Iranian Research Organisation for Science and Technology Journal of Technology Development Management 2008-5060 5 4 2018 02 20 Determining the Relationship among Science Development, Technology Development and Economic Growth in Iran using DANP Determining the Relationship among Science Development, Technology Development and Economic Growth in Iran using DANP 105 142 732 10.22104/jtdm.2018.2382.1807 FA Hooman Shababi Faculty Member at management department/ Rahedanesh Institute of Higher Education, Babol, Iran. 0000-0002-2601-7842 Mahmood Yahyazadehfar Professor of Business Management, Faculty of Economics and Administrative sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran. Saeed Rasekhi Professor of Business Economics, Faculty of Economics and administrative sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran. Maisam Shirkhodaie Associate Professor of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and administrative sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran. Journal Article 2017 08 02 The present research tried to determine the relationship among science development, technology development and economic growth in Iran. To do so, thorough literature review and qualitative content analysis were applied for the three fields of science development, technology development and economic growth and their relationships by studying 250 books and articles in the related fields, and found 14 cofactors that affect the three fields and their relationships in Iran. Based on cofactors (which grouped into 3 categories of science development, technology development and economic growth), DANP questionnaire was designed. Then, 13 experts were selected theoretically among 130 experts (residing in Iran or abroad) to fill out the questionnaires. Using experts' suggestions, the cofactors were applied in DANP approach to find the relationships and weighs of factors and subfactors and design a Model in Iran. The results showed that science development, technology development and economic growth are connected mutually in Iran in which economic growth and technology development are the most effective and impressionable factors in the network, respectively. The present research tried to determine the relationship among science development, technology development and economic growth in Iran. To do so, thorough literature review and qualitative content analysis were applied for the three fields of science development, technology development and economic growth and their relationships by studying 250 books and articles in the related fields, and found 14 cofactors that affect the three fields and their relationships in Iran. Based on cofactors (which grouped into 3 categories of science development, technology development and economic growth), DANP questionnaire was designed. Then, 13 experts were selected theoretically among 130 experts (residing in Iran or abroad) to fill out the questionnaires. Using experts' suggestions, the cofactors were applied in DANP approach to find the relationships and weighs of factors and subfactors and design a Model in Iran. The results showed that science development, technology development and economic growth are connected mutually in Iran in which economic growth and technology development are the most effective and impressionable factors in the network, respectively. https://jtdm.irost.ir/article_732_ba3866600c3540f67c1e9575e213be0a.pdf