A Comparative Study of the Influence of Culture on the Innovation of Complex Technologies

这个探索性研究的小额赠款项目建议调查与以六个不同国家为中心的组织网络实施的13项复杂技术的演变相关的创新模式。它寻求洞察不同国家文化对产生新的或增强的复杂产品和工艺技术的创新过程的影响，建立在开发复杂技术变化模型的先前研究的基础上。将开展6个复杂技术案例研究，与先前的工作并行，由先前开发的轨迹框架构成。该框架反映了产生复杂技术的创新过程表现出三种不同的创新模式的证据。该提案将支持PI和一名研究生在六个国家进行初步的轮面试，以确定是否有必要进行重大研究工作。

This Small Grant for Exploratory Research project proposes to investigate the innovation patterns associated with the evolution of thirteen complex technologies carried out by organizational networks centered in six different countries. It seeks iinsight into the influence of different national cultures on the innovation processes that produce new or enhanced complex product and process technologies, building on prior research that developed a model of complex technology change. Six case studies of complex technology, paralleling earlier work, will be carried out, structured by a trajectory framework developed previously. The framework reflects evidence that the innovation processes that produce complex technologies manifest three distinct innovation patterns. The proposal will support the PI and a graduate student in carrying out initial round interviews in six countries to determine whether a major research effort is warranted.