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Germain, Marie-Line; Ruiz, Carlos Enrique – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to offer a comparison of how human expertise is perceived by human resource development (HRD) scholars across several Western European countries and in the USA. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative, exploratory approach using electronic mail was used for this study. In total, 36 leading HRD scholars from…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Ethnography, Interviews, Cultural Differences
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Vartiainen, Tero – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2009
Industry-university partnerships are common in the IT field. This paper reports on moral problems perceived by client representatives collaborating with student groups taking part in a project course in information systems education in a Finnish university. Twenty-two client representatives from IT organizations were interviewed during the course…
Descriptors: Industry, Information Systems, Ethics, Problems
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Tjeldvoll, Arild – European Education, 2009
The international academic success of Finnish secondary schooling in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the triumph of the Finnish technology company NOKIA have stimulated national ambitions to improve higher education institutions in Finland. Because secondary schooling and technology in Finland receive world recognition,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Ropponen, Timo – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. A truly global business, Nokia makes a wide range of mobile devices and provides people with experiences in music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games and business mobility through these devices. Nokia…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Organizational Development, Internet, Telecommunications
Elsila, Tapani, Comp.; And Others – 1976
Media studied in this report include broadcasting (radio and television), press (newspapers and magazines), literature, motion pictures, and sound and video recordings. First, there is an overview of Finnish mass communications on a qualitative level. After this, quantitative data are presented, divided into categories of production and…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Communications, Content Analysis, Films
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Bird, Robert C. – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2006
There is little doubt that topics related to beer would be of some interest to college students. Anheuser-Busch, well known for its Budweiser beer and humorous advertising, faces a global trademark challenge to its "Budweiser" name. This battle between a global American company and a small Czech brewery is an opportunity for interesting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Drinking, Industry, Copyrights
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Korhonen-Yrjanheikki, Kati; Tukiainen, Taina; Takala, Minna – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2007
Globalization, accelerated time-based competition, qualitative dynamics, rapid development of technology and especially Information and Communications Technology (ICT) developments challenge engineering education and capability development of each engineer. The success and the competitiveness of companies are increasingly based on their employees.…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Industry, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
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Miner, Anne S.; And Others – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1990
Examines evidence concerning the existence of organizational buffers and transformational shields. Interorganizational linkages can buffer organizations from failure, affect the likelihood of organizational transformation, and modify organizational transformation's effects on failure, as shown in a study of 1,000 Finnish newspapers over a 200-year…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Environmental Influences, Foreign Countries, Industry
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Tulkki, Pasi – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1999
Discusses the history of engineering education and engineering as a profession in Finland. Assesses the role of formally trained engineers in past and present Finnish industry. (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Educational History, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Lynch, James E. – Public Telecommunications Review, 1977
An American Observer reports on telecommunications in Finland--its history, structure, and state of the art. (Author)
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Broadcast Television, History, Programing (Broadcast)
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Kuivasmaki, Riitta – Top of the News, 1984
Discusses influence of Finnish Institute for Children's Literature (SNI) on writing, illustrating, translating, and marketing of children's books in Finland, and notes efforts of Finnish Section of International Board on Books for Young People to make children's literature and connected research better known to public. Publications of SNI are…
Descriptors: Books, Children, Childrens Literature, Foreign Countries
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Blom, Raimo; Melin, Harri – Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, 2003
Case studies of three Finnish companies (involved in manufacturing, Internet catalogs, and municipal government services) were used to investigate the nature of organizational change. Significant differences among organizational types were apparent in team formation, pay systems, recruitment, and forms of control. Organization differences reflect…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Manufacturing Industry, Organizational Change
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Hemminki, Elina – Medical Education, 1977
A study made on drug presentations to groups of doctors in Helsinki is described. Analysis of the content of the presentations revealed that side effects were often neglected, the drug presented was always recommended as the drug of choice, and other forms of treatment were seldom mentioned. Implications for continuing professional education are…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Higher Education, Industry, Medical Education
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 2004
Open access publishing is a hot topic today. But open access publishing can have many different definitions, and pros and cons vary with the definitions. Open access publishing is especially attractive to companies and small colleges or universities that are likely to have many more readers than authors. A downside is that a membership fee sounds…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Journals
Morch, Anders; Nygard, Kathrine; Andersen, Renate; Mushtaq, Shazia; Nedic, Damir; Olsen, Espen; Hauge, Trond Eiliv; Vedoy, Gunn; Norenes, Svein Olav; Moen, Anne; Nes, Sturle; Olsen, Dorothy S.; Ludvigsen, Sten; Toiviainen, Hanna; Lallimo, Jiri; Toikka, Seppo; Paavola, Sami; Pohjola, Pasi; Hakkarainen, Kai – Online Submission, 2009
This deliverable has been produced in the context of the Knowledge-Practice Laboratory (KP-Lab) project. KP-Lab focuses on innovative practices of working with knowledge in higher education, teacher training, and workplaces. Participants of WP10 are University of Helsinki, University of Oslo and Poyry Forest Industry representing both researchers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Program Evaluation, Educational Change
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