National And International Knowledge Transfers When Using Technology On The Conservation & Restoration Of Paintings

[EN] This paper analyses whether there is national and international knowledge transfer in the creative industry of conservation and restoration of paintings. A comparison between American and European museums is exhibited, distinguishing collaboration with research institutes and universities. A bibliometric measurement was used to obtain the data and a factor analysis to examine them. Results show that European and American museums tend to cooperate in knowledge development with other museums, institutes and universities located in its geographical area.
The authors would like to thank Ministry of Science and Innovation for financially supporting this research (ECO2010-17318 MICINN Project) and Search Technology Inc for a trial version 7.0 of the VantagePoint Software.