Framework for assessing technological innovation capability in research and technology organizations

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate technology innovation capabilities (TICs) of research and technology organizations (RTOs) by applying Fuzzy-DEMATEL & ANP techniques, in order to provide a practical lookout for their firm’s requirement in this regard. Based on literature review, six main criteria and eighteen sub-criteria are extracted. Fuzzy-DEMATEL is applied to analyze the casual relationships among the criteria and subcriteria. After identifying the relations between the criteria a questionnaire is developed and distributed among sixteen experts to assess the validity of the questionnaire, then the relations are weighted by ANP. It is concluded that proposed model is a comprehensive model that integrates qualitative and quantitative approaches to develop a step by step model to reach to the main TICs criteria in RTOs. Although, there are many previous researches illustrating various models to evaluate TICs, there is no formidable one using these techniques combination. Based on the abilities of the techniques and the results emerged this paper has prepared a robust model available for other RTOs to adopt as a true reference to reach to their TICs.

Keywords:

• technology innovation capability (TIC)
• research and technology organization (RTO)
• Fuzzy-DEMATEL model
• ANP
• research institute of petroleum industry (RIPI)
• innovation
• technology

JEL Classification:

• Q33
• L24
• C44

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Sara Sadat Mortazavi Ravari

Sara Sadat MORTAZAVI RAVARI is Ph.D. Student in Management of Technology at University of Tehran, Iran. She holds her Master degree in Management of Technology at University of Alame Tabatabaie, Iran. Her research interests focus on technological strategy planning and decision support systems.

Ehsan Mehrabanfar

Ehsan MEHRABANFAR is MA in Organisational Change & Development Studies at Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. BSc in petroleum engineering from Petroleum University of Technology (2010), & MBA from Department of Management, Science & Technology, Amir Kabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. Authors of over 20 papers published in national and international journals. Research interests include developmental economics, change, development studies, strategic planning, organisational development.

Audrius Banaitis

Audrius BANAITIS is a Professor in the Department of Construction Economics and Property Management at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania. His research interests include project/ risk management and project success, property management, sustainability and construction industry development, innovation management, strategic management, multiple criteria decision making: applications in construction and real estate.

Nerija Banaitienė

Nerija BANAITIENĖ is an Associated Professor in the Department of Construction Economics and Property Management at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania. Her research interests include project/risk management and project success, property management, multiple criteria decision making: applications in construction and real estate.