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Abstract:
The present study was designed to identify and rank factors that influence the privatization process of Iranian gas refining companies, in three stages, with the help of Delphi and DEMATEL techniques and the Analytic Network Process approach. Extracting factors affecting the privatization process, addressed in the literature of the subject, along with the Delphi survey of experts, led to the verification of factors that influence the privatization process of Iranian gas refining industries. Based on the findings of this study, based on the Delphi technique, the experts have identified a total of 39 key factors in the privatization of gas refining companies.Subsequently, using DEMATEL techniques, the influential factors extracted by the experts in the previous stage prioritized a structure based on graph theory.Accordingly, the relationships between the factors and the severity of the impact and their mutual interaction are among the results. Based on these results, ``cohesion and harmony among all political sections in the privatization process from legislation to implementation and supervision'', has the highest impact factor and ``legal supervision as a factor to reform and reinforce the market and to support healthy economic activities without threatening and undermining it'' has the highest impressibility factor. Finally, using the Analytic Network Process approach, the end results of the ranking of factors influencing improvements in the privatization process of Iranian gas refining industries are obtained. Respectively, the political, economic, legal, management and administrative, technical and technological, social and cultural, international and institutional aspects are prioritized. In addition to the main aspects, associated sub-indexes have also been prioritized.
Language:
Persian
Published:
Industrial Engineering & Management Sharif, Volume:31 Issue: 2, 2016
Pages:
37 to 49
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