Identifying and Ranking the Factors Affecting the Technology Transfer Using Multiple Attribute Decision Making Techniques

Appropriate technology transfer is one of the best ways to overcome the weakness of technology as well as to achieve the competitive advantage. An appropriate technology transfer requires an understanding of the factors which are effective in transferring. Hence the present study aims to identify and Rank the factors affecting technology transfer. In this study, using the model presented by Lai and Tsai and interviews with teachers and experts, factors affecting technology transfer are identified. Then, AHP, ELECTRE and Topsis techniques were used to rank these factors. As each of these methods has have provided different rankings in some cases, a single ranking was used to aggregate methods (mean, Borda and Copeland). Results show that Technological factors are the most important factor in technology transfer. Also, Personnel, Industrial, cost and organizational factors are the most important respectively.