Identification and Prioritization of Social- Cultural Components Influenced by Technology Transfer,Using AnalyticalHierarchy Process (AHP)

Although technology transfer, as one of the most important ways of acquiring technology, obviates the country’s need for repeating a major part of the developed countries’ complex experiences, it can also exert irremediable influence on the people’s culture; this has conflicts with the objectives of the Islamic republic of Iran’s 20-year vision plan, both in terms of culture and technology. Therefore, the present study has tried to identify and prioritize social and cultural indices and components influenced bytechnology transfer.After identifying the indices through upstream standard indices and documents, experts’ ideas as well as Analytical hierarchy Process method (AHP) were used in order to prioritize these indices. Indices of identity, independence, and ethics were most influenced by technology transfer, while components such as attitude towards living conditions in Iran, cultural attachment, and Iranian life style were most influenced by technology transfer. This indicates that related policy-makers and executive officialsshould pay special attention to these fields.