Identification and Prioritization of Effective Factors on the Creation and Development of Industry Cluster of Rail Industries Using Network Analysis Technique

Farzin Modarres Khiyabani,Kamaleddin Rahmani,Reza Yadegari

doi:10.14488/bjopm.2018.v15.n4.a3

Abstract

Increased productivity and new investment are two methods for the development of industry, and one of the differences between advanced industrial countries and developing countries is to pay particular attention to development through increased productivity. In recent years, new models have been developed in the industry sector, dating to less than fifteen years; one of them is the model of industrial cluster development. Industrial clustering is being carried out today in almost every country in the world. In Iran, the industrial cluster issue is considered in scientific and decision-making centers, as well as in the development plans of the country. The purpose of this research was to identify and prioritize the effective factors on the development and creation of industry cluster of rail industries in the Markazi Province using the network analysis technique. In order to identify cluster creation factors, library studies and the Delphi method were used with the cooperation of the expert group. In the following, we examined the relative importance of these factors using the network analysis technique and the factors were prioritized by Super Decision Application. The results showed that the indicators of geographical concentration and environmental factors are included in the most important factors and the communication index is the least important factor in the creation and development of industrial clusters of rail industries in the Markazi Province.

Highlights

Alfred Marshall (1890), in the book Principles of Economics, mentions the accumulation of specialized industries in local areas as industrial clusters (Kuah, 2002)
What makes clusters be considered in this way by policy-makers are the opportunities related to collective action, which result from external economy of scale, low transaction costs, and collective action
In order to achieve the main objective of the research, comprehensive identification of the factors and sub-factors affecting the creation and development of industrial clusters, the Delphi method was used and it was moderated using statistical analysis and, in the end, the network analysis process technique was used to rank these factors

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Introduction

Alfred Marshall (1890), in the book Principles of Economics, mentions the accumulation of specialized industries in local areas as industrial clusters (Kuah, 2002). Industrial clusters are considered as one of the most important and successful industrial and regional development approaches and are considered by many policy makers in developed and developing countries. It is presented the different definitions provided for the cluster by different researchers, and a functional definition will be found for the purposes of this research. The mere special accumulation of companies that do not communicate with each other cannot increase collective performance It is the interactions and external effects that are considered. The industrial clusters of the accumulation of collaborative and rival industries in a networked area in the form of vertical and horizontal communications, including the joint and strong links between the buyer and the supplier, are expert economic institutions (Stimson et al, 2006). Porter attributes the development of the cluster to competition and focuses on how to compete through these key factors (Kumar, 2005)

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