Presenting a multi criteria decision making model for determining the most suitable technology transfer strategy of wind turbines (Case study: wind energy industry in Iran)

The high speed of technology progress and the importance of obtaining the new ones have made under- and undeveloped countries look for technology transfer from technology- owned countries in order to remove their weaknesses and obtain competitive advantages. In this connection, the approach of the developed countries willing to maintain technology or its transfer to the countries having the same political and economic interests, have caused the technology transfer and its effective methods to become one of the important issues of the present decade. To obtain and transfer various technologies from developed countries to the target ones, different solutions can be considered. Generally, the selection of the most effective way in this respect is made based on different (and sometimes contradictory) criteria as well as a lot of sub ones.
In this research, considering the technology levels of wind turbine manufacturing in Iran and also the approach of the other countries with respect to it, the customary methods of technology transfer are determined based on the views of the experts and the companies manufacturing turbine parts. Then, the importance of criteria, sub criteria, and technology transfer options are verified by using the analytic hierarchy process method (AHP); finally the best option for implementing in wind power industry in Iran is selected. The results of this study can be used by the country decision makers in order to design and manufacture the wind turbines.
In this research, considering the technology levels of wind turbine manufacturing in Iran and the approach of the other countries with respect to it, the customary methods of technology transfer are determined based on the views of the experts and the companies manufacturing turbine parts. Then, the criteria relative importance, sub criteria, and technology transfer options are specified by using the analytic hierarchy process method (AHP); finally the best option for implementing in wind power industry in Iran is selected. The results of this study can be used decision makers in order to design and manufacture the wind turbines.