Perception gap among Japan, Thailand, Vietnam and Philippine in technology transfer and academic-industrial collaboration

This paper focuses on the perception gaps among Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Philippine in technology transfer and academic-industrial collaboration from the view point of technology management. The authors could find the differences among these countries based on the questionnaire survey. The business activities have been rapidly expanding across country borders with economic globalization. In order to strengthen relationships and fruitfully live together in Asian countries, we need to promote technology transfer and academic-industrial collaboration to grow the local industries. Especially, Thailand Vietnam and Philippine are rapidly developing, and come to play important roles in Asian economy. The authors have conducted research on the real needs and obstacles in this field from the view point of technology management. In order to understand the Asia region comprehensively, it is required to understand cultural background behind such needs and obstacles. To find difference among these countries in technology transfer and academic-industrial collaboration, we have conducted questionnaire survey on these countries. We could collect questionnaires from administrations, universities, companies, etc. As a result, we could extract factors regarding technology transfer and academic-industrial collaboration by factor analysis, and analysis of variance was used to compare means among four countries.