Under the globalization of economies, the importance of cross-cultural management and knowledge creation increases. This study investigates the actor's role in knowledge creation in technology transfer under the cross-cultural environment from Russian basic research to Japanese manufacturing industry. Firstly, a literature survey was conducted with respect to the following: 1. means of communication and management of projects, 2. role of actors in cross-cultural knowledge transfer and the knowledge creation in projects. From the survey, the model of "duel core" actors is proposed and...