The increasing demand for water treatment and reverse osmosis -- Technical overview of the RO membrane -- The beginnings of research in the public sector -- Development for commercialization by private companies -- The rise of Japanese companies.

The objective of this article is to explore effective ways of retaining knowledge involved in new product development. Although human-based mechanisms, such as the direct transfer of project members, more effectively convey knowledge required in design integration at the higher level of product...

Multi-functional technologies widely influence on organization and often require organizational technology integration capabilities to achieve the total effectiveness. Technology integration capability here implies not only utilizing technologies in the present setting of organizational...