Abstract
The principal activities of the Group are visiting innovative companies and research institutes, interviewing relevant staff members, and discussing technologies and management methods involved. Direct contact with leader in their workplaces gives us insight into implicit knowledge and know-how accumulated in the field, and suggests problems to be addressed in the future. Such opportunities have contributed for member from different industries to share problems and prospects, as well as to expand human networks. Contact with pioneering cases and leading figures in innovation is even more important today, since the importance of innovation and growth strategy has been recognized anew in the economic recovery.
