Mitsubishi / National Laboratories / IBM / General Electric / Toshiba / Dow Corning / AT&T / NEC / Matsushita / United Technologies / Shimizu / PPG Industries / Motorola / NTT / Monsanto / Eastman Kodak / Teradyne / Hitachi / Dow Chemical / Nippon Steel / /
Country
Japan / United States / /
Facility
Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Tokyo Institute of Technology / /
IndustryTerm
travel costs / manufacturing performance / online and off-line data sources / technology development / reference tools / manufacturing / technology developments / /
Organization
National Science Foundation / Hitachi Foundation / Japan Foundation / Starr Foundation / office of Technology Assessment / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission / Tokyo Institute of Technology / /
INTRODUCTION On September 13,1988, the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Japan Science and Technology Program (JSTP) held a one-day workshop to discuss MIT’s Japa