Technological innovation is a key process for the modern enterprise to gain competitiveness. Technological innovation let United States companies become the leader of the world, and the well developed capital market is the source to promote technological innovation. Science and Technology is the goal of Japan. Japan learns from technology and innovation to become a technological power. But the financial structure is different from United States and Japan. The difference for supporting technological innovation is the subject of this research. The study found that stock market is the most important funding outside the banking system. The mature stock markets in the United States gave birth to the successful technological innovation of the modern enterprise. Whether it the patent application and the export of new products and technologies are the highest in the world. The stock market of Japan is not develop enough, it can¡¦t give enough support to technological innovation. But the tight relation between the companies and banks make up for the immaturity of the stock market. And the relation promotes the enterprises to obtain the outstanding achievements in technological innovation. Overall, the mature stock markets of United States support the development of technological innovation, and achieve a higher degree of technological innovation.

Recent research on creativity has put great emphasis on how multiple systems influence an individual¡¦s development in creativity. The main purposes of this study were (a) to understand the current situation of pupils¡¦ explanatory style, domain knowledge, creative life experience, and technological creativity; (b) to investigate the effects of pupils¡¦ grade, explanatory style, domain knowledge, and creative life experience on their technological creativity; and (c) to analyze the predictive power of pupils¡¦ grade, explanatory style, domain knowledge, creative life experience on their ability group membership of technological creativity. The participants included 418 third to sixth graders sampling from six elementary schools in Taipei City. The employed instruments were The Questionnaire of Children¡¦s Explanatory Style, The Questionnaire of Creative Life Experience, The Test of Technological Creativity, and the scores on the final exam of Science and Living Technology Areas. The employed analysis methods were Descriptives, ANOVA, one-way and two-way MANOVA, Canonical Correlation Analysis, and Discriminant Analysis. The main findings in this study were as follows: 1. There were gender differences on the pupils¡¦ performance of explanatory style, creative life experience, and technological creativity; more specifically, the girls outperformed the boys on explanatory style, creative life experience, and technological creativity. 2. There were grade differences on the pupils¡¦ explanatory style. 3. Although no significant interaction effect of grade ´ explanatory style on technological creativity was found, there were significant main effects of grade on the pupils¡¦ technological creativity. 4. Domain knowledge contributed to the pupils¡¦ performance on technological creativity. 5. Creative life experience had significant effects on the pupils¡¦ technological creativity. Among the indices of both sides, ¡§language and performing arts¡¨ had the highest correlation with technological creativity. 6. Grade, explanatory style, domain knowledge, and creative life experience could effectively predict the pupils¡¦ ability group membership of technological creativity, and grade as well as domain knowledge had better predictive power. Finally, some suggestions were proposed for teachers, relative educational institutions, parents, and further studies.

Abstract In search for new investments, innovative investment corporations need to consider many factors, including, the market side, technology side, finance side, human resources quality level and so on¡K. However, with regards to Fuel Cell and similar new heavy duty products, it is not just a normal technology and 3-5 years investment analysis; as a technological researcher, the initial research ideology is to find a norm, which can be used as a lead target at the start of the new innovative technology investment. This is one of the issues besides technological analysis, that a company investing in fuel cell need to consider at the point of investment. This also can be used as a reference for normal public investors. This research takes the point of view of the technology growth curve. It makes an attempt by representing the growth curve with accumulated patent numbers. It also investigates whether the over rated remuneration for the fuel cell industry is supported by increase in technology levels and if there were significant increases. From historical data, the results were initially unexpected as there was a positive relationship. After investigation, the main reason was that related applicable products haven¡¦t reached mature levels. Hence using fuel cell cars as the research objective, with the assistance of a realistic growth curve, initial estimates predicts the product will mature around 2008 and will be in mass production in 2010 ~ 2012. This is very similar to the prediction of future new technology schedule provided by George Washington University. Therefore the conclusion of this thesis is as below: 1. Illustrate that accumulated patent numbers represents technological advancement which can be reflected in the industry¡¦s technology capability, the growth curve. 2. According to technological capability growth curve, the over rated remuneration stock prices will raise once it reaches the applicable growth period. This is generally predicted to be after the year 2012. Even if Honda¡¦s fuel cell car is in production, the investors will still continue to invest. Otherwise, according to each company¡¦s financial analysis the investment risks will be too high.

We review previous literature on productivity effects of FDI in China and find that the evidence of FDI spillovers on her economic growth rate is mixed. Take A. Marino (2000) and E-G Lim (2001) for example, they pointed out that it just happened conditionally. Thus due to the proof of its plausibility, China¡¦s experience may help underdeveloped countries fulfill their goals and become one of the most contentious issues. Based on CH(1995), this paper presents a 3-sector R&D-based endogenous growth model in an open economy with human capital accumulation and the existing stocks of technology from MNCs as well as domestic industries. And the thread of thought is that the technology growth rate will arise if technological spillovers of FDI do act in domestic R&D sectors, and that will lead to the better development of economy. The solution satisfied to the competitive equilibrium conditions shows that long-run growth rate arises from the improvement of absorptive capability and higher human capital stock, while the relationships between technology gap and steady-state growth rate are uncertain. Then, bottomed on the results of theoretical model and the existing information including Chinese 30 provincial level data for 1996-2004, this paper tests with econometric methods¡Ð panel data OLS model with fixed effect¡Ðand makes empirical analyses. In addition, absorptive capacity is weighted by human capital. As the setting of empirical model, the major focuses are on how human capital, domestic R&D, and international technological spillovers affect long-run growth rate. And the main conclusion is that the steady-state growth rates depend positively on the stock of human capital, the investment of domestic R&D, and the effects of technological spillovers via FDI whether the absorptive capacity is considered or not. While the results also show that the stock of human capital is a definitive and appropriate index to the absorptive capacity and that Chinese provincial level productivity effects of FDI are strongly confirmed by this paper. However, there are still some hinder in China for the digestion of foreign technologies, thus in the future the authority should put more emphases on increasing human capital stock and stepping up self-innovated ability.

This research paper explores the impact of Government Procurement Law on the activities of Research and Development in Taiwan. The Empirical Study focus on the Technological Research Projects. After collecting relevant literature regarding R&D in foreign countries, this study conducted an in-depth interview to derive a questionnaire. Later, based on a questionnaire mailed to 46 officials in Taiwan area, of which 37 replies were received (a 80.44 percent response rate). The study proposed a comprehensive and innovative program on establishing the R&D management in Taiwan.

Abstract Knowledge Management System (KMS) has been receiving considerable attention in this decade and information technology (IT) is emphasized in KMS literature. Organizational members¡¦ interpretation toward IT, however, may strongly influence the results of IT introduction and implementation. This research perceives that this perspective is seldom explored in KMS literature thus investigates a Taiwanese IC testing company to study how its members¡¦ interpretations toward a KMS technology would cause the resistance. This research adopts Orlikowski & Gash¡¦s technological frame as a theoretical background to conduct the interpretive research. Related data collecting was mainly through unstructured interview(s). The result shows that there have been three different categories of interpretation (MIS manager, board masters, general users and system developers) toward the KMS technology. This research argues that the difference of interpretation among the three produced an undiscussable conflict and hence the consequent behavior marked down the usage of KMS. This research also attempts to find out how their interpretations were formed based on data available. This research also holds that though technological frame can reveal what one¡¦s interpretations are, it cannot tell us how they are formed.

The Relationship Among Thematic Integrated Instruction, Classroom Climate, Grade, Parental Socioeconomic Status and Pupil¡¦s Technological Creativity Yi-shuan Wu Abstract The main objectives of this study were to explore (a) the effects of grade and parental socioeconomic status (SES) on pupil¡¦s technological creativity; and (b) the relationships among thematic integrated instruction, classroom climate, and pupil¡¦s technological creativity. The participants included 635 third and fourth graders from four elementary schools in Taipei and Kaohsiung City. The employed instruments were The Test of Technological Creativity, The Questionnaire of Thematic Integrated instruction, two subscales from The Inventory of School Factors to the Development of Technological Creativity, and Two-factor Index of Socioeconomic Status. The employed analysis methods were Descriptives, MANOVA, Canonical Correlation, and Multiple Stepwise Regression. The main findings in this study were as follows: 1. The fourth graders outperformed the third graders on the test of technological creativity. 2. Parental socioeconomic status had positive influences on their children¡¦s performance of technological creativity. 3. The degree of teachers¡¦ implement of thematic integrated instruction had significant effects on their pupils¡¦ technological creativity. 4. A constructive classroom climate pertaining to the improvement of creativity had significant effects on pupils¡¦ technological creativity. 5. The degree of implementing thematic integrated instruction did not have significant effects on the building of constructive classroom climate pertaining to pupils¡¦ improvement of technological creativity. 6. Grade, parental SES, thematic integrated instruction, and constructive classroom climate could effectively predict pupils¡¦ technological creativity. Finally, the author proposed some suggestions for educational authorities, teachers, and future research.

The Relationships Between Work Sheets, Thinking Styles, Self-Concept and Technological Creativity among Fifth and Sixth Graders Ping-Huang Chen Abstract The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between worksheets, thinking styles, self-concept and technological creativity among fifth and sixth graders. The participants included 19 teachers and 535 pupils (291 fifth graders and 244 sixth graders) in Taipei and kaohsiung city. The employed instruments were Worksheets Appraisal, Self- Concept Appraisal, Thinking Styles Appraisal. The employed analysis methods were Descriptives, Multivariate Analysis of Variance, and Discriminant Analysis. The findings of this study revealed that (a) grade and gender had significant effects on technological creativity among the fifth and sixth Graders; (b) the teachers¡¦ application of worksheets in instruction, especially in teaching activity and evaluation, contributed to their pupils¡¦ development of technological creativity; (c) the legislative and the judicial thinking style had effects on the pupils¡¦ technological creativity; (d) self-concept, especially that about schools, had effects on the pupils¡¦ technological creativity; and (e) the teachers¡¦ use of worksheets and the pupils¡¦ thinking styles as well as self-concept could effectively predict the ability groups of the pupils¡¦ technological creativity. Finally, some suggestions were proposed for educational authorities, schools, teachers, and future studies.

The Relationships between Gender, Birth Order, Family Structure, Emotion, Creative Personalities and Technological Creativity of Fifth Graders Pei-jen Chang Abstract The main purposes of this study were (a) to investigate the differences of fifth graders¡¦ performances on technological creativity in different induced moods; and (b) to explore the relationships between gender, birth order, family structure, emotional straits, creative personalities and the fifth graders¡¦ performances on technological creativity. An unequal group pretest-posttest design was employed in this study. The participants consisted of 3 classes of fifth graders, randomly distributed into 3 groups: the experimental group A (n = 42) which received positive mood induction, the experimental group B (n = 33) which received negative mood induction, and the controlled group (n = 38) which didn¡¦t received any treatment. The employed instruments were The Questionnaire of Emotional Traits, The Questionnaire of Emotional States, The Inventory of Personal Traits to The Development of Technological Creativity, and The Test of Technological Creativity. The applied analysis methods were Descriptives, Multiple Analysis of Variance, Multivariate Analysis of Covariance, and Canonical Correlation. The findings and conclusions of this study were as follows: 1.Induced positive moods were a better facilitator for the fifth graders¡¦ performance on technological creativity than induced negative moods as well as neutral moods. 2.Positive emotional traits were able to promote the fifth graders¡¦ performance on the invention of creative products. 3.Gender differences in the fifth graders¡¦ technological creative performance were evident. While the boys¡¦ abilities to combine technological concepts were better than the girls¡¦, but their abilities to invent creative products were worse than the girls¡¦. 4.Birth order and family structure had no significant effects on the fifth graders¡¦ technological creative performance. 5.Personal traits had significant effects on the fifth graders¡¦ performance on the invention of creative products. Among all personal traits, ¡§knowledge¡¨ had the most significant effect on the fifth graders¡¦ technological creative performance. 6.Gender, birth order, family structure, mood, emotional traits, and creative personalities had significant correlations, and gender had the highest correlation with technological creativity of the fifth graders. Finally, some suggestions were proposed for teachers, relative educational institutions, parents and further study.

This dissertation is a technological study that deals with those techniques employed by the Gault Clovis people in the manufacture of both bifaces and blades. The materials studied were recovered during the 2000 and 2001 field seasons conducted by the Anthropology Department of Texas A&M University. The study involves an analysis that deals with raw material selection, blank production, reduction methods, and problems encountered, and includes a definitive description and metric calculations for each of the various artifact types analyzed. The results are then compared to similar artifact assemblages from known Clovis sites. The conclusions derived from this analysis show that the Gault Clovis people utilized a number of different strategies in both biface and blade reduction. It was found that some of these strategies, previously felt to be restricted to one reductive procedure, were connected and utilized in both procedures. In addition, it was discovered that some techniques thought to be limited to use only within the initial reduction sequence were, in fact, utilized throughout.