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The engineering design activity of an established Finnish forestry consulting and engineering company was reorganised during the first decade of the 2000s. By distributing the engineering design to its global units, the company was able to implement advanced ICT and digital design environments in a cost-effective way.
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Toiviainen, H. (2015). Configurations of Learning in Global Work. In: Bohlinger, S., Haake, U., Jørgensen, C.H., Toiviainen, H., Wallo, A. (eds) Working and Learning in Times of Uncertainty. Research on the Education and Learning of Adults. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-244-8_2
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