Related to this topic, I wonder if anyone is working in the area of cultural differences as it relates to science and technology foresight?
I can't find much solid research on this topic.
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Dear Professor Laouisset:
I found your email most intriguing. Did you omit <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> in your chapter list for any reason? I am in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>, and completed by DBA at Grenoble Ecole de Management in 2006 (I was an older, adult student; age 50 when DBA completed). Along with a co-author from The Netherlands and France, we just had accepted an article that dealt with when cultural differences may foster a tech market in one country that does not exist in another. This article examined the market for presentation technology in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region> legal market (attorneys) as opposed to the situation in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region> - where because of their legal system and methods of practice, this market does not exist. If this is of interest, or if this topic could be adapted into a chapter - perhaps even as a basis of your chapter 7 or chapter 10, please let me know. I would like to work with you on this, but do not exactly know how to formally proceed with you other than send you this email.
Thank you in advance for a reply.
In charge of Editing a book dealing with the state of the art of the question of "North-South Transferability of Managerial Technology:A critical approach" ,we invite you to submit a chapter or choose from the ones available .If you have an interestr in the topic and wish to take responsibility for any of the remaining chapters please send an abstract.You are most welcome to propose any overlooked chapter you deem essential to be part of this research project..
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Introduction:The question of management transferability?Has management knowledge been transfered(internalized&reproduced locally) or simply exported(and consumed as is)?( allocated)
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Chap.3.The Asian Experience (available)
Chap.4.The Latin American Experience (available)
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Chap.6.Synthesis of regional cases.(allocated)
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Chap.8.The imperative intervention of states and institutions.(available)
Chap.9.Sustainability of management transferability:towards a form co-development of management technology(available)
Chap.10.Management knowledge :towards congruence(global) or divergence(glocal)?(available)
Chap.12.Role of elite in socialization of management knowledge (available)
Conclusions/Policy Recommendations(allocated)
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