Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• ghazaleh ghalvazi ¹
• mohammad zaman rostami ²
• hamid reza maghsoudi ³
• sajjad keshavarzian ³

¹ Department of Islamic Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Qom, Qom, Iran

² Islamic Economics, Economics and Management, University of Qom, Qom, Iran

³ Islamic Economics/ Faculty of Economics and Management/ University of Qom/ Qom/ Iran

Abstract

Petrochemical is the best relative advantage of Iran's economy and has an undeniable role in the development, authority, income generation and realization of resistance economy. Petrochemical has the capacity of the highest innovations, the invention of countless new materials, the completion of the value chain, the creation of maximum added value and the acquisition of economic hegemony, but many challenges have caused it to sell crude and cause the lack of use of capacities, the lack of up-to-date technology, the lack of the value chain, and the reduction of income, and staying out of competition. Identifying challenges and providing effective solutions leads to more use of knowledge-based technology, higher productivity and higher quality products. In response to the question of the main challenges of the petrochemical industry, this article has identified and ranked 35 important challenges using quantitative descriptive research, interviews with elites, questionnaires, fuzzy Delphi method and SWARA method. The conclusion of the article is the possibility of the Petrochemical industry approaching the standard level by solving its challenges.

Keywords

• Petrochemical industries
• production challenge
• Delphi Fazi
• Persian Gulf Holding
• SWARA

Main Subjects

• Strategy