Case Report
Identification and Prioritization of the Technology Transfer Risk Factors Using Fuzzy-AHP Method the Case of the Pharmaceutical-food Supplements Industry
Saeed Shavvalpour*
,
Hamideh Heydari
Issue:
Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2025
Pages:
1-20
Received:
12 December 2024
Accepted:
30 December 2024
Published:
17 January 2025
DOI:
10.11648/j.sjbm.20251301.11
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Abstract: Technology Transfer is one of the tools to perform economic activity which involves the processes of technology invention, technology development and technology diffusion. Given the importance of the dietary supplement industry in human and animal health, and its role in the development of agriculture and exports, it is necessary to identify, on one hand, the risks that lead to incomplete transfer of these technologies – which in turn result in the country’s technological dependence in this field – and on the other hand, the risks that this issue poses to human health and the environment. These risks must be identified and assessed. In this study we identify and categorize the technology transfer risk in identify and categorize the technology transfer risk factors in the pharmaceutical-food supplements industry. This research is applied in terms of its objective, and from a methodological perspective, it falls under mixed methods research, combining both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The findings of this study are applicable to agricultural research centers, the Ministry of Health, technology policy-making bodies, and technology headquarters related to health and well-being. In order to identify, prioritize, and evaluate technology transfer risks, this research employs the fuzzy AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) method. According to the results of the research, thirty-seven risks are identified in the form of five main criteria of risks affecting the pharmaceutical-food supplements industry. Using the prioritization process conducted in the present study, the obtained main criteria include the influence on health, resource accessibility, the essence of technology and its nature, dependence on government policy making and socioeconomic problems and, organizational governance and management capability. Also, the most importance sub-criteria obtained in the research was the "risk of microbial contamination".
Abstract: Technology Transfer is one of the tools to perform economic activity which involves the processes of technology invention, technology development and technology diffusion. Given the importance of the dietary supplement industry in human and animal health, and its role in the development of agriculture and exports, it is necessary to identify, on on...
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