founder archetype, so I would not expect much founding activity to come from that regardless of origin. Looks like the CEO of the Quebec plant was Swedish (one of the co-founders from the original) who then stepped down and a Canadian took over (https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/northvolt-ceo-paolo-cerruti-steps-down/) who had previously worked with Bombardier.
Q2: Not to my knowledge. It would be an interesting exercise, but again see the answer to Q1 - it is not typically founders that are present in that type of role.
C1: Absolutely these would be great case studies. Certainly the Nortel collapse seeded more activity, though as I understand it most of the IP was lost. I have not looked into the others in any detail, but I will flag them as things to follow up on. Blackberry as well, though the outcome there was somewhat different.
Well said. This is an important part of the messy picture that keeps Canada on the back foot.