Abstract:
Special attention to the relative advantages of the economy is the best way toward economic development in every country. Owing to its considerable natural oil and gas resources, Iran has a high potential for the development of these industries. In the value chain process of these God-given resources, a wide diversity of final downstream petrochemical products has a significant charm and scope for technological innovation and development. In the absence of a systematic perspective, all the planning and costs in this field will fail. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to design and analyze the dynamic model of technological innovation management in petrochemical downstream industries in Iran. A questionnaire was designed by analyzing the research literature and the opinions of the experts; then, the factors were investigated using verification factor analysis and structural equations with Smart PLS; the final 26 indicators were categorized in four domains including firm, industry, national, and international. Next, using system thinking and Vensim PLE 6. 4, the technology innovation management structure was designed in the downstream industries. The behavior of key variables was also predicted for a 7-year time horizon. Finally, it was used to formulate the technology innovation management scenario.
Machine summary:
Therefore, the purpose of this study is to design and analyze the dynamic model of technological innovation management in petrochemical downstreamindustries in Iran.
In this regard, this research is aimed at proposing a technological innovation management model for the downstream petrochemical industries using a dynamic system to present the effects and final consequences affecting the technological innovations in this sector.
So, the main research question is: what is the model of technological innovation management in the downstream petrochemical industries of Iran?
Previous studies have shown that research on the effective factors in the management of technological innovation in downstream petrochemical industries has failed to focus on the part .
Bellegard and Prates (2017) assessed the main factors determining the necessary skills in the process of technology innovation, including the strategic plan of technology, intellectual property management, technology forecasting, and monitoring, and the management of research, and development projects, some of which are internal and some are environment-related.
First, in order to achieve the goals of the study, a total of 34 effective indicators in technological innovation management were identified in downstream petrochemical industries and the final questionnaire was designed based on the extensive library studies including domestic and foreign authoritative papers and publications, as well as field research using semi-structured interviews with experts.
(1) represents the conceptual model of the research and the classification of the effective factors of technological innovation management in downstream petrochemical industries.
An exploratory model for the development of innovations based on knowledge-based business developers in the downstream petrochemical industry, 6th International Technology Management Conference, Tehran.