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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect and importance of customer involvement in new product development. Technology uncertainty factors are of the most important factors that affect customer involvement. These two types of factors are analyzed from two distinct dimensions. Another variable that has been identified and analyzed as a mediator is the operational outcome that has two dimensions: Innovation speed and technical quality. The conceptual model and research hypotheses have been determined according to literature review of this realm. The judgmental sampling is taken from Yazd Tile industries. The implementation of data gathering has been through a questionnaire and the structural equation modeling (SEM) and partial least squares (PLS) has been used for analyzing the hypothesis, therefore we have used Smart PLS software. Finally, based on the results, all the hypotheses have been confirmed and supported.

The scientific literature of Technology Management presents a considerable level of consensus on the necessity, as well as the significance, of precisely monitoring and predicting future needs on the one hand and technological breakthroughs on the other. This stems from fast-moving technology developments, globalization of competitions and markets, accelerated technological innovations, and shrinkage of technology life cycle; which is why technology intelligence is suggested at all organizational levels in order to spot technology opportunities and threats and optimize technology-related decision making in such a versatile environment. In the last few years technology intelligence has been approached by many a researcher from various perspectives. Therefore, familiarization with their findings would make significant contributions to an inclusive understanding of technology intelligence in the areas like improvement of planning and decision-making, and enhancement of the organization's technological learning level. In view of the above, the current paper aims to review the theoretical foundations and research literature on technology intelligence including definitions, structure, process, players, methods, and technological intelligent tools. In the end of the paper, some managerial and theoretical suggestions are proposed.

Regarding nanotechnology development in Iran in recent years, projects within the framework of technological collaborations between nanotechnology suppliers in small companies and its applicants (industrial companies) were formed. In carrying out these projects, often parties face with some challenges mainly in the implementation phase that reduce its effectiveness. This study has been conducted to explain the challenges of these projects. This study is a survey research and data is collected by questionnaires and interviews. In this study, first, dimensions and indicators of important technological barriers to technological collaboration in the field of nanotechnology have been identified by a literature review and semi-structured interviews. Then, the questionnaire was design to obtain, identify and rank the comments of main actors of the technological collaborations, most important obstacles and challenges. The results show: weakness of intermediary institutions indicators in connecting technological collaboration parties; the buyer doubts about the risks of using new technologies and organizational bureaucracy processes of large companies interacting with technology providers; are the major challenges and obstacles in technological collaboration.

Nowadays concerns about environmental degradation have been increasing, therefore using strategies such as clean technology and green innovations have been established to protect and prevent its destruction. Selection of green technology is a process in which organization use it as an efficient element in planing and decision making to achieve environmental friendly products and processes. Usage of green innovation works as a complementary process at all levels of the organization with the purpose of developing environment quality. Considering the fact that performance of the organization has new meaning nowadays and different environmental aspects influence on it, organizations should implement new strategies in order to improve environmental performance. Along with mentioned issues, in this study the chemical’s SMEs as a statistical population is selected due to their high pollution and 180 questionnaires distributed among the managers. For testing the conceptual model, the structural equation modeling based on partial least squares and Smart PLS software is used. The results of this study show that green technology selection has the greatest impact on improving the environmental performance of the chemical industry.

Rapid changes in economic institutions, rapid growth, and environmental uncertainty has led some of the other issues discussed are very important innovation in organizations. Innovation has an important role in achieving competitive advantage, especially in the insurance industry has to be competitive, it is significant. In this study, the literature and summarize research and expert opinions of assessing the number of 42 indicators of innovation management in the insurance industry to identify And by developing a questionnaire with Likert scale and effectiveness of the indicators of the industry experts surveyed universities and On the decision making criteria and was accepted after screening 32 index. These indicators form five main factors: 1-Organization 2-sterategy 3-process 4-system 5-technology,Were classified by experts, Using smart PLS factors have been analyzed ,And finally using AHP factors were prioritized. The pattern is designed in a successful innovation management in the insurance industry, according to all five factors are essential and lack of attention to some factors in successfully managing technological capabilities will be diminished.