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IBM's Tiny Peripheral: Finland and the Tensions of Transnationality
IBM Finland, a
small national subsidiary, was at once a Finnish business and an
interface to much larger networks of technological innovation and
knowledge sharing. We contextualize its development within a nested set
of institutions and identities: IBM's Nordic operations, its European
business, and its World Trade Corporation. Its development was
profoundly shaped by Finland's unique geopolitical position during the
Cold War. IBM's internal structures anticipated and paralleled those of
the European Union, with mechanisms for international cooperation, for
the creation of transnational identities, and for the resolution and
regulation of disputes between national subsidiaries.
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NASA RECON: Course Development, Administration, and Evaluation
The R and D activities addressing the development, administration, and evaluation of a set of transportable, college-level courses to educate science and engineering students in the effective use of automated scientific and technical information storage and retrieval systems, and, in particular, in the use of the NASA RECON system, are discussed. The long-range scope and objectives of these contracted activities are overviewed and the progress which has been made toward these objectives during FY 1983-1984 is highlighted. In addition, the results of a survey of 237 colleges and universities addressing course needs are presented