Accession Number:

ADA243782

Title:

International Interdisciplinary Conference (1st) on the Influence of Culture (Japanese/American) on Technological Innovation

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Nov 90-31 Oct 91,

Corporate Author:

ARIZONA UNIV TUCSON DEPT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Kingery, W. D.

Report Date:

1991-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

287.0

Abstract:

Japanese and American scientists, engineers, managers and anthropologists met together to discuss technological innovation in high temperature oxide superconductors, low pressure diamond synthesis and silicon nitride structural ceramics. Discussions focussed on how differences in Japanese and American cultures affect innovation in pre-commercial, nascent and infant commercial advanced materials. Innovation is a complex socio-technical process and no simple generalizations are appropriate. Different national perspectives of the science-technology nexus, different customs with regard to research planning, different supplier-manufacturer-customer relationships, different views of the learning process, different forms of technological networking, and other cultures differences all impact of the innovation process.

Descriptors:

• *IMPACT
• STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
• MATERIALS
• HIGH TEMPERATURE
• SUPERCONDUCTORS
• DIAMONDS
• LOW PRESSURE
• CERAMIC MATERIALS
• OXIDES
• PLANNING
• COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT
• RESEARCH MANAGEMENT
• LEARNING
• CULTURE
• SILICON NITRIDES
• SCIENTISTS
• INFANTS
• SYNTHESIS

Subject Categories:

• Information Science
• Sociology and Law
• Geography
• Ceramics, Refractories and Glass
• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems
• Electricity and Magnetism

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE