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Investigating the Influential Factors on Mapna Business Group's Achievement of Technological Innovation Capability in the Power Plant Industry

Motaharian, Armin | 2021

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  1. Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
  2. Language: Farsi
  3. Document No: 54203 (44)
  4. University: Sharif University of Technology
  5. Department: Management and Economics
  6. Advisor(s): Souzanchi Kashani, Ebrahim
  7. Abstract:
  8. Economic growth and development are among the most critical challenges for policymakers in developing countries. The evolution of companies, especially large companies, has always been one of the main factors of economic growth in many studies on economic growth. Many developing countries have policies in place to support business groups. Still, these firms stop growing after they have grown to a certain extent and do not have technological innovation capability. In Iran, various policies have been adopting to support the growth of companies. However, only a handful of companies have achieved this capability. This study aims to understand the factors that have led Mapna Business Group in the power plant industry to achieve technological innovation capability. For this purpose, data was collected through a qualitative research method and used 16 semi-structured interviews with managers and experts who have worked in this group. This information was analyzed using a theme analysis method. This analysis showed that two categories of internal and external factors had affected the growth of this group. At the beginning of the group's activity, external factors, most of which are related to government support, played a prominent role in starting the company's path to innovative technology. In the continuation of the track, but with the government's failure to move from industrial policies to technology policies and the focus of Mapna Business Group on upgrading its capabilities, the role of external factors has decreased. Therefore, internal elements can be considered the most important reason for this business group to achieve the capability of technological innovation to continue on its path
  9. Keywords:
  10. Business Group ; Developing Countries ; Iran Power Plants Project Management (MAPNA) ; Technological Capabilities ; Technological Innovation System ; Innovation Capability ; Economic Catch-up

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