Identification and prioritization of innovation barriers in industrial organizations

Innovation is a powerful promoter force to achieve a better business performance in competitive and changing nowadays markets as well as the heart of economic development. Technologic change is one of the main competition bases; and its main role is changing the industrial structure as it can create new industries. This study tries to investigate factors influencing innovation process by reviewing innovation and technological innovation literature, and identifies obstacles of innovation growth, using these factors according to special conditions of Iran. Next, via field research in 21 active firms at the area of high voltage electricity equipment in the country, effectiveness of each factor in slowing trend of industrial technological innovation is determined and their related weights are calculated. In the next phase, final preference of each factor is specified. At the end, to present suitable recommendations, action priority of each factor is evaluated and suggestions are made.

کلیدواژه ها:

Innovation ، Technological innovation ، Technology management ، Technology transfer