Application of TRIZ Methodology to Detect and prioritize Problems among Iranian Triple Helix Actors using (Case study: at Nanotechnology Sector)

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1 Shahid Sattari Aeronautical University of Science & Technology

2 school of industrial engineering, iran university of science & technology, tehran, iran

3 Iran University of Science and Technology

Abstract

The University-industry-government (UIG) interaction is now seen as the nucleus of innovation at the national level. Considering the importance of the nanotechnology in research and attention paid to the upstream documents of the country in this domain, the current study by exploiting the innovative capability of modelling complex social problems in TRIZ methodology, has analyzed the contradictions between interactions of the three pillars in the process of nanotechnology innovation. The research method is qualitative and explanatory; research data were gathered using field observation tools, study documents and conducting interviews with key experts, and the main research strategy was a multidimensional type. The data analyzed using thick description approach based on TRIZ methodology. Thirty seven normal and sixty three innovative issues were identified in current research. Innovative issues were modeled into ninety four physical contradictions (PC) and hundred and thirty technical contradictions (TC). Finally, the study used TRIZ for the explanation of the issues/problems and contradiction among TH actors, for the first time. As this study used an in-depth approach for this purpose, the results shed lighted on many ways for further theoretical and applied studies in the TRIZ and science, technology and innovation (STI) policy fields of study.

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  • Receive Date: 08 June 2018
  • Revise Date: 18 August 2018
  • Accept Date: 02 September 2018

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