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The article provides various announcement related to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Inc. Management Society, provides an overview on various issues published within the issue. Starting January 2008, the society will change its name into IEEE Technology Management Council. Names of the recipient for the 2006, volume 53 best paper award are presented. The issue of the journal presents various reports including one by D. Libaers on the role and contribution of foreign-born scientist in the U.S.

Foreign-born scientists and researchers have long been a fixture in the U.S. R&D system. This paper examines a key indicator of scientific performance—individual research productivity. In a large sample of public sector researchers in nanoscience and technology, it was found that foreign-born scientists are consistently more productive than their native-born counterparts across different organizational settings and within a federal laboratory environment. The results furthermore show that male foreign-born researchers are more productive than their female peers in an unusually multidisciplinary research environment, except in the federal laboratory system. Both policy and management implications of these findings will be discussed. An open-versus closed-door immigration policy debate has historically resulted in policies that favor an open-door immigration policy for foreign-born researchers, but lately, and particularly since September 2001, the policy pendulum has started to swing in the other direction. I argue that a reasonable and sound immigration and science policy would balance the benefits of having a strong contingent of foreign-born researchers with the interests of current and future native-born researchers. Research-intensive organizations would serve their interests well by initiating or sustaining diversity and equal opportunity employment practices, which are likely to have a positive impact on research productivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents information on a study which dealt with the adoption of concurrent engineering approach that focuses on coordination and integration among engineering, production and marketing functions. How the added complexity of the product development path in semiconductor manufacturing in the United States may impede integration; Factions of engineers in a manufacturing firm; Examination of product development at semiconductor plants.

Explores the relationship between providing technical and managerial career opportunities to R&D (research and development) professionals and turnover. Relevance of current turnover theory; Factors influencing turnover in organizations; Listing of relationships under certain conditions; Description of methods; Results of study; Discussion of results; Implications of study; References.