Industrial Technology Development
Year:2019 | Volume:16 | Issue:34|Papers Count:6

Given the importance of commercialization and the barriers in this respect for nanotechnology products, there needs more emphasis on its process in our industries. The aim of this study is to evaluate the factors affecting the commercialization of nanotechnology in Cultivation and Industry Company of Golestan in order to form the design of commercialization pattern of nanotechnology products in the food industry. This study is an applied research due to the purpose and it is a descriptive survey in terms of the method. In this study, a model has been used with 6 factors and 48 indicators whose fitness approved by Smart Pls. Also, the analytical network process (ANP) and Super Decision Software have been used to prioritize the factors affecting the commercialization. Based on ANP results, the technical factor is the first priority, and the environmental, human resources, financial, structural, organizational, and managerial ones are respectively in the next priorities according to the experts.

A need for product continuous improvement, services, and processes are widely acknowledged in today’ s complex and turbulent environment; but this program has not progressed effectively due to some barriers, and not implemented according to the principles. Identifying the mentioned barriers in science and technology parks is the aim of this project. By studying the related literature and applying the views of university experts, who were selected through judgment sample and goal-oriented sampling, 18 factors were identified as the implementation barriers of continuous improvement; then, we proceeded to rank the barriers by Fuzzy Topsis technique, and the most important one was introduced. The results show that “ low employees participation in continuous improvement activities” is the most important barriers.

One of the reasons for failure and backwardness in the industry is the impossibility and readiness of technology development. Considering the importance of the topic of identifying the factors influencing the development of technology, in this study, by reviewing the literature, these factors were identified. Among 45 effective factors identified, the important ones were determined in the form of 17 main factors by using the opinions of the experts in the small and medium industries of Guilan province. Then, the relationships between these factors were analyzed using interpretive structural modeling (ISM) technique; their ranks and levels, and the model of relationships among the key factors were determined. The results of leveling and investigating the effective factors showed that the ones of regarding the technology integration approach in order for the advent of technological innovations, managerial mechanisms and organizational infrastructures, technological entrepreneurship, and the main functions of diffusion and dissemination of technology are among the main factors of technology development in the small and medium industries that should be paid more attention.

Today, technology and related innovations have become one of the most important elements of the strategic environment of organizations. Therefore, the acceptance of technology by users is one of the most important factors in the success of an innovation. This research aims to provide a local model of technology acceptance in small and medium enterprises. Three main questions were raised in order to promote research and achieve the applied results; thus, in addition to providing a local technology acceptance model, the effective factors were identified and ranked. The statistical population of this study includes managers of small and medium-sized enterprises. The results indicate that seven factors of individual adaptation, organizational adaptation, perceived usefulness, perceived ease, attitude towards, intent and purpose, and the behavior of using technology are effective on technology acceptance. Also, after comparing the results of both Friedman test rankings and the AHP method, the same results were obtained so that the two factors, namely the attitudes towards, and the intent and purpose of using technology, had the most impact on technology acceptance. At the end and after obtaining the indigenous and fitted research model, practical proposals have been presented to the managers of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Nowadays, using the word “ platform” in the area of management researches, especially in technology management, has expanded metaphorically and conceptually. This word describes a collection of parts of a general system which interarts with the other parts of the system, and together form the system architecture; it is used to describe managerial phenomena at the level of discrete products, product systems, supply chain of industry, markets, and industries. The aim of this study is reviewing systematically, classifying, and presenting a framework of different technological platforms in order to understand their dynamics and proposing a comprehensive typology of different types of them under a coherrent theoretical logic; thus, the field in which this word is used is focused instead of concentrating on its varied meanings. The results indicate that there are five technological platforms including organizational, product, supply chain, market, and industrial ones which are classified in three groups of internal, supply chain, and external platforms. After a comprehensive classification of different platforms is created, their dynamics are shown by presenting a continuum in the form of increasing the authorities of the factors involved in platform, the participative innovation potential and the competition among factors involved in platform for innovation.

are researching and developing UAVs technology and using it in the supply chain, since UAVs commercially lead to competitive advantage, increased shipping speed, reduced costs, and environmental protection. Also, it increases the delivery of services to remote areas in critical condition. Drones, in view of their abundant capabilities, can, if implemented, transform traditional transportation methods. The use of UAVs in the supply chain, as any other new technology, has the barriers and challenges that this article, after reviewing the technology of UAVs, addresses the obstacles and the feasibility of UAVs in the supply chain, and opens up opportunities for the benefit of this technology.