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Interdisciplinary Research
Organizational evolution and dynamics research group aims to study the long-term evolution of organizations. We aim to genuine, dynamic interdisciplinary research by combining the methodologies, theories and sources of various disciplines, including history (economic, art, cultural), communication studies (PR and journalism), cultural anthropology, and economics (business, entrepreneurship and management).
With organizational evolution we understand how organizations, public and private, are shaped by institutional, economical, and intellectual environment. With dynamics we mean the exogenous and internal factors that make this environment and force organizations evolve, perish or, in some cases, linger on. Our understanding of organizational dynamics embodies the idea that organizations are in a constant co-evolution with their operational environment.
The Group was created in 1998 at the University of Jyväskylä (as Business History Group) and is lead by professor Jari Ojala. We collaborate closely with research groups in Helsinki University of Technology, Tampere University of Technology, and with number of scholars all over the World. We have received funding from Academy of Finland, TEKES (Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation) and different foundations (e.g. Helsingin Sanomat Foundation).
The Group is divided to four sections:
Industry Evolution: Retrospect & Prospect
Lead by Jari Ojala, 4 post docs, 2 doctoral students
The research team aims to analyze the long term evolution of four lines of businesses, namely paper and pulp industry, media industry (information business), shipping industry and ecosystem services.
Leaders and Entrepreneurs
Lead by Heli Valtonen, 2 post docs, 4 doctoral students
Members of this research team aim to study leadership, management and entrepreneurship in their full diversity in order to better understand leaders and leadership as well as entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship functioning in past, present and future societies. The team members represent history (esp. business and social history), administrative sciences, management and leadership, and entrepreneurship.
Information Business
Lead by Turo Uskali, 3 post docs, 1 doctoral student
Information business could be defined as a new research area which examines production and distribution of factual information in the context of new digitalized communication environment. "Information business" is a new concept and was coined by professor Jari Ojala and senior research scholar Turo Uskali in autumn 2007. The team of this sub-project aims to better understand the ongoing changes in the information business.
Intangible Assets
Lead by Vilma Luoma-aho, 1 post doc, 5 doctoral students
The team analyzes intangible assets, such as social and human capital, trust and reputation. The interdisciplinary team is interested in both the historical origins of these assets in conceptual level, as on their importance in our contemporary society.
