IKEA Logo — IKEA is a multinational corporation Dutch origin Swedish retailer specializing in the sale of furniture and household items and decor, low price and contemporary design. The company’s organizational structure is opaque and confusing. The brand IKEA owned by a foundation based in the Netherlands under the control of the family Kamprad, and that charges a fee for each store operation. In turn, the shops and some factories are owned by different companies and foundations interrelated and also allegedly controlled by the Kamprad family, but whose real corporate structure has not been fully revealed.

The word IKEA is formed from the initials of founder Ingvar Kamprad (IK) plus the first letter of Elmtaryd and Agunnaryd, which are the farm and village where he grew up, respectively. It was founded in 1943 in the province of Småland , Sweden. It is a leading furniture manufacturing companies in 2007 had 238 stores in 34 countries and employs 104 000 workers in 44 countries. Its headquarters is in the city of Älmhult , Sweden. The company is considered an icon of contemporary design and one of the most prestigious and innovative. His successful model case study in business schools . The company is controlled by INGKA Holding BV, which is controlled in turn by a charitable foundation nonprofit and a low tax burden. Your intellectual property is controlled by a series of non-transparent corporations that lead to the Netherlands Antilles and Interogo Foundation of Liechtenstein.

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