Nowadays, R&D is the one of the most important pillars of corporations.
Oil industry is the Iran's largest industry an as a corporation no except of this rule.
But various structures and different approaches exist for the position of R&D in corporations' structure.
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Nowadays, R&D is the one of the most important pillars of corporations.
Oil industry is the Iran's largest industry an as a corporation no except of this rule.
But various structures and different approaches exist for the position of R&D in corporations' structure.
Three major structures have been used more in corporations for research and development, which are:
• Centralized R&D structure
• Decentralized R&D structure
• Hybrid R&D structure
In this paper first, the stages of idea to market process will be described. Then the types of R&D structures in corporations will define and then their position in the Iran's oil industry investigated. Next according to the stages of idea to market process, duties and nature of activities in centralized and decentralized R&D sections in hybrid R&D structures will discuss. Finally some policies and recommendation for the improving the R&D in the Iran's oil industry is presented
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