Investigating the concept of effectiveness in technology development projects in a research and technology organizations; evaluating eight technology development projects in the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI)

Abstract

One of governmental research organizations is Research and Technology Organization (RTO), whose primary is to harness science and technology in service of innovation or public bodies and industry, to improve quality of life and build economic competitiveness. Despite importance and role of research and technology organizations in innovation system, previous studies have not addressed concept of technology development projects' effectiveness implemented in RTOs. This study attempts to investigate this concept from two aspects: the concept of effectiveness in research and the concept of effectiveness in RTOs to define this concept in a research and technology organization (RIPI). To evaluate and implement proposed framework, eight technology development projects are studied at Research Institute of Petroleum Industry. Based on developed indicators and their weights, effectiveness of eight technology development projects has been evaluated using ARAS, COPRAS, MOORA, and TOPSIS multi-criteria decision-making methods.