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technovation The International Journal of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Management Contents of Volume 20, 2000 and Author Index technovation The International Journal of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Management EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ASSOCIATE EDITORS BOOK REVIEW EDITOR Dr. G. Hayward Prof. R. Mason Prof. A.S. Sohal Prof. J.R. Bessant 2 Brook Close, Department of Information Department of Management Centre for Research in Woodham Walter, and Management Sciences, Monash University, PO BOX Innovation Management Maldon, College of Business, 197 (CENTRIM) Essex CM9 6RG, UK Florida State University, Caulfield East 3145, Australia University of Brighton, Tallahassee, Falmer, Brighton, FL 32304-1110, USA East Sussex BN1 9PH, UK EDITORIAL BOARD Dr. D. Archibugi Prof. M. Hobday Prof. G. Rosegger ISRDS-CNR, Via Cesare de Lollis 12, Science Policy Research Unit, Department of Economics, 00 100 Roma, Italy University of Sussex, Mantell Building, Weatherhead School of Management, Falmer, Brighton BNI 9RF, UK Case Western Reserve University, Prof. J.R. Bessant Cleveland, OH 44106, USA CENTRIM, Prof. K. Holt University of Brighton, Falmer, Brighton, University of Trondheim, Prof. R. Rothwell East Sussex BNI 9PH, UK Alfred Getz vei 1, 26 Modena Road, N-7034 Trondheim - NTH, Norway Hove, Sussex BN3 5GQ, UK Dr. S. Brown University of Bath, Prof. H. Hiibner Prof. R. Roy School of Management Technikwirkungs- und Department of Design & Innovation, Bath BA2 7AY, UK Innovationsforschung (Technology Faculty of Technology, Performance and Innovation Research), Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK Mr. J Cammell Warwick Manufacturing Group University of Kassel, D-3500 Kassel, Prof. A.M. Sanchez Germany Arden House Executive Post Experience Centre, Departmento de Economio y University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK Prof. J.H. Jensen Direction de Empresas, Department of History, Centro Politecnico Superior, Mr. P. Cordsen Maria de Luna, 3, 50015 Zarasoza, Spain University of Waikato, Bygaden 46b, DK-2630, Taastrup, Denmark Hamilton, New Zealand Dr. P.N. Shashkov Prof. F.A. Johne TETRA Consult Ltd, Moscow State University, Prof. T.R. De Gregori The City University Business School, Vorobjovy Gory, University of Houston, University Park, 119899 Moscow, Russia The Barbican Centre, Houston, TX77004, USA London EC2Y 8HB, UK Prof. D.R. Snaddon Prof. G.R. Foxall Prof. H. Krupp School of Mechanical, Industrial Department of Management Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, and Aeronautical Engineering, Keele University Breslauer Strasse 48, University of Witwatersand, Staffordshire STS 5BG, UK D-7500 Karlsruhe 1, Germany PO Bag 3, WITS 2050, South Africa Dr. Myrna Gilbert Dr. L.A. Lefebvre 12 Tycehurst Hill Dr. A. Tomes Département de génie industriel, Loughton, Essex IG10 IBY, UK Ecole Polytechnique, Sheffield Hallam University Dr. A. Gunasekaran Campus de |’ Université de Montréal Art & Design Research Centre, Department of Management, PO Box 6079, Psalter Lane Campus, Sheffield S11 8UZ, UK University of Massachussetts, Succ Centre-Ville Montréal, Quebec Dr. S. Udo North Dartmouth, Canada H3C 3A7 67 Hazell Avenue, MA, USA Prof. D. Lethbridge Colchester, Essex CO2 9DS, UK Prof. Y.P. Gupta Faculty of Management, Ms. Gerry Van Dyck Dean, College of Business, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Victoria EIASM, University of Colorado at Denver, 3217, Australia Rue d’Egmont 13 P.O. Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217, USA Prof. A.N. Link B-1050 Brussels, Belgium Prof. J. Hagedoorn Department of Economics, Prof. K.H. Vesper Faculty of Economics, School of Business of Economics, Management and Mechanical Engineering Rijksuniversiteit Limburg, University of North Carolina, School of Business P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Greensboro, NC 27412-5001, USA University of Washington Maastricht, Netherlands Prof. S.J. Mantel, Jr. Seattle, WA 98195, USA Dr D. J. Hall College of Business Administration, Dr. V. Walsh Thames Gateway Technology Centre, University of Cincinnati, Manchester School of Management, UMIST, University of East London, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA Manchester M60 1QD, UK East Building, 4 University Way, Prof. W.E. McMullan Prof. T.A. Watkins London E16 2RD, UK Faculty of Management, University of Calgary, Lehigh University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 Rauch Business Center #37 Dr. A.P. Hameri Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA Dr. P. Mustar CERN, EST-DIV CH-1211 Geneva 23 Centre de Sociologie de I’ Innovation, Prof. S. Young Switzerland Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, Department of Marketing 62, boulevard Saint-Michel, University of Strathclyde Prof. K. Hitomi, P.E. 75272 Paris Cédex 06, France 173 Cathedral Street College of Business Administration, Glasgow, G4 ORQ Ryukoku University Prof. J.A. Pimenta-Bueno Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612, Japan; also at Beijing Department of Industrial Engineering, Institute of Technology, Southwestern Jiaotong Pontificia Universidade Cat6lica University, Nanjing University, Nankai do Rio de Janeiro, University and Jongqing University, China 22453 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Contents of Volume 20, 2000 Volume 20 Number1 January 2000 Editorial George Hayward REFEREED PAPERS A model for the assessment of new technology for the manufacturing enterprise M.W. Pretorius and G. de Wet (Pretoria, South Africa) The interaction between product concept and institutional inducement: a new driver of product innovation Motokazu Orihata and Chihiro Watanabe (Tokyo, Japan) 11 Informal networking and industrial life cycles Andreas Pyka (Cedéx 9, France) 25 Innovational adaption in the UK water and wastewater industry: a case study of introducing DTA J.E. Burgess, P.J. Longhurst, J. Quarmby and T. Stephenson (Cranfield, UK) 37 Textile design protection: Copyright, CAD and competition Keith Dickson and Anne-Marie Coles (Uxbridge, UK) 47 INDUSTRIAL VIEWPOINT The cradle of Taiwan high technology industry development - Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) Wen-Hsiung Lee (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Wei-Tzen Yang (Tamsui, Taiwan) 59 Volume 20 Number2 February 2000 REFEREED PAPERS Diseconomies of endogenous technological change in the globalizing continuous improvement firm John W. Mogab (San Marcos, USA) and William E. Cole (Knoxville, USA) 61 Spin-offs from CERN and the case of TuoviWDM Eero Byckling, Ari-Pekka Hameri (Helsinki, Finland), Thomas Pettersson and Horst Wenninger (Geneva, Switzerland) 71 Typology and strategic analysis of intangible resources. A resource-based approach Esteban Fernandez, José M. Montes and Camilo J. Vazquez (Oviedo, Spain) 81 Advanced manufacturing technology transfer and implementation in developing countries. The case of the Cypriot manufacturing industry Andreas Efstathiades (Nicosia, Cyprus), Savvas A. Tassou (Uxbridge, UK), George Oxinos (Nicosia, Cyprus) and Antonios Antoniou (Durham, UK) 93 Engineering design and economic evaluation of a family-sized biogas projects in Nigeria O. Adeoti (Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria), M.O. Ilori, T.O. Obeybisi and L.O. Adekoya (Ile-Ife, Nigeria) 103 Volume Cont/e Tenchntovastio n 20 (2000) III-VIII Small firms, innovation and employment creation in Britain and Europe. A question of expectations... Bruce S. Tether (Manchester, UK) 109 Volume 20 Number 3 March 2000 REFEREED PAPERS Technological entrepreneurship. Integrating technological and product innovation Anne Tomes, Rose Erol (Sheffield, UK) and Peter Armstrong (Keele, UK) 115 Perceived innovation of Israel’s largest firms: an empirical study Hariolf Grupp (Karlsruhe, Germany) and Shlomo Maital (Haifa, Israel) 129 Innovative networks in manufacturing: some empirical evidence from the metropolitan area of Barcelona Javier Revilla Diez (Hannover, Germany) 139 National systems of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT): hierarchical classification scheme and policy formulation process Yong-Tae Park (Seoul, South Korea) 151 Innovation in low tech SMBs: evidence of a necessary constructivist approach Vincent Boly, Laure Morel, Jean Renaud and Claudine Guidat (Nancy, France) 161 Volume 20 Number 4 April 2000 REFEREED PAPERS Technological fusion and telemedicine in Japanese companies Masayo Fujimoto, Kumiko Miyazaki (Tokyo, Japan) and Nick von Tunzelmann (Brighton, UK) 169 Analysis of technological learning for the Thai manufacturing industry Prasopchoke Pramongkit, Teay Shawyun and Boonmark Sirinaovakul (Bangkok, Thailand) 189 Social construction of industrial advantage Shih-Chang Hung (Hsin Chu, Taiwan) 197 Planning for an environment-friendly car Udo Mildenberger and Anshuman Khare (Mainz, Germany) 205 Technological assessment of palm oil production in Osun and Ondo states of Nigeria K.A. Taiwo, O.K. Owolarafe, L.A. Sanni, J.O. Jeje, K. Adeloye, O.O. Ajibola (Ile-Ife, Nigeria) 215 Volume Cont/e Tenchntovastio n 20 (2000) III-VIII V Volume 20 Number5 May 2000 REFEREED PAPERS Technological convergence, globalisation and ownership in the UK computer industry Suma Athreye (Manchester, UK) and David Keeble (Cambridge, UK) 227 Complex agendas for new technology adoption in the UK water industry T. Clark, P. Jeffrey and T. Stephenson (Cranfield, UK) 247 New product development practices in American and British firms A. Balbontin, B.B. Yazdani (Coventry, UK), R. Cooper (Salford, UK) and W.E. Souder (Huntsville, USA) 257 Infrastructure development planning in SEA: an analysis of the national telecommunications planning practice in Thailand Liaquat Hossain (Auckland, New Zealand) 275 Volume 20 Number 6 June 2000 REFEREED PAPERS Davids vs Goliaths in the small satellite industry: the role of technological innovation dynamics in firm competitiveness Elias G. Carayannis (Washington, USA) and Robie I. Samanta Roy (Alexandria, USA) 287 Industrial dynamism and the creation of a “virtuous cycle” between R&D, market growth and price reduction. The case of photovoltaic power generation (PV) development in Japan Chihiro Watanabe, Kouji Wakabayashi and Toshinori Miyazawa (Tokyo, Japan) 299 Direct toxicity assessment: adaptation and the proactive roles of regulators and operators Joanna E. Burgess, P. Longhurst, J. Quarmby and T. Stephenson (Cranfield, UK) 313 New multimedia services in the education, medical and welfare sectors Mitsuru Kodama (Tokyo, Japan) 321 Management of new product development in selected food companies in Nigeria M.O. Ilori, J.S. Oke and S.A. Sanni (Ile-Ife, Nigeria) 333 Volume 20 Number? July 2000 REFEREED PAPERS The development of a technology transfer strategy in the aerospace industry: the case of the Italian Space Agency Giorgio Petroni (Montegiardino, San Marino) and Chiara Verbano (Padova, Italy) 345 VI Volume Contents / Technovation 20 (2000) III-VIII Technology transfer to China: alliances of Chinese enterprises with western technology exporters X. Chen and C. Sun (Beijing, People’s Republic of China) 353 Contracting, co-operative relations and extended enterprises Penny-Anne Cullen (Coventry, UK) 363 Human resource management strategies and practices in Just-In-Time environments: Australian case study evidence Damien Power and Amrik S. Sohal (Caufield East, Australia) 373 Investigation and validation of technological learning versus market performance Elias G. Carayannis (Washington DC, USA) 389 Volume 20 Number 8 August 2000 REFEREED PAPERS The forward and backward flow of technology: the relationship between foreign suppliers and domestic technological advance Steven G. Craig and Thomas R. DeGregori (Houston, USA) 403 An empirical analysis of innovative activity of universities in the United States Yukio Miyata (Osaka-fu, Japan) 413 Linking entrepreneurship and strategic management: evidence from Spanish SMEs Montserrat Entriaglo, Esteban Fernandez and Camilo J. Vazquez (Oviedo, Spain) 427 Evolutional dynamics of product innovation: the case of consumer electronics Motokaza Orihata and Chihiro Watanabe (Tokyo, Japan) 437 Internet access in Bahrain: business patterns and problems Janet J. Palmer (Port Charlotte, USA) 451 Volume 20 Number 9 September 2000 REFEREED PAPERS The use of the Internet in recruitment—case studies from West Lothian, Scotland Tony Kinder (Edinburgh, UK) 461 Leveraging knowledge, learning, and innovation in forming strategic government- university-industry (GUI) R&D partnerships in the US, Germany and France Elias G. Carayannis (Washington DC, USA), Jeffrey Alexander (Bethesda, USA) and Anthony Ioannidis (Athens, Greece) 477 Volume Cont/e Tenchntovastio n 20 (2000) III-VIII Vil Challenges of Korean technology-based ventures and governmental policies in the emergent sector Jangwoo Lee (Taegu, South Korea) 489 Differences of organizational characteristics in new product development: cross-cultural comparison of Korea and the US Jahee Lee, Jingjoo Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and William E. Sonder (Huntsville, USA) 497 Implications of expert system for the operations of financial institutions Mahesh Gupta (Louisville, USA) On reliability and maintenance management of electronic equipment in the tropics T.O. Oyebishi (Ile-Ife, Nigeria) 517 Volume 20 Number 10 October 2000 REFEREED PAPERS “Developers”: key actors of the innovation process. Types of developers and their contacts to institutions involved in research and development, continuing education and training, and the transfer of technology Andreas Balthasar, Christoph Battig (Luzern, Switzerland), Alain Thierstein and Beate Wilhelm (St. Gall, Switzerland) 523 The adoption of continuous improvement and innovation strategies in Australian manufacturing firms Milé Terziovski and Amrik S. Sohal (Caulfield East, Australia) 539 Socialization of technopreneurism: towards symbiosis in corporate innovation and technology strategy Check-Teck Foo and Check-Tong Foo (Singapore) 551 Factors influencing patenting in small computer software producing companies Henrik Olsson and Douglas H. McQueen (Géteborg, Sweden) 563 Information on micro-enterprises involved in cassava and palm oil processing in the Osun and Ondo states of Nigeria J.A. Osunbitan, J.O. Olushina, J.O. Jeje, K.A. Taiwo, M.O. Faborode and O.O. Ajibola (Ile-Ife, Nigeria) 577 Volume 20 Number1 1 November 2000 REFEREED PAPERS Engaging the business support network to give SMEs the benefit of Foresight E.J. Major and M. Cordey-Hayes (Cranfield, UK) Vill Volume Cont/e Tenchntovastio n 20 (2000) III-VIII Strategic alliances as a source of early-stage seed capital in new technology-based firms Elias G. Carayannis (Washington DC, USA), Suleiman K. Kassicieh and Raymond Radosevich (Albuquerque, USA) 603 Developing product platforms: analysis of the development process Moreno Muffatto and Marco Roveda (Padua, Italy) 617 Current and future patterns of using advanced manufacturing technologies Hongyi Sun (Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China) 631 Examining service quality within construction processes Ayman H. Al-Momani (Mu’tah, Jordan) 643 Volume 20 Number1 2 December 2000 REFEREED PAPERS Technology spill-over from the aircraft industry: the case of Volvo Aero Séren Eriksson (Jénképing, Sweden) 653 Lean production and supplier relations: a survey of practices in the Aragonese automotive industry Manuela P. Pérez and Angel M. Sanchez (Zaragoza, Spain) 665 Economic issues in recycling and end-of-life vehicles Klaus Bellmann and Anshuman Khare (Mainz, Germany) 677 Influential factors in the choice of technology acquisition mode: an empirical analysis of small and medium size firms in the Korean telecommunication industry Dae-Hyun Cho (Seoul, South Korea) and Pyung-II Yu (Taejon, South Korea) 691 Innovation in the every day life of libraries Anthi Katsirikou (Chania, Greece) and Elena Sefertzi (Thessaloniki, Greece) 705 Organisational impact of information technology on the banking and insurance sector in Nigeria L.O. Ugwu, T.O. Oyebisi, M.O. [lori and E.R. Adagunodo (Ile-Ife, Nigeria) 711 hibits Mpnensinnanseneee , ‘ 7 ‘. &. 7 . . . : “ ‘ i — \ ; : a - od mee y * A A 4 ‘ : * —e. hf ig 3 . a és . f § = . Se * i ‘ $* 2s ’ 4 ; ‘ . S= ar * , ore Ft z , < x t * - a" z ~