Strategic Management Thought

Designing a Model for Evaluating the Depth of Domestic Content in the Iranian Automotive Industry

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Master of Business Administration (MBA), Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Management, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor, School of Management and Accounting, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran

Abstract

One of the main gaps in the development of domestic production in Iran is the lack of an appropriate evaluation model for measuring domestic production and its use for various protectionist policies in laws and contracts. In the absence of this model, it is not clear on what basis the domestic product is defined and what criteria it contains. The purpose of this study is to identify a model according to which the amount of domestic production of products, which is called the depth of domestic content, can be evaluated. To this end, effective criteria for measuring the depth of domestic production were identified by reviewing the literature and experiences of other countries. These criteria were examined specifically in the automotive industry, and an initial model of the criteria for assessing the depth of domestic content in the automotive industry was obtained. The initial model was then put forward to experts using the capabilities of the Fuzzy AHP method to give weight to these criteria and determine the rank of each of them. The final criteria include three items, namely the priority of ‘technology’, ‘parts and raw materials’ and ‘internal participation’, respectively.

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Strategic Management Thought
Volume 14, Issue 2 - Serial Number 28
December 2020
Pages 679-702
  • Receive Date: 17 September 2020
  • Revise Date: 12 October 2020
  • Accept Date: 13 October 2020