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Terje GrønningNorskTitle: Asst. Professor Telephone:22840605 E-mail: terje.gronning@tik.uio.no Cand.Mag., which is more or less equivalent to B.A. (1984) from University of Oslo with the subjects Spanish, Japanese and Social Anthropology, , M.A. (1989) and Ph.D. (1992) from Ritsumeikan University, Japan, in applied sociology. Has previously worked at the Wprk Research Institute (WRI) in Oslo from 1992 and onwards and at the ESST-unit which was one of the TIK-centre predecessors since 1995. Is currently the director of studies of the ESST M.A. at TIK (http://www.esst.uio.no), and also holds an affiliate associate professor position as the director of the Japan-programme (http:;//www.ntnu.no/japan/) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Subject InterestI work especially with relation to theoretical traditions which focus on institutions and institutionalization processes. Regarding concrete projects I am currently interested in studying globalization processes in connection with the development of product innovations, and follow especially particular Japanese corporations within the fine chemicals sector (pharmaceuticals, printing inks, and silicons). In addition I will in the next three years work on a project which compares selected national innovation systems in Europe and Asia (Singapore, Taiwan, and South Korea). From previous years (and continuously) I am also interested in studying varying organizational solutions for developing incremental process innovations, with a special focus on team-based organization in the automobile industry.Selected PublicationsDiscourses on broadband technology in Norway and Sweden: Policies and business practices (with Morten, Kristiansen, Wenche Bakkebråten, and Mona Domaas Wibe), Report to the Norwegian Research Council, 2002. Multinational R&D, Corporate Organisation and Innovations Systems: A Study of the Domestic and European R&D-activities of the Japanese Speciality Chemicals Industry. Report to the European Commission\'s Targeted Socio-economic Research (TSER) programme under the IVth Framework programme. Sub-project under the project Comparative Dynamics of Innovation Systems (project CT97-1077). \"Whither the Japanese Employment System? The Position of the Japan Employers\' Federation\", Industrial Relations Journal, Vol. 29, No. 4 (December, 1998). \"Arbeidsintegrasjon og arbeidsdeling: et forslag til et mikro-institutsjonelt analyseperspektiv\" (Integration and sub-division of work: A suggestion for a micro-institutional framework), Sosiologi i Dag, No. 3, 1998. \"The Emergence and Institutionalization of Toyotism: Subdivison and Integration of the Labour Force at Toyota Motor Corporation from the 1950s to the 1970s\", Economic and Industrial Democracy, Vol 18, No. 3 (August, 1997), pp. 423-455. Human value and \"competitiveness\": On the social organization of production at Toyota Motor Corporation and New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. Kyoto: Ritsumeikan University, dissertation for the Ph.D-degree in applied sociology. March, 1992.ResearchCurrently the most part of my research time is reserved for a project (2002-2005) funded through the European Science Foundation sit Eurocores-program, \"National Systems of Innovation in a Globalising, Knowledge-Based Economy: A Comparative Study of Small Developed Countries in Europe and Asia\" (co-ordinator: Charles Edquist, Linköping University).Other InformationsI am as a s far I know a minority at the TIK-centre both when it comes to dog keeping (2 pulik og 1 tibetan terrier: member of both the Norwegian and the Swedish Kennel Club)and angling interest, especially pike.LinksPersonal home pageESST NTNU Japan-programme |