LIIKE - Research Programme on Finnish Companies and the Challenges
of Globalization - Business as Competition and Cooperation
LIIKE Programme in a Nutshell
LIIKE is the first national research programme funded
in collaboration with the Academy of Finland and the National
Technology Agency Tekes in the field of business studies.
The total financial input for the programme is 36 FIM Mill
(6 Mill euros). The three year programme (2001-2004) focuses
on the changes of Finnish companies and their management under
the pressure of knowledge-based competition and finance-driven
economy. The key question in the programme deals with the
management competence of Finnish companies as an integral
part of companies' capacity to benefit from technological
and knowledge-based intellectual, social and cultural capital.
The programme attempts to shed light upon the internal processes
to meet the global challenges.
Projects and Themes
Seventeen research projects were accepted to the programme
after an international panel review. The projects tackle the
programme focus from different angles. Broad themes include
the following:
1. Organization and leadership cultures
and practices that nurture the development of new business
competence. Issues such as changing organizations, knowledge
creation and transfer, shared leadership, and empowered customers'
new position are of interest here.
2. New organizational forms and new technologies as a source
of value-added. Doing business in various networks, developing
electronic businesses are keen areas in this theme. Also regional
innovation systems are studied.
3. Globalization of business. Different aspects of international
business competence and internationalization processes are
in focus here.
4. Corporate governance involves, among other things, questions
concerning ownership and corporate control systems.
5. An historical perspective of the development of Finnish
business management competence is provided as well.
Programme Leadership and Coordination
Professor Arja Ropo is the Programme Director at the University
of Tampere, School of Business Administration.
Contact information:
Professor Arja Ropo, FIN-33014
University of Tampere, Finland
Email: arja.ropo@uta.fi,
Tel: +358 3 215 6835, Fax: +358 3 215 7214
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