Article ID: CBB051952367

IBM's Tiny Peripheral: Finland and the Tensions of Transnationality (Spring 2018)

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IBM Finland, a small national subsidiary, was at once a Finnish business and an interface to much larger networks of techno- logical innovation and knowledge sharing. We contextualize its development within a nested set of institutions and identi- ties: 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 interna- tional cooperation, for the creation of transnational identities, and for the resolution and regulation of disputes between national subsidiaries.

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Authors & Contributors
Cortada, James W.
Fitzgerald, Robert
Kate M. Miltner
Donzé, Pierre-Yves
Kurosawa, Takafumi
Boris Gehlen
Concepts
Business history
Computer industry
International business enterprises
International Business Machines Corporation
Computers and computing
History of Computing
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Europe
Japan
Germany
United Kingdom
Zurich (Switzerland)
Institutions
Control Data Corporation
Tata (firm)
Thyssen-Bornemisza-Gruppe
Intel Corporation (firm)
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
International Business Machines Corporation
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