Strategic Management Thought

Capabilities Traps through the Governmental Industrial Organizations: (System Dynamics Approach)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Faculty member of Malek Ashtar University, Tehran, Iran

2 Ph.d, Malek Ashtar University

3 Assistant Professor, Malek Ashtar University of Technology

4 Phd student of Tehran University

Abstract

Industry and technology development is one of the main issues in the country, and government policymakers and decision-makers try to pave the way for policy development and resource allocation. Despite the efforts of policymakers and spending remarkable resources, the results are not very satisfactory in practice, and the state-owned industries and related chains are not in a good state in the global competitive environment. Among the government industries in Iran, defensive industries have achieved better gains with endogenous capability building approach with the “Small Smart Core and Big Capable Network” model. Nevertheless, Islamic Republic of Iran is also facing the challenges of the country’s industrial and institutional ecosystem and has its own problems. This research is aimed at rethinking about industrial policies and developing technological capabilities in defense industries and improving strategies and policies to come out of the concept of “capability traps”. In this regard, using the research literature, the potential traps of various organizations were identified and, based on interviews with experts, traps of the capabilities studied are presented in the form of “Causal Loop Diagrams”. In the next step, according to the system dynamics (SD) method, the problem simulation was performed using the “Stock-Flow Diagram” Vensim software.According to the simulated model, new policies and strategies are: “Establishing Spinoff and network development partnerships”, “Promoting staff motivation”, “Defining joint projects” and “increasing knowledge sharing”. Finally, the proposed policies are tested in the software, and the test results of which indicate the effect of each on the growth of capabilities.

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Strategic Management Thought
Volume 13, Issue 2 - Serial Number 26
December 2019
Pages 235-275
  • Receive Date: 27 May 2018
  • Revise Date: 15 September 2018
  • Accept Date: 17 January 2020