Investigating Causes of Delay in Performing Oil and Gas Industrial Projects in South Rich Areas National Company

Iran's IPR system, similar to those developing countries, is reactive. The aim of this research is describing the actual deficiencies in Iran's IPR system. Also, the investigation aims at identifying the roots and reasons of the reaction and the effective internal factors. The present study which is a library research, reviews experts opinions and relevant indexes using depict method. At first, backgrounds of the global economy and different approaches of developing and developed countries in the IPR system are surveyed according to published articles. Then, effective global reasons in present situation of Iran and also relevant to internal and external factors are identified. So, three kinds of factors and reasons identified according to this classification are as follows: (a) global fields and weak role of developing countries in innovation; (b) the relevant factors with weak performance of Iran's National Innovation System (NIS); and (c) structural weakness and disharmony in performance of policy and executive agent in Iran's IPR system. Some of the factors are related to internal agent weakness and the others are related to international issues such as universal challenge between developing and developed countries. IPR system, as one of the important elements of NIS is a determining factor in the development trajectory of any country. The following subjects need attention order to revising Iran's IPR system: (a) consideration of IPR system performance in NIS (b) coordination of IPR system ability and development level of the country.