Evaluation of science and technology parks of selected countries with partner selection approach
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mohammadreza rostamkhani
1
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Parastoo Mohammadi
2
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1 - Master of Financial Engineering, Faculty of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: TOPSIS, DEMATELT, Analytical Hierarchy Process, Science and technology park, Partner selection approach ,
Abstract :
Which of the existing science and technology parks in the world are the most suitable options for creating international interaction? This article tries to find the answer to this question for one of the university parks in Iran using the partner selection approach. In order to limit the scope of the evaluation of the existing parks in the world, first, 20 countries that have made up 90% of Iran's foreign trade volume in the past 5 years have been identified, then based on the needs assessment of the firms located in the studied science and technology park that have the capacity and the willingness of international cooperation, the countries under review were ranked from six aspects like as: economic, political, cultural, security, technological and geographical criteria and in 13 sub-criteria using the combined method of The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and TOPSIS . Seven countries with a significant score among 20 countries were selected as samples to evaluate their science and technology parks. 19 well-known parks in these 7 countries were scored and ranked using 12 criteria, from the perspective of people involved in park affairs, and with the combined method of AHP and TOPSIS. As a result of this ranking, the following parks were identified as a higher priority for cooperation: Dubai Silicon Oasis Park, Tsinghua University Science Park in China, Teknopark İstanbul, Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park, Dubai Science Park, Knowledge Oasis Muscat (Madaen).
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