Development in the Growth Base of the ‘Oulu Phenomenon’

Oinas-Kukkonen, Henry; Similä, Jouni; Kerola, Pentti; Pulli, Petri; Saukkonen, Samuli

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“…This process helped relieve internal tensions within the university and tensions between the university and regional actors. More importantly, this contributed to the region becoming Finland's most innovative (Oinas-Kukkonen, Similä, Kerola, Pulli, & Saukkonen, 2005). In South Africa, Pinheiro (2012) demonstrates how the historically close engagement with the previous apartheid-regime created significant cultural barriers (e.g.…”

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Beyond the Obvious

Pinheiro

Benneworth²,

Jones

2015

Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage

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There is a general tendency, amongst policy and certain academic circles, to assume that universities are simple strategic actors capable and willing to respond to a well-articulated set of regional demands.In reality, however, universities are extremely complex organizations that operate in highly institutionalized environments and are susceptible to regulative shifts, resource dependencies and fluctuations in student numbers. Understanding universities' contributions -and capacities to contribute -to regional development and innovation requires understanding these internal dynamics and how they interact with external environmental agents. Based on a comparative study across various national settings and regional contexts, the chapter highlights the types of tensions and volitions that universities face while attempting to fulfil their 'third mission'. Building upon the existing literature and novel empirical insights, the chapter advances a new conceptual model for opening the 'black-box' of the university-region interface and disentangling the impacts of purposive, political efforts to change universities' internal fabric and to institutionalize the regional mission..

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Section: Path-and Resource-dependenciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond the Obvious

Pinheiro

Benneworth²,

Jones

2015

Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage

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“…Computer development is conceived as a social process in which different social actors and forces, like politicians, political parties, trade unions, states, cities, regions, and multinational firms, may be involved, and where its social or cultural consequences are addressed as well [10][11][12]. The scope in this approach tends to be more interpretative than descriptive and it analyzes different aspects of the relations between information technology and society from the historical perspective.…”

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A Classification of Methods and Contributions in the Historiography of Nordic Computing

Oinas-Kukkonen

Sušová

2011

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Abstract. The relevance and need of proper scientific methods in the research of computer science history was debated in the closing session of HiNC2 (Turku, August 2007). This text extracts a classification of research approaches and methods from HiNC1 and HiNC2 papers and offers a classification of computer science history to help understand the various research contributions in the field. It recognizes two basic divisions and five dominant approaches in the current research on the History of Nordic computing. The need for a clearer definition of the research methods and approaches in the contributions is evident, and there seems to be a need to broaden the conceptual apparatus.

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The Impact of Computer Science on the Development of Oulu ICT during 1985–1990

Oinas-Kukkonen

Similä

Pulli

et al. 2009

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Abstract. The region of Oulu has been emphasizing the importance of electronics industry for its business growth since the 1960s. After a pitch-dark recession, the region developed in the 1990s into a new, well-established hub of information and communication technology (ICT) in Finland. The city with its 100,000 inhabitants occupied nearly 10,000 ICT professionals in 1995. This article will contribute to the body of research knowledge through analyzing the role of computer science, in particular information systems and software engineering, for the development of the ICT industry in Oulu in the latter half of the 1980s. This analysis is based on a variety of both primary and secondary sources. This article suggests that the system-theoretical and software-oriented research expertise played a key role for the rapid and successful ICT business development of the Oulu region.

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Development in the Growth Base of the ‘Oulu Phenomenon’

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Beyond the Obvious

Beyond the Obvious

A Classification of Methods and Contributions in the Historiography of Nordic Computing

The Impact of Computer Science on the Development of Oulu ICT during 1985–1990

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