2015: Knowledge Transfer Across Borders: Integrative Approaches

January 14th

• Prof. Dr. Katja TRIPLETT (Department of East Asian Studies, University of Göttingen)
• Prof. Dr. Hiltraud CASPER-HEHNE (Vice President, University of Göttingen)
• Marijke WAHLERS (Head of International Department, German Rectors’ Conference)
• Yuki KONAGAYA, M.A. (Executive Director of the National Institutes for the Humanities)

• Evolutionary Biology of the Human Mind: “Triadic Niche-Construction” to Advance our Knowledge/World Beyond Boundary Conditions
  Prof. Dr. Atsushi IRIKI 入來篤史 (RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako City, Japan)
• Knowledge Transfer in Multinational Corporations
  Prof. Dr. Markus PUDELKO (International Business, University of Tübingen)

January 15th

SESSION I: PARADIGMS OF KNOWLEDGE
Chair: Fabian Froese

• Transferring Medical and Religious Knowledge: Indian Healing Techniques in Japan
  TRIPLETT, Katja (University of Göttingen, Department of East Asian Studies)
• Vision for Human Culture from the Perspective of the Apex of the Oil Civilization: Ways of Living with Futurability, even in the Absence of Oil
  NAWATA, Hiroshi 縄田浩志 (Akita University, Faculty of International Resource Sciences)
• Global R&D by Japanese MNEs: Knowledge Sourcing and Transferring from Host Countries to Home Country
  IGUCHI, Chie 井口知栄 (Keio University, Faculty of Business and Commerce)

SESSION II: SYSTEM ENCOUNTERS
Chair: Katja Triplett

• Mixed Language in Intercultural Context: Sociolinguistic Aspects in Turkish-German Youth Culture
  KAZANCI, Cuma (University of Göttingen, Department for Turkish and Central Asian Studies)
• Effect of Cognitive- and Affect-based Trust on Interorganizational Knowledge Transfer Across Borders: A Case Study of Shiseido’s Chinese Operations
  USUI, Tetsuya 臼井哲也 (College of Law, Nihon University)
• Utilizing Social Software for Knowledge Transfer in Distributed Product Development Settings – Challenges and Mitigation Strategies
  ROHMANN, Sebastian (University of Göttingen, Chair of Application Systems and E-business)

SESSION III: LINGUISTIC PARTICULARITIES, GLOBAL COMMUNICATION
Chair: Shigemi Inaga

• Intercultural Interaction Germany–Japan: Problems and Perspectives
  CASPER-HEHNE, Hiltraud (University of Göttingen, Department of Intercultural German Studies)
• Diplomatic Ceremonial in Late Tokugawa Regime
  SANO, Mayuko 佐野真由子 (International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
• Cultural Diversity in Multinational Corporations: An Ethnographic View
  MOOSMÜLLER, Alois (University of Munich, Institute for Intercultural Communication)

SESSION IV: EMBODIED KNOWLEDGE
Chair: Yuriko Yamanaka

• Knowledge Creation in Diverse Work Groups
  HILDISCH, Katharina (University of Göttingen, Department of Business)
• Embodied Knowledge in Rabari Embroidery Patterns
  UEBA, Yoko 上羽陽子 (National Museum of Ethnology)
• Therapeutic Habitus: Religion, Biomedicine and Healing in South Africa
  BURCHARDT, Marian (Max-Planck-Institute Göttingen)

January 16th

SESSION V: UNSPOKEN AND UNKNOWN FORMS OF KNOWLEDGE
Chair: Mayuko Sano

• Communicative Aspect of Bodily Knowledge: Malagasy Fishers’ Innovation in Gears and Techniques
  IIDA, Taku 飯田卓 (National Museum of Ethnology)
• Shades of Subsidiary Silence
  SARABI, Almasa (University of Göttingen, Department of Business)
• Non-Knowledge: Addressing the Unknown While Innovating and Regulating
  BOESCHEN, Stefan (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis)

SESSION VI: KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS
Chair: Chie Iguchi

• Interorganizational Practices to Manage Absorptive Capacity in a Semiconductor Industry Consortium
  MÜLLER-SEITZ, Gordon (Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Chair for Strategic Management)
• Vertical and Horizontal Knowledge Inflows and Subsidiary Performance: Moderating Effects of Network Characteristics
  KAWAI, Norifumi 河合憲史 (University of Sussex, School of Business, Management & Economics)
• Travelling Narratives and Networks of Knowledge: The Case of the Alexander Romance
  YAMANAKA, Yuriko 山中由里子 (National Museum of Ethnology)

SESSION VII: ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE
Chair: Katja Triplett

• Heritage Management as an Act of Compensation—A New Insight into Knowledge Transfer
  INAGA, Shigemi 稲賀繁美 (International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
• What Does it Mean to be a Master of Yoga between India and Europe? Transmission of Yoga and its Reinterpretations Across Borders
  BURGER, Maya (University of Lausanne, Department of Languages and Civilizations of the Slaves and South Asia)
• Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Medical or Healthcare Interventions and its Policy Relevance
  IBUKA, Yoko 井深陽子 (Tohoku University, Graduate School of Economics and Management)

SESSION VIII: SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIETY
Chair: Stefan Boeschen

• Expatriate Scientists’ Knowledge Creation
  FROESE, Fabian (University of Göttingen, Department of Business)
• Communicating “Science in Action”: Lessons Learned from March 11 and the STAP Affair
  NAKAMURA, Masaki 中村征樹 (Osaka University, Center for Education in Liberal Arts and Sciences)
• Beyond the Boundary of the University Museum: Mobilizing Collections in Contemporary Society
  TERADA, Ayumi 寺田鮎美 (University of Tokyo, University Museum)