Proceedings of PICMET ’09 - Technology Management in the Age of Fundamental Change

Portland, Oregon, USA 2-6 August 2009

Pages 1-666

CFP09766-PRT 978-1-8908-4319-9

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Technology Management Framework Technology and Engineering Management in a Fast Changing World Or Creating Substance Out of Chaos....................................... 1

Dietmar H Winzker, Leon Pretorius

Rethinking Technology Management and Innovation Strategies During a Financial Crisis .................................................................... 6Anders Paarup Nielsen

The Factors of Choice of Change Methods: What is Their Impact on Consequences of Change? ......................................................... 15Roberto Biloslavo, Anita Trnavčevč

Remining PICMET: 1997-2008....................................................................................................................................................................... 22Jan Kwakkel, Scott W. Cunningham, Timothy R. Anderson

Exploring the Use of Biological Metaphor Upon Technology Management Research Within the New Paradigm of Ongoing Change ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 37

Claudia N. Jiménez, Oscar F. Castellanos

Typology and Evolution of Technology Clusters: Evidences from the Hi-tech Industries ...................................................................... 47Jiang He, M. Hosein Fallah

Core/Periphery Structure of the Technological Network ............................................................................................................................ 56Calvin S. Weng, Yang-Kuang Ou, Hsien-Che Lai

Strategic Management of Technology Towards the Link between Technology and Business: A Proposed Business Model Framework .......................................................... 61

Jan-Niklas Keltsch, David Probert, Rob Phaal

Dependency Between Learning and Profitability in Different Industry Conditions: A System Dynamic Simulation ......................... 71Samuli Kortelainen, Kalle Piirainen, Hannu Kärkkäinen, Markku Tuominen

Perceptions of Strategic Management of Technology in Small High-Tech Enterprises........................................................................... 83Kari Sahlman, Harri Haapasalo

New Business Models for Producers of Capital Goods and their Organisational Implications .............................................................. 95Stephan Scheuner, Joana G. Geraldi, Gerald Adlbrecht

Strategic Management of Technology Development Project: The Case of Siemens VDO Electric Motor Co. ...................................105Song Chen, Yu Gu, Zhenghua Zhao

Chaos, Strategy, and Action: How Not to Fiddle While Rome Burns ......................................................................................................115Fred Phillips

The Strategy-Technology Firm Fit Audit ....................................................................................................................................................122Steven T. Walsh, Jonathan D. Linton

Evaluating International Business Model Portability: A Framework for Integrating Economic, Strategic, and Cultural Perspectives .....................................................................................................................................................................................133

Tim Clark

Aligning Key Success Factors with Value Activities: Case of the Analog IC Design Industry..............................................................142Jonathan C. Ho, Yi-Chieh Wang

A Case Study for Using Informetric Methods in R&D Strategic Planning and Research Performance Analysis in KIST.................................................................................................................................................................................................................148

Dae-Shin Kang, In-Wook Nah, Ho-Young Chun, Yong-su Shin, Dae-Hee Lee, Yun Chul

Chinese Firms Internationalization Paths by Strategic Asset-seeking Outward Foreign Direct Investment......................................163Xiaobo Wu, Wanling Ding

Science and Technology Policy Two-stage R&D Efficiency Evaluation from the Perspective of National Innovation System ..............................................................170

Dian-Yan Liou

Public Innomediary as Driver for Open Innovation in National Innovation System .............................................................................177Chia-Han Yang, Chen-Hsing Li Joseph Z. Shyu

Analyzing Intellectual Capital Cluster Index in Thailands Hard Disk Drive Cluster............................................................................190Chayakrit Charoensiriwath

Investigative Report of State-Owned Coal Miners Science Literacy Related Factors in Mainland China..........................................195He Li

Academic Landscape of Innovation Research and National Innovation System Policy Reformation in Japan and the U.S. .............................................................................................................................................................................................................203

Yuya Kajikawa, Masahiro Hashimoto, Ichiro Sakata, Yoshiyuki Takeda, Katsumori Matsushima

The Relationship among China's Innovation Policies on Promoting High-tech Trades by Developing S&T: A Historic Perspective........................................................................................................................................................................................209

Guisheng Wu, Hongru Xiong

Development Strategies of Science Popularization in the Minority Area of China ................................................................................220Ren Fujun, Zhang Xiaomei, Zhang Feng

Harnessing Science and Technology for Cassava Productivity and Food Security in Nigeria ..............................................................228Abolaji D. Dada, Oladele O. Afolabi, Willie O. Siyanbola

Regional Development in Brazil and the Challenges Facing Technology-Intensive Cities: A Framework Proposal for Supporting the Political Decision Making Process ............................................................................................................................... 239

José Henrique de Sousa Damiani

Towards Effective Technology Policies in Latin America .........................................................................................................................250Tatiana Láscaris Comneno

Collaborations in Technology Management Toward Collaborative Situational Awareness in a Time-Critical Operational Environment ...............................................................256

Jari Soini, Petri Linna, Jari Leppäniemi, Hannu Jaakkola

A Generic Model to Handle Complexity in Collaborative Networks .......................................................................................................261Maike Scherrer-Rathje, Jens Arnoscht, Péter Egri, Eric Braun1, Balázs C. Csáji, Günther Schuh

Changing the Rules of the Game for Future Agriculture, the University Innovation Centre (UIC) Model ........................................278Bruce Grieve, Mike Bushell, Mike Lant, Luke Georghiou, Khaleel Malik

IT Industry Development by Dynamic Transformed Human Networks in Sapporo Valley .................................................................289Seiko Hayashi, Koji Tanabe

The Formation and Performance of University Technological Collaboration: A Case of National Science and Technology Program for Telecommunication in Taiwan ..........................................................................................................................295

Chien-Tzu Tsai, Wan-Fen Liao

The Role and Dynamic Development of Innomediaries in Open Innovation Dynamics ........................................................................302Chia-Han Yang, Joseph Z. Shyu

Exploring Potential R&D Collaborators Based on Patent Portfolio Analysis: The Case of Biosensors ..............................................312Ming-Yeu Wang, Tzu-Fu Chiu, Wei-Ying Chen

Information Industries Cluster Influences Social Development to the District: Take Hsinchu Science as an Example ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................321

Yu-Ning Hu

Competitiveness in Technology Management Economic Competitiveness Through Cluster Integration: The Development of Innovation Capabilities in the Mexican Software Industry ...........................................................................................................................................................................328

Claudia Díaz-Pérez, Ricardo Arechavala-Vargas, Alejandro Alarcón-Ozuna, América Ayala-Arriaga

Improving World Competitiveness Through Knowledge Management ..................................................................................................336Vinod Kumar Khanna

Theoretical Application of Competitive Intelligence on Plant Maintenance ...........................................................................................345Robson de Paula Alves, Orandi Mina Falsarella

Metamorphosis of Cluster for Survival and Keeping Competitiveness in the Global Market: Comparative Research on Japans Tsubame Cluster and Silicon Valley .........................................................................................................................354

Masanori Namba

Convergence of Technologies Success Factors for Technology Integration Convergence Collaborations: Empirical Assessment .....................................................364

Andrei Rikkiev, Saku Mäkinen

Seeing the Next iPhone Coming Your Way: How to Anticipate Converging Industries........................................................................373Clive-Steven Curran, Jens Leker

Managing Technological Convergence: Evidence from Printed Intelligence Industry..........................................................................386M. Karvonen, M. Lehtovaara, T. Kässi

Emerging Technologies Towards a Metric Management Approach for Multi-Emerging Technology Based Fabrication Facilities ........................................399

Robert Tierney, Steven T. Walsh

Forward Patent Citations as Predictive Measures for Diffusion of Emerging Technologies ................................................................410M. Hosein Fallah, Elliot Fishman, Richard R. Reilly

Developing a Framework for Mapping Industrial Emergence .................................................................................................................418R. Phaal, E. O’Sullivan, C. Farrukh and D. Probert

Study on Emerging Technology Selection and Evaluation by Technology Foresight and Fuzzy Consistent Matrix .........................431Lucheng Huang, Wenguang Lu, Xin Li

A Systematic Approach to Developing National Technology Policy and Strategy for Emerging Technologies: A Case Study of Nanotechnology for Thailand's Agriculture Industry .......................................................................................................437

Pisek Gerdsri, Dundar Kocaoglu

The Potential of Emerging Technologies: Strategy-Planning for Technology-Providers Throughout an Application-Radar ..........................................................................................................................................................................................452

Dieter Spath, Antonino Ardilio, Stefanie Laib

Application of Timing Option for Preventing the Opportunity Loss in Japans Biotech Start-Ups......................................................468Takao Fujiwara

Decision Making in Technology Management AHP Application on Evaluation of Health Information Service Attributes ............................................................................................476

Umit Topacan, A. Nuri Basoglu, Tugrul U. Daim

A Decision Model for Purchasing the Highest Value Printer for Home Use for the Least Cost ...........................................................484Jeff Belding, Emy Loanzon, Helen Millward, Lone Seboni, David Sibanda, Tiffani Torgeson

Decision Model for a Place to Live at PSU: The Case of International Graduate Students ..................................................................503Songphon Munkongsujarit, Willi Schweinfort, Ibrahim Iskin, Rafael Colon, Napong Tanatammatorn, Nuancharas Phopoonsak, Abdulrhman Almobarak

Use of Hierarchal Decision Modeling (HDM) for Selection of Graduate School for Master of Science Degree Program in Engineering ................................................................................................................................................................................525

Turgut Turan, Muhammad Amer, Paul Tibbot, Maher Almasri, Faisal Al Fayez, Stuart Graham

A Decision Model for Energy Resource Selection in China.......................................................................................................................540Bing Wang, Dundar F. Kocaoglu, Jiting Yang

GA-based One-to-Many Multi-attribute Automatic Negotiation Model .................................................................................................549Wu Yuying, Zhang Lixing, Yan Feng

Few or More Attributes: Deleting Criteria Using Sensitivity Analysis ....................................................................................................554Fatima M. Albar, Dundar F. Kocaoglu

Investigating Decision Making in IT Outsourcing......................................................................................................................................561Rosine Hanna, Tugrul Daim

Heuristics in Decision Making ......................................................................................................................................................................568Fatima M. Albar, Antonie J. Jetter

Importing Fuzzy Measure to Relative Scores of Technical Efficiency .....................................................................................................575Jia-Horng Shieh, Tsai-Hua Kang, Benjamin J. C. Yuan, Li-Min Tsai

A Fuzzy Inference Automatic Negotiation System with Bayesian Learning ...........................................................................................581Wu Yuying, Li Jiyuan, Yan Feng

A Proposed Method for Modeling Research and Development (R&D) Project Prioritization Criteria ..............................................589Alexsandro Souza de Lima, José Henrique de Sousa Damiani

Technology Make-or-Buy decisions in the German Industry: Criteria, Methods and Organization...................................................599Daniel Gerhard, Kai-Ingo Voigt

The Use of Decision-Making Tools in End-of-Life Decisions: A Case Study in the South African Petro-Chemical Industry ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................609

P. Kitching, C.C. van Waveren

Broadband Mobile Advertisement: What are the Right Ingredient and Attributes for Mobile Subscribers......................................615Peng-Ting Chen, Hsin-Pei Hsieh, Joe Z. Cheng, Yu-Sheng Lin

A Novel Parallel Cross-Validated Support Vector Machine on Patent Classification System ..............................................................623Chih-Hung Wu, I-Ching Fang, Chia-Hsiang Wu, Wei-Ting Lin, Chi-Hua Li

DPM and DFID: Interactive Tools for Evidence-Based Decision Making...............................................................................................632Larry A. Mallak

Optimization of Retail Clusters by Improving Individual Store Performance .......................................................................................640Ali Haider Rizvi, Anish Sachdeva

Innovation Management Accelerated Radical Innovation: The Execution Side ................................................................................................................................648

John A. Bers, John P. Dismukes

Accelerated Radical Innovation (ARI) Methodology Validation ..............................................................................................................667John P. Dismukes, Lawrence K. Miller, John A. Bers, Jai A. Sekhar, Alec E. Shelbrooke

Competitive Intelligence Supporting Team Management of 2nd Generation ARI ................................................................................682Lawrence Miller, Ruth H. Miller

Learning from the Customer: Identifying Changing User Needs During Product Usage Through Embedded Toolkits for User Innovation .........................................................................................................................................................................696

Frank Steiner, Refik Tarcan Tarman, Jan Christoph Ihl, Frank T. Piller

Best Practices in Quality Management for Achieving Quality and Innovation Performance. ..............................................................707Scott Leavengood, Tim Anderson

Innovation-SP: Web-Wide Innovation ..........................................................................................................................................................729Gideon Samid

Balanced Innovation Front End Measurement: Discontinuous Innovation Approach..........................................................................736Pekka Berg, Jussi Pihlajamaa, Jarno Poskela, Tea Lempiälä, Udo Haner, Ade Mabogunje

Divergent Innovation: Fostering and Managing the Fuzzy Front End of Innovation............................................................................744Henning Breuer, Martin Hewing, Fee Steinhoff

Clustering the Open Ended Future Needs ...................................................................................................................................................752Didem Çinar, Gülgün Kayakutlu

Examining Product Champions as Innovators ...........................................................................................................................................758David Wilemon

Developing a Mathematical Concept and Process Technologies to Accompany Firms from Rut to Change ......................................776François Ravalison, Toky Rahoelison, Elisé Raveloson, Etienne Rakotomaria, Rijamalala Ravalison

Planning and Identification of Marketable Technology from the Research Area ..................................................................................783Fernando Kohrs Aldape

The Innovation Dynamics of Zhejiang Model: The Case of Wenzhou.....................................................................................................791Song Chen, Sheng Wang, Yu Gu

Systemic Innovation Capability: A Source of Competitive Advantage of Early Technological Followers ..........................................795Marcelo A. Machado

Innovation in Operational Excellence in a Complex Environment ..........................................................................................................801René Pellissier

Exploring the Impact of Lean Management on Innovation Capability ...................................................................................................816Hongyi Chen, Ryan Taylor

Making Your R&D Future Proof: The Roles of Corporate Foresight in Innovation Management .....................................................825René Rohrbeck, Hans Georg Gemünden

National Innovation Platform in China: Theory and Evidence from the Textile Industry ...................................................................833Jizhen Li, Quwen Deng, Olav Jull Sorensen

Management Issue of Government Initiated Innovation Cluster: Case of Gwanggyo Techno-Valley.................................................847Deok Soon Yim

A Challenge for Service Concept Modeling by the Innovation Support Technology (IST) ...................................................................868Hitoshi Abe, Masahiro Ibaragi , Masahide Mitsuoka, Junji Nagata, Fumio Jinno, Yoichiro Igarashi, Gaston Trauffler

The Innovation Profiles of Outstanding Companies in Taiwan ................................................................................................................878Celine Mei-Ya Wang, Ju-Miao Yen, Yi-Wen Chen

Complementary Strategic Capabilities and Innovation Capabilities: Cases on Emerging Economies ................................................886Carlos E. Atoche-Kong

Concept Frame Work of Multi-Spiral Innovation for the Future Market ..............................................................................................898Shotaro Kotsuki, Yoshitsugu Morita, Shinichi Yamaki

Chief Technology Officers Views and Behaviors in the Dual Innovation Management System ...........................................................906Yasuyuki Suzuki

Movement of Inventors and the Effect of Knowledge Spillovers on Spread of Innovation: Evidence from Patent Analysis in High-Tech Industries..................................................................................................................................................................913

M. Hosein Fallah, Piyasi Choudhury

Knowledge Management Innovation Forecasting: A Case Study of the Management of Engineering and Technology Literature ............................................920

Scott W. Cunningham, Jan Kwakkel

Knowledge Management and Value Creation in Public Research Centers: The Development of a Diagnosis Tool ..........................931José Luis Solleiro, Rosario Castañón, Alejandra Herrera, Alma González, Flor Escalante

A Structural Model of Knowledge Management Across Borders.............................................................................................................939Caroline Benton, Rémy Magnier-Watanabe

Toward a Flexible Service-Oriented Reference Architecture for Situational Awareness Systems in Distributed Disaster Knowledge Management ................................................................................................................................................................949

Jari Leppäniemi, Petri Linna, Jari Soini, Hannu Jaakkola

Review of Knowledge Transfer Program Based on Mobile Phone (KEITAI)'S Technology Prediction and Its Psychological Impact on Users ......................................................................................................................................................................956

Yukiko Nishimura, Takeaki Sugimura, Kunihiro Nishimura

Employee Commitment, Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Integration: An Empirical Study of Professional Staffs in Chinese Firms ..................................................................................................................................................................................964

Meilian Zheng, Gongmin Bao, Yuanyuan Qian

A Competence of Firm-level Knowledge Accumulation in Enterprises ...................................................................................................974Wen-Hsiang Lai

Knowledge Exchange Behaviors of Science Park Firms: The Innovation Hub Case .............................................................................984Kai-Ying A. Chan, Leon A.G. Oerlemans, Marthinus W. Pretorius

Knowledge Active Forgetting: The Forgotten Side of Knowledge Management ....................................................................................997Mohammad Hosein Rezazade Mehrizi, Mehdi Bagherzadeh Niri, Mohammad Rahimi, Hamed Yarmand

Knowledge Management in a Public Research Organization: Reform of a Planning Section Service by Action Research ........................................................................................................................................................................................................1009

Emiko Adachi

Local Ecological Knowledge and the Impacts of Global Climatic Change on the Community of Seaweed Extractors in Pisco-Per....................................................................................................................................................................................................1015

José C. Alvarez, Kelly Vodden

Temporary Staff Agency for Knowledge-based Society: A New Trend in Japanese Mobile-Phone Industry ..................................1023Hitoshi Niwano, Makoto Hirano

Proposal of a Knowledge Management Model for Launch Operations at the Brazilian Aerospace Technology Center: The Case of the Interface Launch Group ....................................................................................................................................1030

Willian Limonge, Eraclés Durante, Ligia Maria Soto Urbina

Harmonizing Emergency Management Knowledge Representation......................................................................................................1037Petri Linna, Jari Leppäniemi, Jari Soini and Hannu Jaakkola

Towards Building a Knowledge-Based Society in Egypt .........................................................................................................................1042Sherif Kamel

Software Process Management Alignment Between the Business Strategy and the Software Processes Improvement: A Roadmap for the Implementation .............................................................................................................................................................................................1056

Regina Asato, Mauro de Mesquita Spinola, Ivanir Costa, Walter Henrique de Farias Silva

Software Development Strategic Management: A Resource-Based View Approach ...........................................................................1062Antonio Carlos Tonini, José Manuel Cárdenas Medina, André Leme Fleury, Mauro de Mesquita Spínola

The Key Barriers for Global Software Product Development Organizations.......................................................................................1071Najmul Huda, Nazmun Nahar, Jaak Tepandi, P. Singha Deo

Mapping Team Collaboration in Software Development Projects .........................................................................................................1078John McCreery, Vicente Moranta

An Approach to Characterize a Software Process....................................................................................................................................1093Markus Suula, Timo Mäkinen, Timo Varkoi

Vietnam as an Emerging Destination for Offshore Outsourcing of Software Development for Finnish Companies: A Conceptual Perspective ............................................................................................................................................................................1100

Linh Kuivanen, Nazmun Nahar

Turkish Software Producing ICT Companies Approaches in Establishment of Their Subcontractor Selection and Management Processes ................................................................................................................................................................................1114

Nermin Sökmen

Manufacturing Management Manufacturing Technology Management to Accelerate Design For Manufacturability .....................................................................1127

Takehisa Seino, Satoru Honda, Toru Tanaka

Lean Production for Technology Management: Increasing Production, Reducing Waste and Quality Improvement Strategies in a Plastic Bags Manufacturing Facility .................................................................................................................................1133

Cory Hallam, William Flannery, Shih-Chia Liu

Towards the Development of an Advanced Manufacturing Technology Implementation Tool for Small Companies ....................1142Andrew T. Walters

Managing Dynamic Facility Layout with Multiple Objectives ...............................................................................................................1154Gary Chen, Jamie Rogers

Order Release and Dispatching in a Sequence Dependent Job Shop .....................................................................................................1164Francesco Gentile, K.J. Rogers

Sustainability Spirit in Manufacturing/Machining Processes .................................................................................................................1176J. Kopac, F. Pusavec

Modular Manufacturing Experience in the South African Clothing Industry: Lessons Learned ......................................................1185Kem Ramdass, Leon Pretorius

An Empirical Study on the Role of CTO in Chinese Manufacturing Enterprises ................................................................................1194Yong Cao, Li Zhao, Yan-Ju Xing, Atsushi Abe

Productivity Management Measuring the Management Efficiency of Korean 3PL Providers with Financial Measurements .....................................................1200

Byunghak Leem, Sangwon Yi

An Implementation Model for Six Sigma Programs ................................................................................................................................1204Richard M. Franza, Satya S. Chakravorty

Project/Program Management Dodging the Valley of Death in Project Team Management ...................................................................................................................1214

David Wilemon

Toward an Understanding of the Dynamic of Project Manager Assignments: An Empirical Study .................................................1233Peerasit Patanakul

Emotional Intelligence as a Facilitator of Project Leader Effectiveness ................................................................................................1240Joann Farrell Quinn, David Wilemon

Project Strategy: Selecting the Best Project Structure ............................................................................................................................1249Michael Poli, Hasan Shabbir Mithiborwala, Rado Maksimovic, Bojan Lalic

Project Strategy: Success Themes for Strategic Projects.........................................................................................................................1255Zhiye Huang, Michael Poli, Hasan Shabbir Mithiborwala

Improving Project Portfolio Management with Strategic Alignment ....................................................................................................1263Supachart Iamratanakul, Ravi Shankar, Nicholas J. Dimmitt

Project Strategy: A Template for Analyzing Real Life Projects .............................................................................................................1274Michael Poli

Strategic Issues in Global R&D Projects ...................................................................................................................................................1284Hans Thamhain, Marcos Piscopo

Quality, Time, and Cost Tradeoffs in Project Management Decision Making .....................................................................................1290Matthew J. Liberatore, Bruce Pollack-Johnson

Risk Analysis and Management of Projects with High Innovation Content .........................................................................................1297Michal Korecky, Vaclav Trkovsky

Beyond Risk Management: Assessing and Managing Program Challenges..........................................................................................1305Aaron J. Shenhar, Dov Dvir, Joca Stefanovic

Project, Systems and Risk Management Processes Interactions.............................................................................................................1344Baqer Alali, Ariel Pinto

Information Technology in Using Project Management Methodologies................................................................................................1354Kirit Patel

Managing for a Successful Project Closure ...............................................................................................................................................1359Farhan Sarfraz

A Case Study for the Implementation of an Agile Risk Management Process in Multiple Projects Environments .........................1363Lucio Ribeiro, Cristine Gusmão, Wilmar Feijó, Vicente Bezerra

Project Control and Risk Management for Project Success: A South African Case Study.................................................................1372R. Mudau, L. Pretorius

A Decision Support Model for Project Manager Assignments 2.0 .........................................................................................................1378Woraruthai Choothian, Nausheen Khan, Kabasele Yves Mupemba, Kent Robinson, Venice Tunnitisupawong

R&D Management Co-evolution Process Between Basic Research and Applied Research: A Case Study of µ-TAS Projects.........................................1388

Hideki Yoshida, Tadashi Sasa, Eiichi Maruyama

Patent Analysis of Technology-Performance by Integrating Patent Family and Patent Citation ......................................................1395Kuei-Kuei Lai, Kuang OuYang, Calvin S. Weng, Wen-Goang Yang

Applying Patent Analysis to Explore the Co-opetition Behavior between Two LED Manufacturers: Nichia and Osram.............................................................................................................................................................................................................1410

Yu-Shan Chen, Bi-Yu Chen

Improving the Oil & Gas Industry Innovation with a Strategic Fuel: Distributed Research and Development ..............................1419Clarissa Côrtes Pires, Ligia María Soto Urbina

Competing for Public Research Funding: A Strategic Approach for the Institute of Advanced Studies at the Brazilian Aerospace Technology Center....................................................................................................................................................1423

Ligia Maria Soto Urbina, Wilson José Vieira

Expert Identification for Multidisciplinary R&D Project Collaboration ..............................................................................................1431Alisa Kongthon, Choochart Haruechaiyasak, Santipong Thaiprayoon

Developing a Body of Knowledge for the Management of Large-Scale International Science Projects ............................................1438Soeil Chaiy, Dan Ciarlette, Ben Cross, Sharm Manwani, Luca Iandoli, Barry Shore, Carl Strawbridge, Giuseppe Zollo

Functioning of Strategic Decision Making Systems: Case Study of an R&D Organization in India..................................................1445Santanu Roy, Sunita S. Upadhyaya

Evaluation of New & Renewable Energy Technology R&D Investment Strategy in Korea ...............................................................1452Jung Suk Hong, Young Soo Ryu, Boo Jong Kil

The Motivating Factors for Productivity in R&D: Preliminary Results of a Survey in Some Engineering Schools in Turkey............................................................................................................................................................................................................1465

Ridvan Berber, Nejla Kurul

An Empirical Study of the R&D Globalization of Japanese Firms towards China..............................................................................1473Kumiko Miyazaki, Hu Ying

Analysis of Climate Change Related R&D Investment in Korea............................................................................................................1479Young-Ill Park, Hyun-Jeong Cho, Jung-Suk Hong

The Effect of R&D and Technology Commercialization Capabilities on the Innovation Performance of Korean IT SMEs : The Case of Direct and Indirect Recipients of Public R&D Funding .......................................................................................1488

Seo-Kyun Kim, Bong-Gyou Lee, Kyoung-Seok Oh

In-depth Evaluation of Horizontal Genomics R&D Programs in Korea. ..............................................................................................1499Seung Jun Yoo, Sungjin Kim, Boojong Kil

Resource Management Technology and Business Practice Adoption as a Constrained Shortest Path Problem.......................................................................1512

Steven D. Formaneck, Brian P. Cozzarin

A Knowledge-Based Multiple-Objective Optimization Model for Top Management Team Configuration......................................1523Weihui Dai, Dan Yu, Youwei Wang

Supply Chain Management Introduction of Information System and Database Integration Capability in Supply Chain Management: Case Studies of Mobile Display Manufacturers .................................................................................................................................................1533

Young Won Park, Paul Hong

Supply Chain Contingencies: Up-stream Directives Effect on Suppliers Performance .......................................................................1541Ricarda B. Bouncken, Viviane A. Winkler

Dyadic Buyer-Supplier Relationship Management from the Buyers Perspective ................................................................................1552Monika Maria Pawlak

Supplier Involvement in Flex-Fuel Technology Development: The General Motors and Volkswagen Brazilian Cases...............................................................................................................................................................................................................1573

Abraham Sin Oih Yu, Paulo Tromboni de Souza Nascimento, Francisco Emilio Baccaro Nigro, Bjorn Werner Biben Frederick, Wilian Gatti Junior, Karine Gargioni Pereira Correa de Mello

Logistics Service Provider as a Business Growth Raiser of Small and Medium Sized Companies ....................................................1583Ari Happonen, Erno Salmela

Exploring the Effect of Vendor Managed Inventory on the Supply Chain Partner Using Simulation ..............................................1599Siri-on Setamanit

A Study on Risk of Knowledge Management for the Supply Chain in Mergers and Acquisitions: An Empirical Analysis in Yangtze River Delta of China .................................................................................................................................................1606

Lin Ma, Fengying Nie

The Implementation of TQM in the Component Supply Chain: A Case Study in the South African Motor Industry ...................1616F. Hussain, C.C. van Waveren

Sustainability Characteristics of Value in Green Technology Investments....................................................................................................................1623

Aija Tapaninen, Marko Seppänen

Application of Engineering & Technology Management Practices to University R&D Research in Sustainable Healthcare Information Technology for Primary Care Clinics ..............................................................................................................1633

David A. Dorr, Nima A. Behkami

Environmental Value Stream Mapping (EVSM) as Sustainability Management Tool........................................................................1646Alvair Silveira Torres Jr., Ana Maria Gati

Product Development Concept with Product Sustainability ...................................................................................................................1656Masaru Ishioka, Kazuhiko Yasuda

Sustainable IT Services: Assessing the Impact of Green Computing Practices ....................................................................................1664Robert R. Harmon, Nora Auseklis

Green Technologies for Building Material Business ................................................................................................................................1675Lawrence Carter, Woraruthai Choothian, Nuttawut Intrarode, Pattravadee Ploykitikoon

Why Go Green?: The Effects of Internationalization, Path-dependency, and Environmental Uncertainty .....................................1687Yu-Shu Peng, Chin-Jung Luan, Chia Ching

The Role of New Material Technologies for Sustainable Practice in the Concrete Industry ..............................................................1695Michael Henry, Yoshitaka Kato

A Sustainable Management of Treatment Plant for Dairy Wastes with the Use of Its By-Products..................................................1702Svetlana Nikolaeva, Enrique Sánchez, Manuel Moya, Marlen Duran, Bernal Mederos

Application of Green Input Output Matrix to Sustainable Development in China..............................................................................1708Wu Yuying, Xia Yue, Yan Feng

Serving the Low-Income Group with Microfinance in China .................................................................................................................1715Jianghua Zhou, Xiaoqiang Xing, Yunhuan Tong

E-Business Dissemination of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Exporting Small and Medium Sized Business in Mexico........................................................................................................................................................................................1722

María del Carmen Domínguez Ríos

A Study on Internet Auctions Using Agent Based Modeling Approach ................................................................................................1729Yildiz Akkaya, Bertan Badur, Osman N. Darcan

E-business Adoption in Iranian Small and Medium Enterprises: Analyzing and Prioritizing the Extra-Organizational Factors ................................................................................................................................................................................1736

Mahta K. Sameni, Farid Khoshalhan

Trust in Online Auction Towards Explaining the Use Intention ............................................................................................................1743Chwen-Yea Lin, Chien-Chung Tu, Kwoting Fang

Website Design Evaluation: Comparison of Telecommunication Websites in Malaysia .....................................................................1747E. A. Abu Seman, H. Idyawati, S. Sura

Research on the Customers' Dissatisfaction Behavior Types After Product Purchase from the Internet Shopping Mall: Case Analysis for Korea Post Office Shopping ...............................................................................................................................1755

Hangil Sun

Risk Factors of the Long Tail in Mobile Manga Sales .............................................................................................................................1764Taro Sugihara, Yoshiya Kobayashi, Yasuo Ikawa

Entrepreneurship/Intrapreneurship Key Entrepreneurial Traits and Their Relationship to Venture Uncertainty and Venture Success ..................................................1769

Dov Dvir, Arik Sadeh, Ayala M. Pines, Aaron J. Shenhar

Unlocking the Relationship Between Corporate Entrepreneurship and Performance ........................................................................1776Ahmet Murat Fiş, Dilek Cetindamar

External Corporate Venture Capital Investment: Towards a Framework for Capturing and Measuring Strategic Value ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................1788

Johann Jakob Napp, Tim Minshall, David Probert

A Novel Scheme to Evaluate a Venture Business Quantitatively and Support Decision Making for Incubator by Combining Discounted Cash Flow and Bass Model .................................................................................................................................1800

Kotaro Kawajiri, Kazuo Ohno

A Success Factor of New Digital Material Based Start-Up Company for High Technology Industry ...............................................1808Hideki Hayashida, Hiroshi Yoshida

Cutting Your Teeth: The Beginning of the Learning Curve ...................................................................................................................1815Charles E. Eesley, Edward B. Roberts

Technology-Based Business Incubation: A Study of the Differences and Similarities Between Private, University, and Government Incubation .......................................................................................................................................................................1832

Cory R. A. Hallam, Natalia DeVora

Managing the Organizational Maze in Birthing New Corporate Ventures...........................................................................................1845David Wilemon,

Developing Techno-Preneurship Program at the Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership (CIEL), School of Business and Management (SBM), Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia ......................................1858

Dwi Larso, Sonny Rustiadi, Leo Aldianto

The Influence of Ten Different Motivational Factors on Academic Entrepreneurial Intentions........................................................1866Igor Prodan, Alenka Slavec

Implementing ERP in China: Lessons from Family-Owned Chinese Enterprises ...............................................................................1872Hong Seng Woo

Who has The Right Stuff? Human Capital, Entrepreneurship and Institutional Change in China ..................................................1876Charles E. Eesley

Intellectual Property Study of the Linkages Between Innovation and Intellectual Property ...................................................................................................1902

Karuna Jain, Mukundan Raghavan, Shishir K. Jha

Patent Claims and Value Capture Points: Introducing Value-Chain Patent Strategy ........................................................................1911George E. Darby

A Heuristic Procedure to Identify Most Valuable Chain of Patents in a Given Technology...............................................................1916Fang-Pei Su, Kuei-Kuei Lai, Wen-Goang Yang, R.R.K. Sharma

New Product Development Addressing the Strategy Synthesis Approach for Accomplishing the Strategic Fit in New Product Development Projects and Programs: A Literature Review ...........................................................................................................................................1923

Cesar Castilla, Dragan Z. Milosevic

Rethinking the Obvious: Two Cases on How Ethnographic Research Enhances New Product Development in the Context of B2B and B2C Customer Integration .......................................................................................................................................1933

Annika Schröder, Fee Steinhoff

Method to Embed Information Collection/Utilization Mechanism for Recurrence Prevention into Product Design Process ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................1940

Miwaka Inoue, Atsushi Aoyama

Human Integration Matrix: An Adaptive Framework to Enhance Human Systems Integration in New Product Development..................................................................................................................................................................................................1946

Ali Haider Rizvi, Lakhwinder Pal Singh, Arvind Bhardwaj

Using Mass Customization Techniques to Realize True Platform Development ..................................................................................1955Tony Williams

Managing Embedded Software Development in a Competitive World: A Challenge from Digital Broadcasting............................1971V.B. Thorn, D.R. Probert

Theoretical Framework for Managing the Front End of Innovation Under Uncertainty ...................................................................1978Richard Sperry, Antonie Jetter

Opening the Fuzzy Front End: A Synthesis of Two Theories .................................................................................................................1986Antero Kutvonen, Marko T. Torkkeli

New Product Development Simulation ......................................................................................................................................................1994Terry Schumacher

Subjective Distance in Distributed Teams: A Study of Software Development Teams........................................................................2000Frank Siebdrat, Martin Hoegl, H. Ernst

Managing Modular Product Design: Critical Factors and a Managerial Guide ..................................................................................2002Antonio K.W. Lau

Relationship Between Delayed Technology Utilization and Product Success: An Empirical Study of Personal Computers and Gaming...............................................................................................................................................................................2015

Ozgur Dedehayir, Saku J. Mäkinen

The Impact of Intangible Value on the Design and Marketing of New Products and Services: An Exploratory Approach .......................................................................................................................................................................................................2023

Frank Steiner, Robert Harmon

Integration of Technology Roadmapping and Project Portfolio Management to Improve the Front-End of NPD Process ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................2037

Maicon G. Oliveira, Henrique Rozenfeld

People and Organizations Team Psychological Empowerment as a Mediator of the Relationship between Transformational Leadership, Team Effectiveness and Innovation: Moderating Effect of Team Task Interdependence ...................................................................2047

Linda Lin-Chin Lin

The Links between Team Characteristics, Transactive Memory System, and Team Performance ...................................................2056Li Xiong, Zhou-Qi Ren

Virtual Engineering Design Teams: A Cost Analysis Perspective ..........................................................................................................2062Adji G. Cissé, David A. Wyrick

Trends and Managerial Tools in Technology Standards Development .................................................................................................2068Ramin Neshati

An Activation-Process Management for Technical Organizations and Its Application to Japanese Automobile Company........................................................................................................................................................................................................2090

Kunio Shirahada, Kiyoshi Niwa

Technology Management Education Systems Engineering and Technology Management Education for the 21st Century..........................................................................2101

L. Ken Keys

Technology Management Degree Programs: Meeting the Needs of Employers ...................................................................................2120Pamela R. Becker

Scirus Topic Pages: New Publication Possibilities for MOTI Researchers ...........................................................................................2133Fred Phillips

Technology Management Competences Supporting the Business Strategy...........................................................................................2139Victoria E. Erosa, Pilar E. Arroyo

MOT Entrepreneurs in Second Life...........................................................................................................................................................2149W. Austin Spivey, J. Michael Munson

Resurrecting American Dominance in Science and Engineering: The Demise and Rebirth of the American Doctoral Student in Science and Technology ............................................................................................................................................2171

Caleb Roth, William Flannery

Identifying Student Retention Patterns Using GIS Technology..............................................................................................................2180Cheryl Hanewicz

Teaching Sustainability: Course, Program and Degree Considerations ................................................................................................2189Patricia Fox, Stephen Hundley, David Jan Cowan, Joe Tabas, David Goodman

Design Issues Collaborative Architecture Framework for the Design & Manufacturing of Medical Devices ..........................................................2195

Celestine Aguwa, Leslie Monplaisir

A Design Method for Configuration and Setup of a RFID System in a Warehouse.............................................................................2199K.L. Choy

Joint Cognitive System Design and Process Control ................................................................................................................................2205M. Kudret Yurtseven, Walter W. Buchanan, Melek Basak

Global Issues Cross-Border Capacity Building: Selected Examples of Portland State Universitys Involvement in Tertiary Level Educational Reform in Vietnam .................................................................................................................................................................2212

Gil Latz, Marcus Ingle, Marcia Fischer

Globalization with Guanxi for Taiwanese High-tech Industry to China: Panacea or Pandoras Box?...............................................2217Dian-Yan Liou

Cultural Issues Nurturing a Culture of Resiliency in the Age of Fundamental Change .................................................................................................2223

Richard Weeks, Siebert Benade

Cultural Diversity in Global Innovation Teams: Linking Effects of Cultural Diversity to the Innovation Process .........................2233Viviane A. Winkler, Ricarda B. Bouncken

The Relationship Between Enterprise Strategy and Employee Workplace Friendship: Taiwan and Mainland China ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................2241

Lin Chun-Te, Lu Chun-Ling

Evaluating the Consumer Cosmopolitanism: Taiwanese Consumer Behavior in Choosing Local or Foreign Banks......................2247Yi-Hsien Tu, Ke-Ming Hung

A Multi-Perspective Analysis of Culture and Technology Management: A Korean Case...................................................................2253Chung-Shing Lee, Jonathan C. Ho, Pi-Feng Hsieh, Byung-Seock Ryou

Environmental Issues Considerations of Structural Functionalism on Co-Evolution of Environmental Policy and Technology ........................................2259

Minori Takada

A Computer-Based Approach to Material and Process Selection Using Sustainability and Ecological Criteria .............................2265Manocher Djassemi

Sustainability Education for the Development of New Business.............................................................................................................2271Hidemi Yashiro

The Case of Municipal Policy Enhancing SMEs through an Environmental Approach .....................................................................2277Nobutaka Odake

The Positive Effect of Green Relationship Learning on Green Innovation Performance: The Mediation Effect of Corporate Environmental Ethics................................................................................................................................................................2285

Ming-Ji James Lin, Ching-Hsun Chang

Co-existing Environment and Economy of Manufacturing Industry in Japan.....................................................................................2293Tadao Sumi

Incentive Policies to Address Climate Change in China ..........................................................................................................................2300Jun Jin, Ying Dong

The Impacts of Economic Crisis on Green Consumption in Taiwan .....................................................................................................2306Yau-Yuh Tsay

Technology Forecasting WiMAX: Forecasting by Integrating Scenario Planning and Bass Model Methodologies ..................................................................2314

Youngkoo Yoon, Sabrina Patino, Nathaniel Jarpa, Hamad Alanazi

Megatrend Methodology to Identify Development Opportunities..........................................................................................................2330David Güemes-Castorena

Enhancing Business and Technology Foresight with Electronically Mediated Scenario Process .......................................................2336Kalle Piirainen, Antti Lindqvist

A Study of Applying the Internet Platform on Technology Foresight ...................................................................................................2350Tsai-Hua Kang, Li-Min Tsai, Shieh Jia-Horng, Benjamin Yuan

Combining Scenario Analysis with Delphi and the Technological Substitution Model to Analyze the Development of the OLED TV Market..............................................................................................................................................................................2354

Fang-Mei Tseng, Ai-Chia Cheng

In Technology Forecasting Using Bibliometrics What Information Source is Relevant When?: Exploring Different Source Types .................................................................................................................................................................................................2365

Heini Järvenpää

Dynamic and Quantitative Exploration on Technology Evolution Mechanism: The Case of Electrical Conducting Polymer Nanocomposite ..............................................................................................................................................................................2372

Hsin-Ning Su, Pei-Chun Lee

Visualizing Technology Mining Results on Life Cycle Axes: A Text Data Mining Study of Publication Trends in Server Virtualization from Scientific Research to Business Process Improvement .............................................................................2380

Sathiedev Mahesh, Cherie C. Trumbach, Kenneth R. Walsh

Technology Roadmapping Linking R&D Investment Strategies to Business Needs: Strategic Technology Alignment Roadmapping (STAR).........................2394

Nabil Gindy, Husam Arman, Shirley Cavin

Visualization in Strategic and Technology Roadmapping .......................................................................................................................2405Richard E. Albright

Addressing the Cognitive and Social Influence Inhibitors During the Ideation Stages of Technology Roadmapping Workshops.....................................................................................................................................................................................................2414

Clive I. V. Kerr, Robert Phaal, David R. Probert

Knowledge Map of Publications in Research Policy ................................................................................................................................2423Hsin-Ning Su, Pei-Chun Lee

Value-Driven Technology Road Map (VTRM).........................................................................................................................................2433Dave Fenwick, Tugrul Daim, Nathasit Gerdsri

Technology Roadmap: Wood/Bio-energy Pellet Renewable Energy......................................................................................................2446Ann-Marie Lamb, Tugrul Daim, Scott Leavengood

Wind Energy Roadmap ...............................................................................................................................................................................2464Rubyna K. Brenden, Wajeeh Hallaj, Ganesh Subramanian, Sony Katoch

Learning Methodology of Innovation Architecture Using Case Example of Development of Contactless Palm Vein Pattern Biometric Authentication Technology..........................................................................................................................................2479

Yoichiro Igarashi, Makoto Okada, Akihiko Suzuki, Munehiko Iwase, Shigeki Shibagaki, Shunichi Koike, Hajime Matsubayashi, Hitoshi Abe

Working Toward Producing Sustainable Biodiesel in the Pacific Northwest: Analysis and Implementation Using the T-Plan Technology Roadmapping Approach .....................................................................................................................................2486

Andrew J. Blair

Technology Assessment and Evaluation Decision Making Tools in Feasibility Analysis of National R&D Programs .........................................................................................2497

Yoon Been Lee, Jiyoung Park

Assessment of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiatives in India.....................................................................................................2509K. B. Akhilesh, Neelima S. Watve

Analysis of Technological Learning for China's Manufacturing Industry............................................................................................2534Yang Ying, Wu Weiwei, Yu Bo

Technology Adoption Technology Illiteracy in Retail SMEs: Exploring Late Adopters Characteristics ................................................................................2539

Victoria E. Erosa

Modeling of Price Effects for the Adoption of LCD TV...........................................................................................................................2547Bi-Huei Tsai, Yiming Li, Guan-Hua Lee

Key Factors Driving the Success of Technology Adoption: Case Examples of ERP Adoption ...........................................................2554Chonyacha Suebsin, Nathasit Gerdsri

Technology Adoption among SMEs in Malaysia: Development of an Assessment Process.................................................................2560Nor H. Abdullah, Alina Shamsuddin

Opening the Black Box of Technology Adoption: The Motive-Technology-Belief Framework..........................................................2565Brent A. Zenobia, Charles M. Weber

The Effects of Media Characteristics on IPTV Adoption ........................................................................................................................2576Imsook Ha, Seungyun Yook

Deciding to Change: An Event Sequence Analysis of Consumer Adoption Behavior ..........................................................................2582Brent A. Zenobia, Charles M. Weber

Enterprise 2.0 Readiness Index...................................................................................................................................................................2593Jorge A. Ramírez-Medina

Technology Diffusion Exploring the Interdependencies Among Mechanisms Underlying Innovation Diffusion Dynamics.................................................2601

Gönenç Yücel, C. Els van Daalen

National Innovative Capacity in the International Technology Diffusion: The Perspective of Network Contagion Effects.............................................................................................................................................................................................................2615

Hung-Chun Huang, Hsin-Yu Shih

Windmills & CSFs for ERP-Diffusion of Technovation in Academia-Industry: A Qualitative Analysis ..........................................2627M Asif Rashid, Zekeriya Nas, Muiz-ud-Din Shami , Uzma Muhmood, Naila Gul, Ceylan Oklu

New Relationships Between Patents and Technological Innovation: Modeling Patent Activity as a Driver of Innovation......................................................................................................................................................................................................2638

Michael C. Connelly, John P. Dismukes, J. A. Sekhar

A Study on the Influence of Mobile Operators Terminal Subsidy and Customization in the Diffusion of 3G Services Based on System Dynamics ..........................................................................................................................................................2656

Jing Zhang, Yi-jun Huang

Diffusion of Mobile Telephony in China: Driving Forces and Forecasting ...........................................................................................2661Wen-Lin Chu, Xielin Liu, Feng-Shang Wu

Technology Diffusion with Strategy of the Technological Information of Japanese Companies ........................................................2670Satoshi Yoshida

Technology Transfer Models and Metrics for the Technology Transfer Process from Federal Labs to Application and the Market ...............................2676

Albert H. Rubenstein

Literature Review on Technology Transfer from Government Laboratories to Industry ..................................................................2687Thien A. Tran, Dundar F. Kocaoglu

Technology Licensing Contracts and Private Information......................................................................................................................2699Shinji Kobayashi, Shigemi Ohba

Design and Management of an Innovative Software Enterprise: A Case Study of a Spin-Off from University ...............................2704Petra Hocová, João Falcão e Cunha, Zdenko Staníček

University Technology Transfer: A Conceptual Model of Impacting Factors and Phased Process ...................................................2714Jisun Kim, Tugrul U. Daim, Timothy R. Anderson

Super-Efficiency DEA Model for Evaluating Technology Transfer Performance of U.S. University................................................2728Yun Ken, Tao Huang, Chih-Hung Wu, Shian-Hung Shiu

Analysis of the Factors to Affect Technology Transfer Fee in the Intellectual Property Management .............................................2737Byun Jungwook, Kim Yunbae, Lee Byungchul, Choi Bodum, Park Chanmin

A Study on the Factors Influencing License Income of Technology Commercialization in United States Universities ...................2750Yun Ken, Wen-Ling Hsu, Tung-Yu Tsai

Technological Transferring and the Institutional Framework of Research Organizations: Some International Evidences .......................................................................................................................................................................................................2758

João Pizysieznig Filho, Milton de Abreu Campanario

Review of Government Technology Transfer in Vietnam .......................................................................................................................2765Thien A. Tran, Dundar F. Kocaoglu

Technology Transfer to China: With Case Studies in the High-Speed Rail Industry ..........................................................................2774Leong Chan, Fahad Aldhaban

Research to Innovation Models in Central Europe ..................................................................................................................................2784Slavko Dolinšek, Manca Poglajen

What Makes an Academic Environment Friendly for Academic Spin-Off Creation: The Employees View at Two Different European Universities .................................................................................................................................................................2790

Igor Prodan, Alenka Slavec

Technological Innovation System of University-Industry Cooperation and Technology Transfer of Emerging Economies: Case Study of Taiwans Experience........................................................................................................................................2796

Yao-Jen Liu, Shang-Jyh Liu, Chiung-Wen Hsu

A Novel Integrated SEM Based on DEMATEL for Evaluating Technology License Income Performance .....................................2806Yun Ken, Tao Huang, Chih-Hung Wu, Shian-Hung Shiu

Public Sector Process Management in the Public Sector: A Brazilian Case Study ......................................................................................................2814

Monica Rottmann de Biazzi, Antonio Rafael Namur Muscat, Jorge Luiz de Biazzi

Technology Management in Turkish Defense Industry ...........................................................................................................................2821Bulent Gumus, Verda Demir, Unver Kaynak

Acquisition and Development Methodology of Aircraft, Systems and Materials of the Brazilian Air Force....................................2829Manuel A. de La Sagra Fagundes Pérez, Ligia Soto Urbina, José Henrique S. Damiani

Technology Management in the Service Sector New Service Development: Linking Resources, Processes, and the Customer......................................................................................2837

Marisa Reinoso, Siriphan Lersviriyajitt, Nausheen Khan, Woraruthai Choonthian, Phuwadet Laosiripornwattana

Leveraging Technology to Diminish Hostility in Service Recovery ........................................................................................................2849Pi-feng Hsieh, Chien-Chiang Lin

The Effects of Utilitarian Shopping and Technology Belief on Perceived E-Service Value.................................................................2856Chien-Hsin Lin

Innovators, Performers and the Economic Sectors: Technology Management Implications..............................................................2859Daniel Berg, Norman G. Einspruch

Multidisciplinary Framework-Based Service Modeling Applied to Service Coursework and Business Planner Interaction .....................................................................................................................................................................................................2863

Kotaro Nakamura, Yasuo Ikawa

Service Value Shift based on Cultural Background of Hospitality Applied to the Japanese Motenashi Service..............................2872Kotaro Nakamura, Masakaze Gotoh

Technology Management in the Health Sector Detecting Emerging Research Fronts in Regenerative Medicine by Citation Network Analysis of Scientific Publications ...................................................................................................................................................................................................2880

Naoki Shibata, Yuya Kajikawa, Yoshiyuki Takeda, Ichiro Sakata, Katsumori Matsushima

Service Oriented Technology in Healthcare Services: A Research Framework for Studying the Computerized Physician Order Entry System....................................................................................................................................................................2893

Haluk Demirkan, Robert R. Harmon

Health Technology Assessment in the Context of Private and Public Models of National Health Systems.......................................2899Giuseppe Turchetti, Elie Geisler

Adoption & Evaluation of Personal Health Record (PHR) System........................................................................................................2902Leong Chan, Muhammad Amer, Fahad Aldhaban

Method of Patent Analysis to Determine the Speed of Progress in Blood Pressure Monitors.............................................................2916Gheorghe M. Bacioiu, Zbigniew J. Pasek

Care Systematization in Pediatric Nursing Applying Case-Based Reasoning.......................................................................................2927Marcio A. Mendes, Domingos B. G. Santos, Marcia N. S. Kondo, José M. Cárdenas, Amparito del Rocío Vintimilla Castro, Pedro Luís Próspero Sanchez

Networked Development to Drive New Dialysis Solutions.......................................................................................................................2934Julie Wrazel

The Challenge of Creating Value Through Integrated Solutions in a Brazilian Health Care Provider: The Blue Life Case Study .............................................................................................................................................................................................2949

Marlene Paes de Almeida, Marluci Paes de Almeida, Marcelo P. Crespo Jr., Milton F. Chagas Jr.

Technology Management in the Energy Sector Forecasting the Adoption of Emerging Energy Technologies: Managing Climate Change and Evolving Social Values.............................................................................................................................................................................................................2964

Kelly R. Cowan, Tugrul Daim, Wayne Wakeland, Hosein Fallah, Gerald Sheble, Loren Lutzenhiser, Aaron Ingle, Robert Hammond, Matthew Nguyen

Prospects for CleanTech Venture Capital Investment in China: A Third Wave?................................................................................2975Bei Chen

Using Patent Data to Analyze the Development of the Next Generation of Solar Cells .......................................................................2980Fang-Mei Tseng, Yi-Wei Chu, Ya-Ni Peng

Technology Management in Automotive Industry The Changing Shape of Networks: Lessons for the Auto Industry ........................................................................................................2989

Tal Ben-Zvi

Industrial Policy, Technology and the Future of Automotive Manufacturing in South Africa ..........................................................2995Martin Kaggwa, Jasper L. Steyn, A. Pouris

Impacts of Layout Design on Achievement to the World Class Production: Case Study in Automotive Industries ........................3002Pooya Soltantabar, Hassan Farsijani, Sara Hajnassiri

Extended Implementation of a Highly Autonomous R&D Management Model in a Japanese Electronics Company ....................3008Kazuhiko Itaya, Kiyoshi Niwa

Flexible Strategic Framework for Managing Forces of Continuity and Change: A Status Study of Outbound Supply Chain Management of Automotive Industry in India .................................................................................................................3014

Vijay Gupta

Empirical Analysis on the Evolution of Technological Capability in China's Automotive Firms ......................................................3023Li Xianjun, Xu Ke, Pang Li

The Case of Magneti Marelli Brasil: Endogenous and Exogenous Factors in Local Dominant Technology Development..................................................................................................................................................................................................3038

Paulo Tromboni de Souza Nascimento, Abraham Sin Oih Yu, Francisco Nigro, Robson Quinello, Rosária de Fátima S. Macri Russo, Nilton Cesar Lima

Technology Management in IT Industry Self-Managing Autonomic Technology as a Strategic Business Enabler for a Smarter Planet...........................................................3049

Dave Bartlett

Users and Information Technology Interoperability: Analysis of Task Information Fit Model.........................................................3060Nuri Basoglu, Sinan Cayir

A Framework for Assessing the Cost of IT Investments..........................................................................................................................3070Per Närman, Teodor Sommestad, Sofia Sandgren, Mathias Ekstedt

Improving the Value Assessment of IT Investments: A Case Study.......................................................................................................3083Pia Gustafsson, Jakob Huldt, Henrik Löfgren

An Enterprise Architecture Based Method Enabling Quantified Analysis of IT Support Systems Impact on Maintenance Management ..........................................................................................................................................................................3092

David Höök, Pia Gustafsson, Lars Nordström, Pontus Johnson

Organizational Memory Versus a Possible Unplugged IT: Case Research from a Textile Commodity Chain.................................3106José Cárdenas, Ana Villanueva-Llapa, Mauro Spinola

Analyzing IT Impact on Organizational Structure: A Case Study.........................................................................................................3113Pia Gustafsson, David Höök, Evelina Ericsson, Joakim Lilliesköld

Towards Information Society: Estonian Case Study................................................................................................................................3127Ahto Kalja, Tarmo Robal, Uuno Vallner

The Role for the Government in Information Technology: The Case of Iran.......................................................................................3135A. N. Akhavan, N. Jabbari

Technology Management in Semiconductor Industry Dynamic Capabilities in Operations Management: An Empirically Grounded Model .......................................................................3141

Charles Weber, Asser Fayed

Knowledge Structure Affect Members Technology Adoption: A Study of Semiconductor Manufacturing Process .......................3161Yen-Cheng Wang, Ching-Fang Lee, Sheng-Tsung Hou

Overcoming Technology Uncertainty by Scalable Platform ...................................................................................................................3166Gen Shimada, Kumiko Miyazaki

Quantitative Assessment of Computer Applications in the Development Projects of a High-Tech Sector........................................3175Samar K. Saha

The Connection between Patent Litigation and Patent Portfolio: An Empirical Study of U.S. Semiconductor Industry .........................................................................................................................................................................................................3181

Yun Ken, Tung-Yu Tsai, Wen-Ling Hsu

Business Architecture and Dynamics of Interdependences Analyzed by Design Structure Matrix: Comparing Liquid Crystal Display and Semiconductor Industries ............................................................................................................................3195

Yukihiko Nakata

A Literature Survey of the Operation Optimization in Chip Shooter Placement Machines ...............................................................3205Ali Fuat Alkaya, Ekrem Duman

Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of Taiwans IC Industrial Clustering to China .............................................................................3216Bi-Huei Tsai

Technology Management in Telecommunication Industry Number Portability to Internet Phone: Consumer Demand and Welfare .............................................................................................3224

Jung-Eun Ku, Sang-Woo Lee

Interaction of Deregulation and Network Externalities in an Accelerated Diffusion of Mobile Telephony ......................................3235Kai-Sheng Kao, Feng-Shang Wu, Wen-Lin Chu, Mao-Shong Lin

A Study of the Relationships between Service Failures and Customer Churn in a Telecommunications Environment..................................................................................................................................................................................................3243

Michael J. Perez, William T Flannery

Technology Management in Transportation Application of Technology Development Envelope (TDE) Approach for Future Powertrain Technologies: A Case Study of Ford Otosan ...................................................................................................................................................................................3252

Irmak Kockan, A. Murat Yildirim, Tugrul Daim, Metin Ergeneman, Nathasit Gerdsri

Technology Management in Wireless Technology Effects of Adaptivity and Other External Variables on Mobile Service Adoption ...............................................................................3267

Ebru Polat, Nuri Başoğlu

A Conceptual Evaluation Model of the RFID Performance Using a Balanced Scorecard ..................................................................3285Yong-Jae Park, Myung-Hwan Rim

The Study of Deploying RFID into the Steel Industry .............................................................................................................................3294La-or Kovavisaruch, Putchapun Laochan

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