Recognizing Facilitator factors affecting export of technology-oriented goods
Volume 20, Issue 4, January 2017, Pages 1-22
Ahmad Sardari; Abdolhossein Karampour; Maryam Aghamousa Tehrani
Abstract Developing and increasing technology-oriented and high tech products export is one of the most important goals of Iran long term strategies. Exporting technology-oriented goods & services is the culmination of scientific & technological activities which may lead to sustainable employment, great surplus value, national power and wealth for the country. In this paper, technology- oriented export companies of Pardis technology Park which are under supervision of presidential science and technology deputy have been studied. In this regard, by using exploratory mixed method, Facilitator factors affecting technology-oriented goods has been recognized by qualitative research through directional qualitative content analysis method in five categories (Chamber of Commerce, presidential science and technology deputy, government in macro level, international partners and cooperative level). At the next step these factors have been analyzed using interpretive structural modeling and Dematel method which are soft modeling approaches. Factors of casual relationships and also their interpretive structural graded model were extracted and factors relating to the government clusters are recognized as the most important Enablers for developing technology-oriented goods.
Determining most significant project risk's categories with considering causal relations between them in the fuzzy environment
Volume 17, Issue 3, September 2013, Pages 49-69
Amin Vafadar Nikjoo; Ali Shahabi; S.M. Ali Khatami Firouzabadi
Abstract Every project has many risks and as there are many complexities in projects today, recognizing the most important risks is essential for projects' success and efficiency. In this research, we tried to determine most significant risk's categories in the framework of risk breakdown structure of 4th edition of Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide that can be generalize to all projects in Iran. With considering dependencies and interactive relations between risks of project, we used DEMATEL method to determine the most significant project risk's categories on the basis of risk breakdown structure of 4th edition of Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide. Also fuzzy set theory was applied to measure experts' subjective judgments, experts who have rich expertise and knowledge in Iranian projects were selected to evaluate the influences. The results revealed that "External", "Technical", "Project Management" and "Organizational" risks are significant and in the most important risk's category which is "External", "Regulatory" risks and in "Technical", "Project Management" and "Organizational" risks, "Technology", "Estimating" and "Project Dependencies" are the most important risks respectively and should be paid more attention because they were in the first rank of importance.
Evaluating causes of managers' efficiency reduction: A novel hybrid model based on factor analysis and DEMATEL
Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2012, Pages 21-38
mahdi attari; MOHAMMAD BAGERI
Abstract One of important steps to quality improvement of activities and increasing productivity in manufacturing systems, is noticing and emphasizing on evaluation factors that be Caused to personnel's efficiency reduction. Correct and timely recognition of factors that reduce to personnel's efficiency, especially managers, meets to efficiency improvement. One of major reasons of managers' efficiency reduction is dawdle. in this paper using descriptive statistics, Factor Analysis method and DEMATEL technique, has been purposed a novel model to analyzing existent similarities and diversities between opinions of different groups' managers of one company about reasons of dawdle, specifying and classifying most important areas that need to improvement, and specifying cause and effect relation between them. Findings this model show the most effective factor of dawdle and finally managers' efficiency reduction in office is very much visits and sessions with very little results, and least effective factor is be inordinate social. Also most causal factors are job incentive shortage, expert personnel shortage, mistake or incomplete information, and self assurance shortage.