Analysis of Opportunities and Challenges for R&D Management and the Role of the R&D Society for its Improvement – A Case Study in Iran

Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, Nader Ale Ebrahim, Arash Golnam, M. Vasei and Ali Ghazizadeh-Moghaddam

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Abstract: Research and Development (R&D) management in Iran is faced to many barriers and obstacles, in which R&D units are considered as the basic core of the product development and innovation. Due to structural shortcomings, a great number of organizations and industries have not been able to find their actual status. There are about different 1141 R&D units with a dispersion pattern in Iran. This paper considers and analyzes the R&D case study in one of the provinces located in the north part of Iran in order to enhance the potential R&D activities in respect with the industrialized areas and zones. In this province, there are about 2504 industrial units of which there are only 44 R&D units certified by the state government. However, there are limit numbers of these R&D units that are extensively active. This paper also addresses the current status in respect with the R&D activities to find out why there is a lack and depression of these activities in the industrial units. By considering the opportunity and challenges of these R&D units, there is a need to change these units to be active in order to quickly respond the market and demand requirements. Finally, a few alternative solutions and improvement plans are proposed, in which the Iranian R&D Society is responsible for supporting and succeeding these action plans towards the organization goals.

Keywords: R&D; Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L17 M1 M11 M12 O1 O3 O32 P42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-01, Revised 2006-06-07
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Published in Proceeding of the R&D Management Conf., Lake Windermere: England (2006): pp. 1-7

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